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  • Norway's prime minister announces government's resignation

    Norway's prime minister announces government's resignation

    Date: 2013-10-14 11:02:49 GMT - Norway - International - SN:41 - ID:338149

    Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Monday announced his government‘s formal resignation after it presented its last budget to parliament, the BBC reported. Stoltenberg‘s government will stay on as caretakers, pending the formation of a ....

  • West unable to force Syrian opposition to attend Geneva-2 - Lavrov

    West unable to force Syrian opposition to attend Geneva-2 - Lavrov

    Date: 2013-10-14 10:16:36 GMT - Russia - International - SN:40 - ID:338052

    The unpreparedness to take part in the Geneva-2 international peace conference for Syria declared by Syrian National Council leader George Sabra demonstrates the inability of the West to compel the Syrian opposition to negotiate, Russian Foreign ....

  • S. Korea, U.S. to decide timing of OPCON transfer next year

    S. Korea, U.S. to decide timing of OPCON transfer next year

    Date: 2013-10-14 08:01:14 GMT - south korea - International - SN:26 - ID:337771

    Seoul and Washington have agreed to reset the timing of the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) next year after reviewing North Korean threat and the South Korean forces capabilities to deal with it, Yonhap reported quoting the defense ....

  • Argentine president discharged from hospital after brain surgery

    Argentine president discharged from hospital after brain surgery

    Date: 2013-10-14 07:59:32 GMT - Argentina - International - SN:25 - ID:337767

    Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez has left the hospital five days after having surgery to remove a blood clot on her brain caused by a fall two months ago, the BBC reported. Her spokesman said Fernandez is recovering well and is "in ....

  • Boko Haram forced state to improve security apparatus – Jonathan

    Boko Haram forced state to improve security apparatus – Jonathan

    Date: 2013-10-14 07:58:38 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:24 - ID:337766

    Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan revealed that if not for the security challenges posed by the dreaded Boko Haram sect, it would have been difficult for Nigeria to withstand any form of external aggression with a security apparatus that had ....

  • Obama trying to wriggle out of any confrontation with Iran - Israeli officials

    Obama trying to wriggle out of any confrontation with Iran - Israeli officials

    Date: 2013-10-14 07:36:28 GMT - Israel - International - SN:20 - ID:337731

    High-level Israeli officials accused US President Barack Obama of wriggling out of any confrontation with Iran, Radio Israel reported Monday. The officials said Obama is trying to delay this confrontation by three or four years so that the new ....

  • Lifting Iran sanctions leads to trust-building, says Iranian Deputy FM

    Lifting Iran sanctions leads to trust-building, says Iranian Deputy FM

    Date: 2013-10-14 07:13:42 GMT - Iran - International - SN:12 - ID:337695

    Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi reiterated that the country's trust to the west would be built in case it embarks on easing sanctions imposed against Iran over its nuclear program, ISNA reported on Sunday. "We are supposed to enter ....

  • Taliban chief rejects Afghan-US security deal

    Taliban chief rejects Afghan-US security deal

    Date: 2013-10-14 07:12:14 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:11 - ID:337693

    Taliban Supreme Leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar on Sunday rejected the proposed bilateral security agreement between Afghanistan and United States and said that that the agreement will not be acceptable to Afghan people, Afghan Khaama Press reported on ....

  • UN chief condemns attack on UNAMID forces in Darfur

    UN chief condemns attack on UNAMID forces in Darfur

    Date: 2013-10-14 07:10:20 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:337644

    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned Sunday attack carried out by gunmen on a convoy for the joint African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), killing three Senegalese soldiers and left the fourth injured. In a statement ....

  • Moscow riots follow 'migrant' murder

    Moscow riots follow 'migrant' murder

    Date: 2013-10-14 06:47:10 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:337642

    Police in Russia have arrested at least 400 people after a protest against a murder blamed on a migrant from the North Caucasus turned violent, the BBC reported. The protest in southern Moscow was against the killing of a young ethnic Russian ....

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