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US spying agency targets included allies, aid groups and business elite -- Report
Date: 2013-12-21 09:02:31 GMT - USA - International - SN:19 - ID:453281
Secret documents have revealed more than 1,000 targets of American and British surveillance in recent years, including the office of an Israeli prime minister, heads of international aid organizations, foreign energy companies and a European Union ....
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China says FM visits to Israel, Palestinian territories achieved goals
Date: 2013-12-21 08:02:24 GMT - China - International - SN:18 - ID:453137
China has said visits by its foreign minister to Israel and the Palestinian territories helped entrench the "traditional friendship" with both sides. Goals of the visits have been accomplished, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a ....
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Chinese firm pulls workers out of South Sudan oilfields after attack
Date: 2013-12-21 07:59:31 GMT - China - International - SN:17 - ID:453133
Chinese state oil company CNPC said it was evacuating workers from South Sudan because of political violence that has left hundreds dead, South China Morning Post reported Saturday. "We are arranging the orderly evacuation of our workers, but I ....
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Morsi to appoint lawyer as “procedural measure” - lawyer
Date: 2013-12-21 07:57:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:453129
Ousted president Mohamed Morsi will hire one lawyer or more as a procedural measure but he does not acknowledge the existing court, said member of Morsi’s defense team Mohamed el-Damaty. In an interview with “Al-Arabiya TV” Saturday, Damaty ....
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S. Sudan denies deployment of foreign troops in Juba
Date: 2013-12-21 07:53:23 GMT - South Sudan - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:453119
South Sudanese Information Minister Michael Makuei Leuth denied media reports about the deployment of US or African troops in the country. No state is involved in the conflict in South Sudan, Al-Arabiya TV quoted Leuth as saying on ....
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Italy's Letta survives confidence vote on budget
Date: 2013-12-21 07:33:56 GMT - Italy - International - SN:14 - ID:453088
Italian Premier Enrico Letta's government has survived a confidence vote in Parliament's lower chamber tied to next year's budget, local media reported Friday. The Chamber of Deputies voted 350-196 with one abstention Friday to pass the budget ....
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About 100 people killed in Syria Friday -- activists
Date: 2013-12-21 07:30:46 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:453085
At least 100 people were killed in Syria Friday, activists say. Most of the victims are from Damascus, Rif Dimashq and Aleppo, the activists told Sky News. Armed opposition forces were able to control the Canadian Hospital in Aleppo after ....
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Kerry sends envoy to South Sudan as violence grows
Date: 2013-12-21 07:29:29 GMT - USA - International - SN:12 - ID:453083
US Secretary of State John Kerry is sending a special envoy to South Sudan following an escalation of violence in the world's newest nation, CNN said Saturday. "Now is the time for South Sudan's leaders to rein in armed groups under their ....
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Fahmy receives phone calls from German FM, US Mideast envoy while in Tokyo
Date: 2013-12-21 07:28:18 GMT - Japan - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:453082
Currently on a visit to Japan, Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy received two phone calls from his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier and US envoy to the Middle East Martin Indyk respectively. Fahmy and Steinmeier discussed bilateral ....
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Explosive device goes off near armored vehicle in Sinai, no casualties
Date: 2013-12-21 07:26:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:453080
An explosive device went off Friday near a military vehicle south of El-Arish city in North Sinai, security sources said. No casualties were reported from the blast, the sources added. ....
