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French hostage 'beheaded in Algeria'
Date: 2014-09-24 15:44:03 GMT - Algeria - World - SN:133 - ID:1005889
ALGIERS, Sept 24 (MENA) - An Algerian jihadist group has released a video that appears to show the beheading of French tourist Herve Gourdel, who was seized on Sunday, the BBC reported. Militant group Jund al-Khilafa had set a 24-hour deadline on ....
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Iran not to cooperate with fake US-Led anti-Daesh coalition – parliament speaker
Date: 2014-09-24 15:08:38 GMT - Iran - World - SN:127 - ID:1005345
TEHRAN, Sept 24 (MENA) - Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani described the US-led coalition against Daesh militants in Iraq and Syria as a "political joke", and said Tehran will not cooperate in such a fake coalition, Fars News Agency reported. ....
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Abbas meets Kerry in NY
Date: 2014-09-24 15:04:39 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:125 - ID:1005593
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks on Wednesday here with US State Secretary John Kerry on the Palestinian issue and the situation in the Middle East in general. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the ....
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UN General Debate kicks off in New York 3 last New York
Date: 2014-09-24 14:59:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:124 - ID:1005225
Declaring that far more must be done to anticipate problems and reach early political consensus, he appealed for crucial unity in the 15-member Security Council, the spearhead for UN action, stressing that when the body acts as one results follow, ....
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UN General Debate kicks off in New York....2 Cairo
Date: 2014-09-24 14:58:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:123 - ID:1005229
Warning that the world’s “fasten seat belt” light is illuminated, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today opened the 69th annual debate of the United Nations General Assembly with a call for decisive leadership at a time when the ghosts of the Cold War ....
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Obama calls for fighting Daesh terrorist group
Date: 2014-09-24 14:40:07 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:118 - ID:1005357
NEW YORK, Sept, 24 (MENA) – US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for fighting Daesh terrorist group. In his statement at the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Obama also pledged to maintain pressure on Daesh until its ....
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Ban hails ‘bold’ announcements on tackling climate change as historic UN summit closes
Date: 2014-09-24 14:03:52 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:111 - ID:1004513
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - Bold new actions to immediately tackle climate change were announced today by Government, business, finance and civil society leaders attending a historic Climate Summit convened by United Nations Secretary-General Ban ....
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UNGA 69th session opens
Date: 2014-09-24 13:44:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:105 - ID:1004945
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - The 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly opened here on Wednesday. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivered the opening address in which he touched upon the various political, economic and social ....
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Pope Francis puts ex-Dominican envoy under house arrest
Date: 2014-09-24 12:22:55 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:95 - ID:1003541
VATICAN CITY, Sept 24 (MENA) - Pope Francis had ordered the arrest of a former Polish archbishop accused of child sex abuse in the Dominican Republic because the case was “so serious,” the Vatican said. Jozef Wesolowski, who was defrocked by a ....
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UN climate summit pledges $2 bn for developing nations
Date: 2014-09-24 12:21:47 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:94 - ID:1003577
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - World leaders meeting at the United Nations Climate Summit pledged USD 2 billion for a new fund aimed at helping developing nations confront the potentially devastating effects of rising temperatures. On Thursday, The ....
