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David Cameron: Britain will not pay ransom after Stephen Sotloff murder
Date: 2014-09-03 15:44:02 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:105 - ID:904961
LONDON, Sept 3 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that Britain will not pay a ransom for a hostage whose life is in the hands of the so-called Islamic State extremists and accused other countries that are willing to do so of ....
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Daesh distributes booklets on Pakistan-Afghan border areas
Date: 2014-09-03 14:38:40 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:102 - ID:904536
KABUL, Sept 3 (MENA) - Daesh militants started distribution of pamphlets in bordering regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan in a bid to increase it’s influence in south Asian region. Local media reported that the booklets titled Fatah (victory) ....
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NAM denounces Daesh crimes against Iraqi people
Date: 2014-09-03 13:45:27 GMT - Iran - World - SN:88 - ID:904552
TEHRAN, Sept 3 (MENA) – The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has strongly condemned crimes committed by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group against the Iraqi people, Press TV reported. Iran's Ambassador to the UN Office in Geneva Mohsen Naziri-Asl, ....
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UK will examine 'every possible option' to free British hostage held by Daesh: Hammond
Date: 2014-09-03 12:29:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:73 - ID:904474
LONDON, Sept 3 (MENA) - The UK government will examine "every possible option" to protect a British hostage threatened with death by the so-called Islamic State extremists, The Guardian quoted Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond as saying ....
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Darul-Iftaa slams Steven Sotloff murder
Date: 2014-09-03 12:26:59 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:71 - ID:904408
CAIRO, Sept 3 (MENA) - Egypt's Darul-Iftaa (House of Religious Opinion) has strongly condemned the murder of US journalist Steven Sotloff at the hands of a terrorist group. Al-Qaeda militants released a video Tuesday purporting to show the ....
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US Officials warn against terrorist attacks on 9/11 anniversary
Date: 2014-09-03 12:24:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:66 - ID:904364
LONDON, Sept 3 (MENA) - U.S. officials fear Islamic militants have stolen nearly a dozen commercial planes in Libya which could be used to carry out 9/11-style terrorist attacks in the region, Daily Mail reported Wednesday. Eleven commercial jets ....
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Iran’s FM arrives in Italy for key talks
Date: 2014-09-03 12:07:24 GMT - Italy - World - SN:62 - ID:904410
ROME, Sept 3 (MENA) - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in the Italian capital of Rome on the last leg of his three-nation European tour to hold key talks with the country’s senior officials, Press TV reported ....
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Stephen Sotloff murder: operation to rescue British hostage considered
Date: 2014-09-03 11:41:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:60 - ID:904365
LONDON, Sept 3 (MENA) - The Foreign Secretary has raised the prospect of special forces mounting an operation to rescue a British hostage whose life is in the hands of Islamist terrorists. The British government will “look at every possible option” ....
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Luxemburg underlines Iran's right to utilize civilian n. energy
Date: 2014-09-03 11:17:59 GMT - Iran - World - SN:57 - ID:903928
LUXEMBOURG, Sept 3 (MENA) - Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said Iran, as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), has the right to advance its nuclear program for peaceful purposes, FARS reported Wednesday. In a meeting ....
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Australian PM does not rule out boots on ground in Iraq
Date: 2014-09-03 11:15:24 GMT - Australia - World - SN:54 - ID:903944
CANBERRA, Sept 3 (MENA) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott today declined to rule out sending combat troops to support US air strikes in Iraq, amid a growing confrontation with radical Islamists who have seized large swaths of that country and ....