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Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions
BERLIN (AP) — Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of...
Tags: Politics, National Government, Moscow (Russia), Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Weapons
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Lugar: Syrian rebels need safe zones in Turkey
WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says the U.S. should work with Turkey to establish safe zones for retreating Syrian rebels. Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana says the so-called safe zones would be on...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Turkey (animal), Washington, DC, CNN (tv network), Richard Lugar
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Syria's warring sides trade wheat for flour
ReutersBy Oliver Holmes and Alexander Dziadosz IDLIB PROVINCE, Syria, June 20 (Reuters) - Away from the battlefield, some Syrian rebels are doing business with the same government they are trying to topple. Both sides want to keep providing basics like bread,...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions
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Bonds, shares slump as Fed signals end to stimulus
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Bonds, shares and commodities fell sharply around the world on Thursday and the dollar rose after the U.S. Federal Reserve explicitly signaled an end to easy money and data showed China's economy slowing down. The sell-off began...Tags: Malaysia, Allianz AG Holding, priceline.com Inc., Computing and Information Technology Industry, Computer Hardware
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MIDEAST WEEKAHEAD-Gulf markets can ride out political risk
Reuters* Escalation of Syrian civil war worries Gulf Arab states * Saudi stocks suffer biggest one-day fall in two years * But good economic backdrop expected to prevent any downtrend * Kuwait faces political uncertainty before surprise elections * But...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Credit Ratings, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Politics, Tehran (Iran)
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Oil prices: The triple-digit barrel
SCRATCH the surface of the planet and the chances that hydrocarbons will spew forth appear to grow by the day. This week America's Energy Information Administration (EIA) released new estimates of the amount of gas in the world's shale beds. It reckons...Tags: Petroleum Industry, BP Plc, Iran, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving
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U.S. cites Russia, China among worst in human trafficking -report
Reuters* Advocates call on Obama administration for sanctions * About 27 mln victims worldwide, just 40,000 ID'd in 2012 By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - An annual U.S. State Department report on Wednesday cited Russia and China among the...Tags: U.S. Department of State, John Kerry, Civil Rights, Politics, Washington, DC
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COLUMN - The new Iranian president's restrained power: Bremmer
Reuters(Ian Bremmer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Ian Bremmer June 19 (Reuters) - This past weekend, centrist candidate Hassan Rohani won the Iranian presidential election by a landslide. Rohani beat the two perceived front-runners...Tags: Elections, Iran's Nuclear Program, Politics, Iran, Nuclear Policy
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The new Iranian president's restrained power: Bremmer
Reuters(Reuters) - This past weekend, centrist candidate Hassan Rohani won the Iranian presidential election by a landslide. Rohani beat the two perceived front-runners who were hand-selected conservative loyalists to supreme leader Ali Khamenei, and he did it...Tags: Elections, Iran's Nuclear Program, Politics, Iran, Nuclear Policy
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT June 19
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday his government would not join U.S. peace talks with the Taliban and halted negotiations with Washington on a troop pact, underscoring the fragile nature of hopes for a...Tags: James P. Hoffa, European Union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, FBI, Brazil
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Blast hits Syrian port city of Latakia
ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - A loud explosion was heard near a military site in the Syrian port city of Latakia on Wednesday, opposition groups and state media said, but the cause of the blast was unclear. Explosions in Latakia, part of President Bashar al-Assad's...Tags: Politics, Human Rights, Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Science and Technology
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Editorial: The case for arms to Syria
The Syrian rebels battling President Bashar Assad's forces are on the ropes. They've lost one strategic city and may be on the brink of losing a stronghold in Aleppo to government forces, fortified by Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters. Assad's enabler-in-...Tags: Weaponry, Moscow (Russia), Iran, Armed Forces, Military Equipment
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