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 Geneva talks: UN chief 'encouraged' by agreement on Ukraine
Tweet | United Nations, April 18 (IANS) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was encouraged by "concrete and urgent steps" aimed at de-escalating the Ukraine situation agreed at four-way talks in Geneva T... (photo: UN / /Eskinder Debebe) Newstrack India
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 Britain slams Israeli settlement expansion in West Bank
Tweet | London, April 18 (IANS) British Foreign Secretary William Hague Thursday slammed Israel's recent steps towards settlement expansion in the West Bank, stressing that negotiations are the only w... (photo: AP / Pier Paolo Cito) Newstrack India
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 Maggie Gyllenhaal: Sex scene was cool
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 Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel laureate, dies at 87
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 Deal reached on calming Ukraine tension
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 Israel and PLO swap blame for peace breakdown
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 India struggles with rebel threats during election
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 Ukraine crisis: Crunch talks due in Geneva
Russia, the United States, the European Union and Ukraine are due to meet in Geneva to try to reduce escalating tensions over eastern Ukraine. | Deep disagreement over th... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo) BBC News
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 Fighting Intensifies in Northern Burma
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 UN apologises for Rwanda inaction
The diplomat who was president of the UN Security Council in April 1994 apologised today for the council's refusal to recognise that genocide was taking place in Rwanda a... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) Belfast Telegraph
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