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Iranian economy minister: Anti-Iran bans harm world’s fragile economy
Date: 2013-10-13 09:00:11 GMT - USA - International - SN:21 - ID:336367
Iran's Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayyebnia says unilateral sanctions against Tehran's oil and financial sectors have posed a serious challenge to world's fragile economy, Press TV reported. "Unilateral economic sanctions ....
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Deadly explosions at Vietnamese fireworks factory
Date: 2013-10-13 08:48:14 GMT - Vietnam - International - SN:18 - ID:336344
A series of explosions at a fireworks factory in northern Vietnam has killed at least 15 people and left many others injured, the BBC News reported Saturday. Witnesses said the explosions continued for several hours, sending a large cloud of ....
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Netanyahu tells French, UK leaders: Sanctions are working with Iran
Date: 2013-10-13 08:42:42 GMT - Israel - International - SN:17 - ID:336337
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Saturday the leaders of Britain and France to urge them not to ease sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, ahead of talks between Iran and world powers, Haaretz reported. Israeli officials ....
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No good reason anyone should keep suffering through shutdown -- Obama
Date: 2013-10-13 08:39:40 GMT - USA - International - SN:16 - ID:336330
US President Barrack Obama said on Saturday that there is no good reason anyone should keep suffering through this shutdown, CBS News reported. In his weekly address on Saturday, Obama added "It wouldn't be wise, as some suggest, to just kick the ....
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Robinson condemns Congolese rebels for attack on peacekeeper helicopter
Date: 2013-10-13 06:32:13 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:336158
UN special envoy to Africa's great lakes region, Mary Robinson, condemned an attack by Congolese rebels against a peacekeeper helicopter as "unacceptable". "I learned with deep concern that a MONUSCO helicopter came under direct fire from ....
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Ban voices sadness at death of UN-African Union military observer
Date: 2013-10-13 06:29:44 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:336152
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his sadness after a Zambian military observer of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission died in an attack by unidentified armed assailants. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, ....
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War reporting awards dominated by Syrian conflict
Date: 2013-10-13 06:28:11 GMT - France - International - SN:3 - ID:336149
Most of the prizes of the 20th Bayeux-Calvados awards for war correspondents went to journalists who documented the Syrian civil war, including reporters from the AFP, French daily Le Monde, and the TF1 television, FRANCE 24 reported on ....
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Rabin's grandson urges Netanyahu to lead Israel to peace with Palestinians
Date: 2013-10-13 06:26:20 GMT - Israel - International - SN:2 - ID:336147
The grandson of slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin urged Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Saturday night to bring peace to Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported on Saturday. Yonatan Ben-Artzi, whose grandfather was assassinated by a right-wing ....
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Russian embassy in Damascus: We investigate news of Russian citizen disappearance in Syria
Date: 2013-10-12 15:24:30 GMT - Syria - International - SN:40 - ID:335606
The Russian embassy in Damascus announced on Saturday that it is currently verifying information about the disappearance of a Russian citizen in Syria. "The embassy will confirm the information reported regarding the disappearance of a Russian ....
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Iran safest regional country, Navy commander
Date: 2013-10-12 11:02:28 GMT - Iran - International - SN:21 - ID:335080
Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said naval forces will respond to any violation of the country’s national waters, stressing that Iran is the safest country in the region. Addressing a local gathering, Sayyari said ensuring ....
