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  • British drawdown is everwhere in Afghanistan -- report

    British drawdown is everwhere in Afghanistan -- report

    Date: 2013-04-01 12:49:07 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:4 - ID:43691

    Evidence of a British drawdown in Afghanistan is everywhere, said The Guardian in a Monday report.    "The British had 80 military bases in Helmand this time last year, now they have 12. The British embassy in Kabul is sending people ....

  • N. Korea warns South of ‘state of war,’ threatens to close joint factory park

    N. Korea warns South of ‘state of war,’ threatens to close joint factory park

    Date: 2013-03-30 15:48:03 GMT - North Korea - International - SN:18 - ID:41079

    Koreas-Escalation N. Korea warns South of ‘state of war,’ threatens to close joint factory park    PYONGYANG, March 30 (MENA) - North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula was entering “a state of ....

  • Iran's Envoy Warns UN against West's New Plot for Syria

    Iran's Envoy Warns UN against West's New Plot for Syria

    Date: 2013-03-30 13:08:21 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:40793

    Iran's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mohammad Khazayee cautioned the UN against a new plot by some western countries which seeks to pave the way for granting Damascus' seat to the Syrian opposition coalition outside ....

  • French president to meet Egyptian FM Tuesday

    French president to meet Egyptian FM Tuesday

    Date: 2013-03-30 12:51:08 GMT - France - International - SN:8 - ID:40760

    French President François Hollande will receive Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr on Tuesday.    Amr will arrive here on Monday on a three-day visit. His assistant for European Affairs Hatem Seif el-Nasr will be accompanying ....

  • Obama wishes happy Passover to Jews

    Obama wishes happy Passover to Jews

    Date: 2013-03-26 10:58:06 GMT - USA - International - SN:9 - ID:34868

        US President Barak Obama, who recently returned to Washington after visiting Israel, extended his and his wife's wishes for happy Passover to the Jews.     "As we prepare for our fifth Seder in the White House, Michelle ....

  • Park urges N. Korea to abandon nukes

    Park urges N. Korea to abandon nukes

    Date: 2013-03-26 10:48:08 GMT - south korea - International - SN:8 - ID:34853

       South Korean President Park Geun-hye urged North Korea on Tuesday to abandon its nuclear weapons and take the path to change, saying that is the only way to ensure its survival, Yonhap news agency reported.    Park made the ....

  • Afghan suicide attack kills five police in Jalalabad

    Afghan suicide attack kills five police in Jalalabad

    Date: 2013-03-26 10:01:18 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:7 - ID:34760

       Five police officers have been killed in a suicide attack on a police station in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, officials said.    The Taliban said they carried out the attack, which also wounded six officers and seven ....

  • Turkish, Israeli FMs discuss compensation for Mavi Marmara victims

    Turkish, Israeli FMs discuss compensation for Mavi Marmara victims

    Date: 2013-03-26 09:32:31 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:6 - ID:34712

       Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni have discussed the issue of compensation with regard to an Israeli naval raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that resulted in the deaths of eight Turks and ....

  • Obama back home winding up Mideast tour

    Obama back home winding up Mideast tour

    Date: 2013-03-24 11:49:55 GMT - USA - International - SN:9 - ID:31704

    US President Barack Obama returned here late Saturday winding up a four-day tour in the Mideast region during which he paid visits to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan.    Obama's tour will have several achievements that will soon be ....

  • Explosives-packed water tanker blast kills at least 17 soldiers

    Explosives-packed water tanker blast kills at least 17 soldiers

    Date: 2013-03-24 11:43:46 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:6 - ID:31681

    A suicide bomber has rammed a water tanker packed with explosives at a Pakistani check post, killing 17 soldiers in the notorious tribal district of Mir Ali in North Waziristan, a Paakistani armed forces, statement said ....

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