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Suspected Jewish extremists set fire to a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank on July 31, killing an 18-month-old baby and seriously injuring several other family members, an act that Israel's prime minister described as terrorism. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has declined an invitation from counterpart Vladimir Putin to attend the ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of Moscow?s victory in World War II, in an apparent diplomatic reprisal against Russian leader?s decision to label the 1915 killings of Ottoman Armenians as genocide last month.

Turkey said on April 24 that it rejected and condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin calling the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a "genocide." 

After recalling its ambassador to Austria on April 22, Turkey has now recalled seven ambassadors to Ankara over the last few years for various reasons, including bilateral political strain or security concerns in those foreign capitals. 

Hakon Austbo, regarded as one of the Norwegian grand masters of the piano, will hold a recital at the Romanian Athenaeum, on May 18, informs a release of the organisers remitted to AGERPRES on Friday.

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The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 6.4% in February 2015, lower by 0.1% from January, and by 0.6% compared to the level recorded in February 2014, according to the data released on Tuesday by the National Statistics Institute (INS).

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Nearly 2,000 Catholics, including young people, children and priests from Bucharest parishes as well as nuns and monks on Sunday marched in a Palm Sunday procession held in Bucharest by the Roman Catholic Archbishopric.

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More than 200 sheepdogs from the Romanian Shepherd breeds Raven, Mioritic, Carpathian and Bucovina will participate on Sunday in Predeal in the second edition of the National Championship for Romanian Shepherds and in the sixth edition of the show dedicated to these vigorous herd guarding dogs.

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Minister of Justice Robert Cazanciuc said on Friday in Constanta that building new penitentiaries to plug the current jail capacity shortage of about 11,000 inmates requires investments of approximately one billion euros.

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The Bradet stretched-curd cheese, a traditional deli food whose name was "borrowed" by producers all over the country, has its origins in the north-western part of Arges County, specifically in the Bradulet commune that sits on the upper course of the Valsan river.

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