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Iranian FM describes Iranian delegation's visit to New York as positive
Date: 2013-10-09 17:45:05 GMT - Iran - International - SN:8 - ID:330829
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Iranian delegation’s visit to New York marked the beginning of the country’s new foreign diplomacy, Iran's Press TV reported. Zarif said that the isolation of anti-Iranian tendencies at the ....
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Obama says no concessions to pass budget bill, raise debt ceiling
Date: 2013-10-09 10:11:35 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:329842
US President Barack Obama has blasted Congress, accusing House Republicans of attempting to “extort” him into offering concessions in return for ending the government shutdown and voting to raise the debt ceiling but indicated he could tolerate ....
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'Code Red' siren sounds in Eshkol from apparent rocket fire
Date: 2013-10-09 09:10:45 GMT - Israel - International - SN:1 - ID:329746
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the Eshkol Regional Council early Wednesday, Israel newspaper The Jerusalem Post reported. The projectile reportedly landed in open territory and no injuries or damage were reported. An Israeli ....
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UK: We're working toward reopening embassy in Iran
Date: 2013-10-08 20:47:54 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:25 - ID:329449
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Tuesday that his country is taking steps toward reopening its embassy in Tehran, agreeing to an exchange of diplomats to discuss improving relations, ABC News reported. Hague said the coming months ....
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Erdogan meets Hamas political bureau chief
Date: 2013-10-08 19:58:43 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:23 - ID:329372
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan met on Tuesday with Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Meshaal in the capita Ankara. The meeting was attended by Turkish intelligence chief Hakan Fida, according to NTV news. Earlier in the day, ....
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EU to launch Mediterranean-wide migrant boats mission
Date: 2013-10-08 19:56:15 GMT - Bulgaria - International - SN:22 - ID:329368
Brussels proposed Tuesday a Mediterranean-wide search and rescue mission to intercept migrant boats, Sofia News Agency reported. The move came hours after the official death toll of Lampedusa shipwreck tragedy rose to 250. Home Affairs ....
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Iran's FM describes 5+1 negotiations with his country as "positive"
Date: 2013-10-08 10:00:40 GMT - Iran - International - SN:6 - ID:328106
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif voiced hope that a progress could be realized on the negotiation with his country, describing the outcome of the first round as "positive". Zarif said "the first meeting that we had was positive. And usually ....
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New Ethiopian President discloses areas of focus
Date: 2013-10-08 08:36:50 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:5 - ID:327963
The newly elected President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Dr. Mulatu Teshome, said on Monday that the nation has entered a new phase of development that has earned recognition of the entire world, Ethiopian Radio and Television ....
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Putin sympathetic to Obama's APEC no-show decision
Date: 2013-10-08 08:18:36 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:3 - ID:327946
Russian leader Vladimir Putin says President Barack Obama's decision to skip a regional summit in Indonesia is "justified" as he tries to end a government shutdown that could rock the world's top economy, ABC News reported on Monday. Putin told a ....
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OIC rejects and strongly condemns the Czech president's remarks to move embassy to Jerusalem
Date: 2013-10-06 14:35:54 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:13 - ID:325285
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu expressed his rejection and condemnation of statements made by the Czech Republic President Milos Zeman in which the latter expressed desire to move his ....