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S. Korea to prioritize trust-building to lay foundation for unification
Date: 2013-09-25 13:32:11 GMT - south korea - International - SN:12 - ID:306912
South Korea has reviewed a five-year plan for fostering inter-Korean trust-building and sustainable relations that can achieve small breakthroughs critical for laying the foundation for eventual reunification down the line, Yonhap news agency ....
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Kenya mourns Westgate siege victims
Date: 2013-09-25 11:39:59 GMT - Kenya - International - SN:6 - ID:306630
Kenya has begun three days of national mourning following the end of the four-day siege by Islamist militants on Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre, the BBC reported on Wednesday. In a televised address, President Uhuru Kenyatta said six ....
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Rouhani to UN: Iran poses no threat to world
Date: 2013-09-25 09:41:12 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:306372
Iran poses absolutely no threat to the world, President Hassan Rouhani said in his address to the UN General Assembly. At the same time, militarism of “some players” and generalization of western values, he says, poses a true danger for the world ....
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Ki Moon, Obama meet on situation in Syria
Date: 2013-09-25 09:38:38 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:2 - ID:306368
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Tuesday with US President Barack Obama on the situation in Syria. During the meeting they agreed on the importance of continued UN engagement on the issue of Syrian chemical weapons, as well as the importance ....
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Iran’s Zarif meets with UK’s Hague in New York
Date: 2013-09-24 12:46:15 GMT - USA - International - SN:11 - ID:305108
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and UK Foreign Secretary William Hague have met and discussed, inter alia, the improvement of Tehran-London relations, the Iranian Press TV reported. The meeting was held at the UN headquarters in New ....
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Lavrov: US pressuring Russia into passing UN resolution on Syria allowing military force
Date: 2013-09-23 13:16:45 GMT - Russia - International - SN:10 - ID:303376
The US is pushing Russia into approving a UN resolution that would allow for military intervention in Syria, in exchange for American support of Syria’s accession to OPCW, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said as quoted by Russia ....
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Iran condemns terror attack in Kenya
Date: 2013-09-23 11:04:47 GMT - Iran - International - SN:5 - ID:303069
Iran Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has condemned the terrorist attacks on a a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, Press TV reported Monday. The Iranian Spokeswoman Mazrieh Afkham, in a press statement, condemned an armed terrorist attack ....
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Cameron congratulates Merkel on winning elections
Date: 2013-09-23 08:52:38 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:1 - ID:302813
British Prime Minister David Cameron congratulated on Sunday German Chancellor Angela Merkel over winning elections. In a tweet, Cameron expressed his keenness to continue to work closely with Merkel. Merkel's conservatives won a clear ....
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Salehi: Iran to take over first unit of Bushehr power plant tomorrow
Date: 2013-09-22 16:07:53 GMT - Iran - International - SN:9 - ID:302085
Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's new atomic energy chief, said the Iranian contractor is to take over the first unit of the 1,000-megawatt nuclear power on September 23. Talking to IRNA on Sunday, he said that during the temporary operation, the power ....
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Rouhani hopes for further expansion of Iran-Germany ties
Date: 2013-09-22 10:57:42 GMT - Iran - International - SN:5 - ID:301409
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has expressed hope that relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Germany will further expand, Iran's Press TV reported Sunday. Iran and Germany "enjoy age-old and cordial ties," Rouhani said in response ....