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Obama stubborn-headed, delusional on Iraq - US senator
Date: 2014-06-15 18:25:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:135 - ID:779722
WASHINGTON, June 15 (MENA) - An ardent critic of the Obama administration's foreign policy, Sen. Lindsey Graham labeled the US President as "stubborn-headed", "delusional" and "detached" over his decision on a US reaction to the unfolding violence ....
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German FM rules out dispatch of forces to Iraq
Date: 2014-06-15 16:08:17 GMT - Germany - World - SN:106 - ID:779418
BERLIN, June 15 (MENA) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told the Sunday edition of Die Welt newspaper that the international community "must prevent the outbreak of a proxy war between the regional powers on Iraqi soil," ruling out ....
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18 soldiers, 39 civilians, 146 militants killed in Afghanistan during runoff vote day
Date: 2014-06-15 15:47:04 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:99 - ID:779520
KABUL, June 15 (MENA) - At least 18 Afghan soldiers were martyred and 74 others were injured during the runoff election day across Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported Sunday. Defense ministry spokesman, Gen. Zahiri Azimi, said at least 39 ....
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Independent newcomer Andrej Kiska inaugurated as Slovakia's new president
Date: 2014-06-15 15:23:02 GMT - Slovakia - World - SN:96 - ID:779422
BRATISLAVA, June 15 (MENA) – Political newcomer Andrej Kiska has been inaugurated as Slovakia's new president, Fox News reported on Sunday. The successful 51-year-old businessman-turned-philanthropist was elected to the largely ceremonial post ....
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Blair says "We didn't cause Iraq crisis''
Date: 2014-06-15 14:42:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:88 - ID:779341
LONDON, June 15 (MENA) - The 2003 invasion of Iraq is not to blame for the violent insurgency now gripping the country, former UK prime minister Tony Blair has said. He told the BBC there would still be a "major problem" in Iraq even without the ....
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Iran vice president says extremist groups threaten global peace
Date: 2014-06-15 12:46:20 GMT - Bolivia - World - SN:66 - ID:779000
SANTA CRUZ, June 15 (MENA) – Extremist and terrorist groups pose serious threat against world peace and stability, IRNA quoted visiting Iranian Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri as saying in a meeting with Bolivian President Evo Morales, here ....
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British PM issues powerful new pledge to combat extremism
Date: 2014-06-15 12:35:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:62 - ID:778998
LONDON, June 15 (MENA) - Muslim clerics in the UK who inflame terrorism by denouncing free speech, equality and democracy will be opposed in a ‘muscular’ new defense of ‘British values’, the Daily Mail quoted David Cameron as pledging Sunday. In ....
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UN chief condemns continued violence in eastern Ukraine
Date: 2014-06-15 10:49:32 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:45 - ID:778476
NEW YORK, June 15 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned in the strongest terms the downing of a Ukrainian military airplane in the eastern city of Lugansk, killing all 49 people aboard. “The continuing violence in ....
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Friedman says disintegration of Iraq "defined" Middle East for century
Date: 2014-06-15 10:49:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:778716
NEW YORK, June 15 (MENA) - US writer Thomas Friedman said that the disintegration of Iraq and Syria is upending an order that has defined the Middle East for a century. It is a huge event, and we as a country need to think very carefully about ....
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Parliamentary candidate shot dead in Kosovo
Date: 2014-06-15 10:09:02 GMT - Kosovo - World - SN:43 - ID:778768
PRISTINA, June 15 (MENA) - Kosovo police say a parliamentary candidate from Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's ruling party was shot dead in an apparent assassination as he walked out of a restaurant, ABC News reported. Police said in a statement ....
