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OAS report breaks ground on marijuana
Latin American presidents who support decriminalization of marijuana won a big diplomatic victory in recent days when the 34-country Organization of American States issued a report that considers that option as one of several policies that might help...Tags: Guatemala, Colombia, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Prisons
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Chief Palestinian peace negotiator backs Kerry's efforts
Reuters* Kerry to visit Jerusalem and Ramallah on Thursday, Friday * Palestinian negotiator: no conditions on return to talks * Kerry working "below the radar" to revive peace talks By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (Reuters) - The top Palestinian...Tags: International Criminal Court, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, Crime, Law and Justice, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Turkey's Erdogan says U.N. must decide on any Syria no-fly zone
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday it would be up to the U.N. Security Council to decide whether to establish a no-fly zone inside Syria and said he backed the involvement of Russia and China in planned peace...Tags: Turkey, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Russia, Politics, Moscow (Russia)
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1230 GMT, May 16
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - KABUL - A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans, in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in months. - - - - UNITED NATIONS -...Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, South Africa, Bashar Assad, Google Inc.
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Niger villagers take mass public vow to end female genital mutilation
Reuters* Niger outlawed female genital mutilation in 2003 * Rate at about 2 percent from about 5 percent in late 1990s * Ceremony sponsored by government, NGOs and UNICEF By Abdoulaye Massalatchi MAKALONDI, Niger, May 16 (Reuters) - About 14,000 villagers...Tags: Health Organizations, UNICEF, Niger, International Organizations, Politics
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UN condemns Assad's Syrian forces, unease with rebels grows
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday condemned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and praised the opposition Syrian National Coalition, but support for the Gulf Arab-drafted declaration was less than a similar...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), United Nations, Bashar Assad
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Reuters World News Highlights at 2045 GMT, May 15
ReutersMay 15 (Reuters) - WASHINGTON - As Republican lawmakers stepped up their calls for top Internal Revenue Service officials to resign, President Barack Obama planned to meet with Treasury to discuss how to respond to the growing uproar over the IRS's...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Science and Technology, David Cameron, Bashar Assad, European Union
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Reuters World News Highlights 1400 GMT, May 15
ReutersUNITED NATIONS - The U.N. General Assembly is set to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution that condemns Syrian authorities and accepts the opposition Syrian National Coalition as party to a potential political transition. - - - - BRUSSELS/BERLIN -...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria, France, Japan
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Syria death toll at least 80,000, says UN General Assembly president
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - The death toll in Syria from the country's two-year civil war is at least 80,000, an increase of about 20,000 since the start of the year, the president of the U.N. General Assembly, Vuk Jeremic, said on Wednesday. U.N....Tags: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Politics
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U.N. passes treaty regulating arms sales
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the world body's first treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar international arms trade Tuesday, a goal sought for over a decade to try to keep illicit weapons out of the hands...
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Global arms trade treaty still has a shot, backers say
A groundbreaking pact to regulate the global weapons trade still has a chance of success after Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked the draft treaty at the United Nations this week. But even if the treaty passes, its power will hinge on how nations...
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Moving past stalemate in the Middle East
With the U.S. administration's foreign policy team shaping up and planned visits by President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to the Middle East, there are renewed hopes for movement on the political process. While welcoming these developments, we...
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