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Tony Blair: 'We didn't cause Iraq crisis'
Date: 2014-06-15 09:17:44 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:778665
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 as quoted by the BBC. He said there would still be a "major problem" in the country even without the ....
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Road accident leaves 13 dead, 10 injured in Haiti
Date: 2014-06-15 08:32:32 GMT - Haiti - International - SN:13 - ID:778551
A lawmaker's car crashed into a transport van in northern Haiti, killing 13 people and injuring 10. A two-month old infant and his mother, who had been sitting near the front of one of the vehicles, were among those killed in Pont Sonde, police ....
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11 election workers killed in Afghan bomb attack
Date: 2014-06-15 08:31:11 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:12 - ID:778542
At least 11 people, including four election workers, have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan, Sky News quoted officials as saying. The governor of the northern province of Samangan said the attack, which happened on Saturday ....
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2 soldiers injured in fake checkpoint in Benghazi
Date: 2014-06-15 07:41:25 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:778420
Two soldiers were injured after unidentified armed men opened fire at them at a fake checkpoint in Al Sabri district of Benghazi, a medical source told MENA on Sunday. Meanwhile, the source said a medical center has received an unidentified body, ....
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S. Korea, US to hold high-level talks on OPCON transfer
Date: 2014-06-15 07:08:58 GMT - south korea - International - SN:9 - ID:778372
South Korea and the United States will hold high-level talks this week in Seoul to discuss when and under what conditions to transfer wartime control of South Korean troops from Washington to Seoul, Yonhap quoted South Korean defense ministry ....
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Airstrikes kill about 100 militants in Pakistan
Date: 2014-06-15 07:05:20 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:8 - ID:778368
Pakistani military jets pounded militant hideouts in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan early Sunday morning, officials said as quoted by the Voice of America, killing as many as 100 militants in the second strike on the region ....
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39 MB members arrested for police attacks
Date: 2014-06-15 06:54:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:778357
Security forces arrested 39 members of the Muslim Brotherhood for involvement in attacks against police and instigating acts of violence in a number of governorates. They were referred to prosecution for legal action. ....
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Western UNSC members block Russia’s draft resolution on Kiev embassy attack
Date: 2014-06-15 06:52:31 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:6 - ID:778352
Western countries in the United Nations Security Council have blocked Moscow's draft resolution condemning the attack on the Russian embassy in Kiev, Novosti reported quoting a source in the UN. “Western delegations in the Security Council have ....
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Muslim envoys protest over Canberra's move to rename Israel's 'occupied Territories'
Date: 2014-06-15 06:49:56 GMT - Australia - International - SN:5 - ID:778346
A delegation representing 18 countries has lodged a formal protest over Australia's decision to stop referring to Israeli settlements as 'occupied territories', Bernama news agency reported. Rather, the Australian Government has decided to refer ....
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Israel arrest 80 Palestinians, most of them Hamas members
Date: 2014-06-15 06:47:04 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:778340
Israeli troops arrested 80 Palestinians overnight Saturday, including Hamas members, in Hebron, Ramallah and Tubas, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Sunday. Among those arrested were members of the Palestinian Parliament. The source noted that a ....
