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Kerry greets Iran on Nowruz, stresses US' desire to open new chapter in bilateral ties
Date: 2013-03-21 12:19:34 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:27343
US-Iran-Kerry Kerry greets Iran on Nowruz, stresses US' desire to open new chapter in bilateral ties WASHINGTON, (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry greeted the Iranian people on Nowruz and stressed his country's ....
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US lauds France's role to restore security in Mali
Date: 2013-03-21 12:13:56 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:27330
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel hailed France's military intervention in Mali in a phone call with his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, thanking Paris for its “active leadership”. The Pentagon chief, who took ....
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27 Killed in Brazil landslides
Date: 2013-03-20 11:17:00 GMT - Brazil - International - SN:6 - ID:25387
At least 27 people have been killed in landslides in a mountainous area north of Rio de Janeiro, after heavy rains, the BBC reported Wednesday. The landslides hit the city of Petropolis, about 40 miles (65km) north of Rio, after a ....
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Pope Francis inauguration Mass held in Vatican
Date: 2013-03-19 11:52:44 GMT - Italy - International - SN:5 - ID:23673
The inauguration Mass for Pope Francis is under way in St Peter's Square in Rome, marking the official start of his papacy, the BBC reported. Francis earlier toured the square in an open-topped vehicle, descending to bless ....
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Bus falls off bridge in India, killing at least 37
Date: 2013-03-19 11:30:32 GMT - India - International - SN:3 - ID:23599
A bus packed with passengers crashed through a guard rail and fell off a bridge in western India early Tuesday, killing at least 37 people and injuring another 15, ABC quoated police as saying. The overnight bus was carrying passengers ....
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Venezuela drops plans on embalming Chavez
Date: 2013-03-16 10:52:12 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:4 - ID:18573
Venezuelan Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said the government had dropped plans to embalm late president Hugo Chavez for permanent display. He said the decision was made at the advice of Russian experts who said Chavez's body ....
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Arab American lobbyists urge Obama to cut aid to Israel
Date: 2013-03-16 09:55:28 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:18487
President Barack Obama has been urged by Arab and Muslim organizations to suspend U.S. military aid to Israel, according to the World Tribune newspaper. Arab and Muslim lobbyists invited to discuss Obama’s forthcoming visit to ....
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UN chief urges accord on arms trade treaty
Date: 2013-03-16 09:45:47 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:18476
Secretary-General of United Nations Ban Ki-moon called on Friday for accord on a proposed world arms trade treaty. "I look forward to the Final United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which will commence its work next ....
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Iran urges NAM’s active role at UN nuclear disarmament meeting
Date: 2013-03-13 13:08:22 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:14395
Iran has called on the members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to play a ‘serious and active’ role in an upcoming nuclear disarmament meeting of the United Nations, Iran's Press TV reported Wednesday. ....
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Another life sentence for Argentine ex-dictator
Date: 2013-03-13 12:39:40 GMT - Argentina - International - SN:7 - ID:14311
Argentina's last dictator, Reynaldo Benito Bignone, has received another sentence of life in prison, this time for human rights violations involving detainees inside the Campo de Mayo military base, ABC news reported on Wednesday. As ....
