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Iran ready to restore historical relations with Europe: Rouhani
Date: 2014-01-26 17:14:26 GMT - Iran - World - SN:141 - ID:521318
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 26 (MENA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the foundations are laid and Tehran is ready to make a return to the historical relations it used to have with Europe, Tehran Times reported. He made the remarks in an ....
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NSA is after industrial spying – Snowden to German TV
Date: 2014-01-26 14:48:13 GMT - Germany - World - SN:110 - ID:521616
BERLIN, Jan 26 (MENA) - The NSA agency is not preoccupied solely with national security, but also spies on foreign industrial entities in US business interests, former American intelligence contractor, Edward Snowden, has revealed in an interview to ....
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Tony Blair: Extremist religion at root of 21st-century wars
Date: 2014-01-26 13:03:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:71 - ID:521389
LONDON, Jan 26 (MENA) - Former Brtisih Prime Minister Tony Blair has reignited debate about the west's response to terrorism with a call on governments to recognize that religious extremism has become the biggest source of conflict around the ....
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Larijani hints at increase of military budget in response to Kerry's threats
Date: 2014-01-26 11:33:49 GMT - Iran - World - SN:49 - ID:521059
TEHRAN, Jan 26 (MENA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani rapped US Secretary of State John Kerry for his military threats against Iran amid diplomatic efforts to settle the differences between Tehran and the world powers, and said the ....
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Kofi Annan in Tehran to talk with Iranian officials
Date: 2014-01-26 09:52:09 GMT - Iran - World - SN:35 - ID:520953
TEHRAN, Jan 26 (MENA) - Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has arrived in the Iranian capital Tehran to hold talks with Iranian officials on a range of regional issues, Iran's Press TV reported. Early on Sunday, the former UN ....
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S. Korea to send message to N. Korea to call for early resumption of family reunions
Date: 2014-01-26 08:17:11 GMT - south korea - World - SN:25 - ID:520746
SEOUL, Jan 26 (MENA) - South Korea plans to send a message to North Korea this week to welcome Pyongyang's proposal to hold reunions for separated families and call for an early resumption of the humanitarian program, Yonhap news agency reported ....
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Japan, India agree to conduct naval drill with U.S.
Date: 2014-01-26 07:54:30 GMT - Japan - World - SN:21 - ID:520745
TOKYO, Jan 26 (MENA) - Japan and India agreed Saturday to carry out a trilateral naval drill with the United States, a move apparently aimed at curbing China's growing and aggressive territorial claims in the South and East China seas, Kyodo ....
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U.S. confirms S. Korean president not among eavesdropping targets
Date: 2014-01-26 06:36:18 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:520645
SEOUL, Jan 26 (MENA) - The United States has confirmed that South Korea's president will be excluded from its eavesdropping targets, Yonhap reported quoting a government source Sunday. U.S. President Barack Obama announced reform measures for the ....
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13 people killed, injured in suicide bombing in Kabul
Date: 2014-01-26 06:28:38 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:520622
KABUL, Jan 26 (MENA) - At least four persons were killed and 9 others injured when a suicide bomber attacked a military bus in the Afghan capital, CBC news reported. Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the Defense Ministry, said the bomber ....
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Japan, India agree to conduct naval drill with US
Date: 2014-01-25 20:54:15 GMT - India - World - SN:206 - ID:520213
NEW DELHI, Jan 25 (MENA) - Japan and India agreed Saturday to carry out a trilateral naval drill with the United States, Kyodo News reported. It will be the first time for Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force to take part in a joint US-India ....