Search for EU leader moves into high gear in Berlin
Stockholm/Berlin- The search for the first president of the European Union was set to dominate behind-the-scenes talks in Berlin on Monday as EU leaders gathered to commemorate the fall of the Iron Curtain. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to ...
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Nuclear deal delay has economic reasons, says Tehran
Tehran - Tehran said that the delay of the nuclear fuel deal has economic and not political reasons, ISNA news agency reported Monday. The nuclear deal has some economic angles and therefore technical and economic experts' opinions should be thoroug...
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Indonesia, EU sign partnership agreement
Jakarta - Indonesia and the European Union on Monday signed a partnership agreement intended to bolster cooperation in areas such as trade, the environment and counter-terrorism. The agreement was the first of its kind between the EU and a South-East...
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Eight children, teacher killed as bus falls into Indian river
New Delhi - Eight schoolchildren and a teacher were killed and 33 others injured when their bus fell into a river in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, news reports said Monday. The children were all primary school students from Ratlam distr...
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Zimbabwe's Bennett in court for start of terrorism trial
Harare - Popular Zimbabwean politician Roy Bennett appeared in the High Court in Harare on Monday for the scheduled start of his terrorism trial. Bennett, 52, is charged with conspiring to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, in a case his Movement for...
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Vietnam dissident ends hunger strike
Hanoi - A jailed Vietnamese dissident who was reportedly near death after a monthlong hunger strike has begun eating, his wife said Monday. Vu Van Hung, a 43-year-old high school teacher, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of prob...
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Two US pilots killed in helicopter crash in Iraq
Baghdad - Two US pilots were killed in northern Iraq Monday when their helicopter went down, Iraqi police and the US military said. Two US Army pilots were killed when a helicopter experienced a hard landing, in northern Iraq's Salah al-Din provinc...
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One killed, 82 injured in Indonesia quake - Summary
Jakarta - One person was killed and 82 people were injured when when a powerful earthquake struck Monday off Indonesia's Sumbawa island, officials said. Dozens of homes and other buildings were damaged in Bima district of West Nusa Tenggara province ...
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20 years on, Berlin celebrates the fall of the Wall
Berlin - International leaders were congregating in Berlin Monday, 20 years to the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall augured the end of Europe's East-West divide. On November 9, 1989, travel restrictions for East German citizens were unexpectedly...
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