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Fresh violence kills at least 29 in C.Africa: Red Cross
Date: 2013-12-20 21:49:58 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:120 - ID:452892
GENEVA, Dec 20 (MENA) - The Red Cross in the Central African Republic said Friday that at least 29 have been killed in a fresh outbreak of sectarian violence in Bangui, the Euronews reported. . Christian militia attacked Muslim neighbourhoods in ....
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Moscow renews support for Iran participation in Geneva 2
Date: 2013-12-20 21:13:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:114 - ID:452797
MOSCOW, Dec 20 (MENA) - Moscow has renewed its support for Iran's participation in a conference to be held in Geneva to resolve the Syrian crisis. The Russian deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Jatilov said Moscow convinced that Iran's participation ....
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Second British evacuation plane leaves S. Sudan
Date: 2013-12-20 21:04:30 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:112 - ID:452837
LONDON, Dec 20 (MENA) - The British Foreign Office said Friday that the United Kingdom sent a second flight to evacuate its nationals from South Sudan amid spiralling violence in the fledgling nation. The Royal Air Force C-17 military transport ....
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Italy's Letta survives confidence vote on budget
Date: 2013-12-20 21:03:48 GMT - Italy - World - SN:111 - ID:452803
ROME, Dec 20 (MENA) - 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 ....
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US spying agency targets included allies, aid groups and business elite -- Report 6 last New York
Date: 2013-12-20 20:36:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:110 - ID:452883
Strengthening the likelihood that full transcripts were taken during the intercepts is the case of Mohamed Ibn Chambas, an official of the Economic Community of West African States, known as Ecowas, a regional initiative of 15 countries that ....
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US spying agency targets included allies, aid groups and business elite -- Report 5 New York
Date: 2013-12-20 20:34:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:109 - ID:452886
Vanee Vines, an NSA spokeswoman, said "We do not use our foreign intelligence capabilities to steal the trade secrets of foreign companies on behalf of — or give intelligence we collect to — U.S. companies to enhance their international ....
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US spying agency targets included allies, aid groups and business elite -- Report 4 New York
Date: 2013-12-20 20:32:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:108 - ID:452878
Almunia, a Spaniard, assumed direct authority over the commission’s antitrust office in 2010. He has been involved in a three-year standoff with Google over how the company runs its search engine. Competitors of the online giant had complained ....
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Obama orders deployment of American Troops in South Sudan
Date: 2013-12-20 20:27:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:107 - ID:452763
WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama announced Friday he had deployed 45 American military personnel to South Sudan to protect the US embassy and Americans in the country. Obama said in a letter to the Congress that although the ....
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US spying agency targets included allies, aid groups and business elite -- Report 3 New York
Date: 2013-12-20 20:25:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:106 - ID:452873
Olmert said in a telephone interview Friday that the email address was used for correspondence with his office, which he said staff members often handled. He added that it was unlikely that any secrets could have been compromised. “This was an ....
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US spying agency targets included allies, aid groups and business elite -- Report 2 New York
Date: 2013-12-20 20:24:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:105 - ID:452871
The reports are spare, technical bulletins produced as the spies, typically working out of British intelligence sites, systematically tapped one international communications link after another, focusing especially on satellite transmissions. The ....