Former British PM Margaret Thatcher dead
Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher,
the "Iron Lady" who shaped a generation of British politics, died
following a stroke on Monday at the age of 87, her spokesman said.
"It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced
that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a
stroke this morning," Lord Tim Bell said, referring to Thatcher's
children. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was saddened to hear of her
death, Buckingham Palace said.
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Abbas to Kerry: Release of prisoners key to resuming talks
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Sunday told
visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry that the release of
prisoners held by Israel was a “top priority” for resuming peace
talks. “President Abbas stressed that the release of the prisoners
is a priority that creates an appropriate climate for the
possibility of moving the peace process forward,” his spokesman
Nabil Abu Rudeina told AFP after the two held nearly 90 minutes of
talks at the presidential compound in Ramallah. Abbas told Kerry
that releasing the 4,500 or so prisoners held in Israeli jails, a
deeply sensitive issue on the Palestinian street, was a “top
priority for creating the right atmosphere for the resumption of
negotiations.” Abu Rudeina said the discussions with Kerry were
geared towards finding the best way of creating an appropriate
climate for resuming talks with Israel. He said it was Abbas’s
fourth meeting with Kerry in just over a month.
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N. Korea preparing for fourth nuclear test – South
North Korea appears to be preparing a fourth
nuclear test as well as a provocative missile launch, South Korea
said Monday, despite an unusually blunt call from China for
restraint.
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Merkel asks Putin to give NGOs a chance
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday asked
Russian President Vladimir Putin to “give a chance” to
non-governmental organisations which she described as a “motor of
innovation”.
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