SAO PAULO, March 14 (APP/AFP) – Some three million Brazilians enraged at corruption, recession and demanding the removal of leftist President Dilma Rousseff demonstrated across Latin America’s biggest nation Sunday. Chanting “Dilma out!” and draped in the bright yellow and green national flag, protesters across Brazil sought to pressure Congress into accelerating impeachment proceedings against […]
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‘Historic’ crowds protest against Brazil’s president
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Kerry says 600 IS fighters killed in Syria in last 3 weeks
PARIS, March 13, (APP/AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that 600 fighters from the Islamic State group had been killed in Syria in the last three weeks. “In Syria, over the last three weeks alone, Daesh has lost 3,000 square kilometres (1,160 square miles) and 600 fighters,” Kerry said after talks […]
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Syria comments on Assad removal ‘disruptive’ to peace talks: Kerry
PARIS, France, March 13, (APP/AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday comments by Syria’s top diplomat that removing President Bashar al-Assad would cross a “red line”, were an attempt to disrupt the peace process. Speaking after talks with European allies in Paris, Kerry said Foreign Minister Walid Muallem’s remarks were “clearly trying […]
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Korean Govt providing $500 million to Pakistan for infrastructure development: Envoy
ISLAMABAD, Mar 13 ( APP): Korean Ambassador Dr Song Jong-hwan has said that his country’s government is providing some $500 million under the 2015-2017 framework agreement to Pakistan through Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) for vaious projects from hydropower to road infrastcure. The Ambassador, in an interview, said that both the countries were enjoying excellent […]
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Deadly clashes in Yemen’s Aden as loyalists press Taez offensive
ADEN, March 13, (APP/AFP) – At least 17 suspected Al-Qaeda militants and two policemen have been killed in two days of clashes in Aden, the temporary base of Yemen’s government, security sources said. The clashes, which resumed early Sunday, came as loyalist forces pressed an offensive to retake third city Taez in the southwest of […]
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US, Russia to meet on Syria truce violations ahead of Geneva talks
KING KHALID MILITARY CITY, Saudi Arabia, (APP/AFP): US and Russian officials were to meet Saturday on Syrian opposition charges of truce violations by the regime but peace talks remain on course, US Secretary of State John Kerry said. Asked at the end of a visit to Saudi Arabia whether indirect dialogue in Geneva between the […]