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Britain, France counter Syria call for UN to sanction militants
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, May 14 (Reuters) - Britain and France have delayed a Syrian request for Islamist al-Nusra Front to be designated by the United Nations as a terrorist group because they want the militants to instead be listed as an alias of al Qaeda,...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), International Organizations, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Kingdom
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Boat capsizes off Myanmar; dozens feared dead
NEW DELHI — At least 58 people were missing and feared dead Tuesday after a boat capsized off Myanmar while residents tried to flee an approaching cyclone, United Nations officials said. The boat was carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims, many of...Tags: Kaman Corporation, Buddhism, Islam, Tropical Storms, Religion and Belief
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Kerry, Russian foreign minister meet on Syria
ReutersBy Patricia Zengerle KIRUNA, Sweden, May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met late on Tuesday for a discussion focused on the war in Syria and plans for an international peace conference, a...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sweden, John Kerry
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Kerry sees Syria peace negotiations taking place in early June
ReutersSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he expected a proposed Syria peace conference backed by Washington and Moscow to be held in early June, and he denied reports that the Damascus government did not plan to attend....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Kerry
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Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the...
Tags: The Tourist (movie), Salt (movie), CNN (tv network), Brad Pitt, Movies
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Angelina Jolie writes in op-ed she's had both breasts removed over genetic cancer risk
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the...Tags: The Tourist (movie), Salt (movie), Entertainment, Angelina Jolie, Mastectomy
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COLUMN-African minerals and the illusion of fair value: Kemp
ReutersBy John Kemp LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - "With Africa's economies riding the crest of the global commodities wave, there is an unprecedented opportunity to convert the region's vast resource wealth into investments that could lift millions out of poverty,...Tags: Politics, Government, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources, G8
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Goldberg: Benghazi's smoking guns
President Obama was asked about the metastasizing Benghazi scandal in a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday. Referring to the Americans who died in Benghazi, the president said, "We dishonor them when we turn things...Tags: Politics, Government, Univision (tv network), U.S. Department of State, Susan Rice
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WRAPUP 6-U.S., Russia seek new Syria peace talks; rebels sceptical
Reuters(Adds U.N. statement, paragraphs 6-7) * US, Russia bury differences to push for Syria peace talks * Not clear warring parties will readily agree to negotiate * Threat of conflict spilling over has alarmed world powers * Kerry says without deal Syria...Tags: Politics, Government, Robert Mueller, Ban Ki-moon, Biological and Chemical Weapons
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Editorial: Make uncovering Benghazi truth a bipartisan mission
"A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al-Qaida is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead." —President Barack Obama to the Democratic National Convention, Sept. 6, 2012. Five nights after that speech, scores of attackers...
Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), U.S. Congress, Politics, Univision (tv network), U.S. Department of State
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Obama says 'outrageous' if IRS staff targeted conservative groups
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday it would be "outrageous" if Internal Revenue Service staff targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, saying anyone found to have done so must be held fully accountable...Tags: Washington, DC, Benghazi, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service
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Nigeria gives Iranian, Nigerian five years for arms smuggling
ReutersLAGOS, May 13 - A Nigerian court sentenced an alleged member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard and a Nigerian accomplice to five years in prison on Monday over an illegal shipment of mortars and rockets seized in the main port of Lagos in 2010. The...Tags: Nigeria, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Senegal, Punishment
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