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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 ....
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US orders most nonessential staff to leave Lahore, warns of traveling to Pakistan
Date: 2013-08-09 10:31:09 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:234612
The State Department on Thursday warned US nationals of traveling to Pakistan and ordered nonessential government personnel to leave the US Consulate in Lahore over security reasons, the Washington Post reported. The personnel withdrawal from the ....
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Obama probes with Erdogan latest Egyptian and Syrian developments
Date: 2013-08-08 10:51:56 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:233756
President Barack Obama probed by the phone with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyeb Erdogan the latest developments in Egypt and Syria, according to a White House statement. Both expressed their concern about the situation in the two Arab ....
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UN's Ban closely watching situation in Egypt
Date: 2013-08-07 19:49:51 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:55 - ID:233269
Martin Nesirky, the spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, stressed that the UN chief is closely watching the latest developments in Egypt. The spokesman renewed calls for an inclusive and peaceful political process to end the current ....
