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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 ....
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Israeli PM leaves hospital day after hernia operation
Date: 2013-08-12 09:39:30 GMT - Israel - International - SN:2 - ID:237582
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu left hospital Sunday less than 24 hours after undergoing an emergency hernia operation, but was not expected to return to a full work load before at least the end of the week, The Jerusalem Post ....
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White House describes US-Russia talks as constructive
Date: 2013-08-11 16:51:49 GMT - USA - International - SN:9 - ID:237057
The White House has described this week’s “two-plus-two” talks between Russian and US top officials as constructive, Russian Itar-Tass news agency reported. This was a constructive meeting focusing on further cooperation in such important issues ....
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Putin knocks Obama all around the ring in Cold War rematch – newspaper
Date: 2013-08-11 16:01:54 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:1 - ID:236964
More than two decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Middle East is becoming the setting for a new Cold War between Washington and Moscow — which critics of US President Barack Obama say he is in danger of losing, The Sunday Times wrote. ....
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Obama sets plans to improve privacy in NSA surveillance
Date: 2013-08-10 11:09:41 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:235513
US President Barack Obama opened Friday his news conference by outlining plans to improve privacy protections within National Security Agency surveillance programs and better explain to the public how they operate, US Today reported. His ....
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US plans to reopen 18 embassies
Date: 2013-08-10 08:54:51 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:235418
The US State Department said 18 of the 19 US embassies and consulates in the Middle East and Africa that were closed due to a terrorist threat will reopen Sunday or Monday, according to The Wall Street Journal. Officials say the US Embassy in ....
