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Ukraine president to order unilateral ceasefire ‘shortly’

Ukraine´s new President Petro Poroshenko said earlier today  that he would soon order a unilateral ceasefire in the separatist east…

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Boat carrying almost a hundred people capsizes off the coast of Malaysia

A boat carrying 97 people overturned about two nautical miles off the western coast of Malaysia, a media report said…

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China weapons facility blast: 17 soldiers dead

At least 17 Chinese soldiers have died in an explosion at a weapon storage facility, Xinhua the official state media…

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US defense secretary Hagel testifies Wednesday on Taliban prisoner swap

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is telling Congress that Qatar officials negotiating the release of captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl told…

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Egypt prosecutor orders release of hunger-striking Al-Jazeera journalist

Egypt’s prosecutor general on Monday ordered the release of Al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy, who has been on hunger strike for…

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Fighting raging near Baghdad as UN warns crisis ‘life-threatening’

Militants pushed a weeklong offensive that has overrun swathes of Iraq to within 60 kilometres (37 miles) of Baghdad Tuesday,…

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Obama returns to Iraqi quagmire

Barack Obama returned to Washington yesterday after a brief family break in California to find himself confronted once again by…

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Police fire rubber bullets in Brazil World Cup city

Police fired rubber bullets and arrested 11 people yesterday to break up anti-World Cup protests by rioters who trashed banks…

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Sea Saw battle rages for control of north Iraqi town

Militants gained ground today in a battle for a strategic enclave in northern Iraq that provides a corridor to Syria,…

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