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S Arabia has not told UN of Council rejection - Ban
Date: 2013-10-18 17:11:50 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:27 - ID:343206
Saudi Arabia has not yet officially notified the United Nations of its decision to reject a UN Security Council place, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Friday. Ban told reporters it would be for UN member states to decide how to replace Saudi Arabia, ....
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White House weighs easing Iran sanctions’ bite with slow release of assets
Date: 2013-10-18 10:27:24 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:342629
The Obama administration, in the wake of a promising first round of nuclear diplomacy with Iran, is weighing a proposal to ease the pain of sanctions on Tehran by offering it access to billions of dollars in frozen funds if the Iranian government ....
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US may use Romanian airbase for Afghan pullout
Date: 2013-10-18 08:32:40 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:342506
The United States is close to a deal with Romania that would see American troops return home from Afghanistan via an air base on the Black Sea, officials said. The proposed agreement would solve a major logistical hurdle facing the US as it pulls ....
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Kerry says he hopes Syria's chemical weapons shipped out of region
Date: 2013-10-17 17:53:24 GMT - USA - International - SN:27 - ID:342163
Syria's chemical weapons could be consolidated and moved out of the country, US Secretary of State John Kerry suggested in an interview with local radio station NPR. Weapons inspectors are still in Syria assessing the country's stockpile and ....
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Russia unhappy with Dutch apology for diplomat's arrest
Date: 2013-10-17 17:46:37 GMT - Russia - International - SN:24 - ID:342156
Russia says it is dissatisfied with the apology it received from the Netherlands for the arrest of one of its diplomats in The Hague, but insists that the incident will not tarnish relations between the two countries, RIA Novosti reported on ....
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We will continue legitimizing settlements - Knesset speaker
Date: 2013-10-17 17:44:16 GMT - palestine - International - SN:22 - ID:342151
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein visited a number of settlements in southern Ramallah, voicing his support to Israel's settlement-building policy. The legitimization of Israeli settlements will go on, Edelstein promised in statements quoted by ....
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Israel has right to defend itself: US amb.
Date: 2013-10-17 15:44:28 GMT - palestine - International - SN:20 - ID:341974
US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro expressed support for Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorism following an Israeli forces guided tour of a recently unearthed tunnel running beneath the border with the Gaza Strip Thursday, the Times of ....
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Israel's Netanyahu to meet Kerry on Iran talks
Date: 2013-10-17 09:24:14 GMT - Israel - International - SN:6 - ID:341373
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold on Wednesday talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome on the outcome of world power's talks with Iran on its nuclear project and the developments of peace talks with the Palestinians, ....
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Obama signs law to avert default and re-open government
Date: 2013-10-17 09:08:19 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:341342
US President Barack Obama signed on Thursday a law that lifts debt ceiling and re-opens the government offices that were forced to partially closed over the past 16 days. The signing came after the US Congress passed a deal by a vote of 285 to ....
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US Congress passes deal to lift debt ceiling, ends government shutdown
Date: 2013-10-17 09:05:30 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:341339
The US Congress passed a deal to end a partial government shutdown and lift debt ceiling to 16.7 trillion dollars hours before the end of the set deadline. The deal, that was passed by 285 votes against 144, funds the government until January 15 ....
