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Ethiopia, US discusses peace and stability in Africa
Date: 2013-08-14 09:41:41 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:3 - ID:240495
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Berhane met with US acting assistant secretary for African affairs Donald Yamamoto to discuss some African affairs, Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The meeting, which was held on Monday, ....
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Eritrean president voices support for Egyptian popular will
Date: 2013-08-14 09:23:24 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:2 - ID:240449
Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki has told Mona Omar, the special envoy of Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour, that his country supports the will of the Egyptian people. In statements on Tuesday, Egyptian Ambassador to Eritrea Mahmoud ....
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Israeli defense minister reiterates respect for Egyptian sovereignty in Sinai
Date: 2013-08-13 17:10:34 GMT - Israel - International - SN:31 - ID:239798
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has stressed that Israel respects Egyptian sovereignty in Sinai. Israel is following up a campaign the Egyptian army is conducting to purge the peninsula of terrorism. ....
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Cholera outbreak in northeast Afghanistan
Date: 2013-08-13 16:01:28 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:25 - ID:239658
A cholera outbreak at a village in northeast Afghanistan has infected 1,492 people, killed a young woman and left another 100 in critical condition, ABC news quoted a provincial official as saying Tuesday. Abdul Marouf Rasekh, a spokesman for ....
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Bangladesh's largest Islamic party announces general strike
Date: 2013-08-13 15:44:29 GMT - Bangladesh - International - SN:19 - ID:239627
Bangladesh's largest Islamic party announced on Tuesday it will start a 48-hour general strike. Several thousand supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami party took to the streets in a district, 200 kilometers west of the capital, Dhaka, to ....
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Turkey seeking Iran’s help to release abducted pilots in Beirut
Date: 2013-08-13 10:42:09 GMT - Iran - International - SN:7 - ID:239089
Ankara has called on Tehran to help secure the release of two Turkish pilots abducted in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. Turkish Airlines pilot Murat Akpinar and his co-pilot Murat Agca were forced out of a shuttle bus at gunpoint at the Cocodi ....
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Keita wins Mali election after Cisse concedes
Date: 2013-08-13 08:52:22 GMT - Mali - International - SN:3 - ID:238910
Mali/Elections Keita wins Mali election after Cisse concedes BAMAKO, Aug 13 (MENA) - Mali's presidential election has been won by Ibrahim Boubacar Keita after his rival conceded defeat in the second round runoff. Aljazeera's Ahmed ....
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Benin leader names new government
Date: 2013-08-12 14:20:51 GMT - Benin - International - SN:40 - ID:238084
Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi named a new Cabinet after sacking his entire government in a surprise move, Independent Online reported. Yayi named a 26-member team, the same number of posts as the last government in the West African nation, ....
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Kerry trip to Brazil, Colombia could be chilly
Date: 2013-08-12 12:00:04 GMT - Colombia - International - SN:22 - ID:237822
US Secretary of State John Kerry's attempts to build warmer relations with two US allies in Latin America may be hindered by resentment after reports about an American spy program that widely targeted data in emails and telephone calls across the ....
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Five Boko Haram militants arrested in northeastern Nigeria
Date: 2013-08-12 10:22:44 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:11 - ID:237658
An armed group of civilian youths arrested five people, including two women, suspected of their affiliation to the Islamist movement of Boko Haram in Maiduguri city which is located in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno. The group's head ....
