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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 ....
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S. Korea faces possible power shortage
Date: 2013-08-12 10:20:55 GMT - south korea - International - SN:10 - ID:237656
South Korea may be forced to take extreme measures to avoid a nationwide blackout Monday with six nuclear reactors still out of work for maintenance, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported, quoting the government. The Ministry of Trade, ....
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Police clash with protesters in Adana, Hakkari
Date: 2013-08-12 10:19:15 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:9 - ID:237653
Clashes broke out between Turkish police and a masked group of 30 members who were trying to stage an anti-government protest in central Hakkari on Sunday, NTV news reported on Monday. The protesters threw stones at policemen who fired tear ....
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Typhoon batters Philippines; 23 fishermen missing
Date: 2013-08-12 10:00:14 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:7 - ID:237622
A powerful typhoon struck the northern Philippines on Monday, toppling power lines and dumping heavy rains across mountains, cities and food-growing plains and leaving at least 23 fishermen missing, the BBC reported. Typhoon Utor, described as ....
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Norway PM works as secret taxi driver
Date: 2013-08-12 09:51:41 GMT - Norway - International - SN:5 - ID:237605
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg spent an afternoon working incognito as a taxi driver in Oslo, the BBC reported on Sunday. Stoltenberg said he had wanted to hear from real Norwegian voters and that taxis were one of the few places ....
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Iranian defense minister appointment connected to bombing of US marine barracks in Lebanon -- Paper
Date: 2013-08-12 09:42:59 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:237588
Iranian President Hassan Rowhani has appointed as his defense minister an Iranian general who was implicated in the 1983 bombing that killed 241 American servicemen in Lebanon, the Washington Free Beacon quoted an Israeli intelligence official as ....
