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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: Turkey (animal), Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Turkey
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Brent dips below $106 as focus back on demand, stocks
Reuters* Investors eye June 18-19 U.S. Fed meeting, seeking clarity * Prices likely to trade inside "zones of resistance" * Impact of Iran presidential elections still unclear By Luke Pachymuthu SINGAPORE, June 17 (Reuters) - Brent crude futures traded below...Tags: Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iran, Petroleum Industry, International Energy
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Obama, Putin face tough talks on Syria at G8 summit
ReutersENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Russia's Vladimir Putin derailed Barack Obama's efforts to win backing for the downfall of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad at a G8 summit on Tuesday, warning the West that arms supplied to the rebels could be used...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Vladimir Putin, Interior Policy, Russia, Politics
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Car bombs, shootings kill 30 across Iraq
ReutersBASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Attacks across Iraq targeting mainly Shi'ite Muslims killed at least 30 people on Sunday, police and medics said, intensifying fears of a descent into all-out sectarian war. Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Sunni...Tags: Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Baghdad (Iraq), Basra (Iraq), United Nations
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Putin arrives late for Syria talks with UK PM ahead of G8
ReutersLONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived an hour late for talks on Syria with Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday before a G8 summit which is expected to be dominated by discussions about how to end the Syrian conflict. The...Tags: Summits, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vladimir Putin, Russia, G8
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Gunmen kill four Shi'ite Lebanese in Bekaa Valley
ReutersBEIRUT, June 16 (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead four Shi'ite Muslim men in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley in an ambush on Sunday, security sources said, in the latest sectarian violence close to the border with Syria. The civil war just a few miles across the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lebanon, Islam, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief
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Rebel brigades check loyalist advances in Aleppo -opposition
ReutersBy Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, June 16 (Reuters) - Rebel brigades fought Hezbollah-backed forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in and around Syria's commercial hub of Aleppo on Sunday, trying to claw back territory lost to an assault that threatens...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Turkey, Lebanon, Government, Rebellions
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Putin warns West: do not arm Syrian rebels who "eat human organs"
ReutersLONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West against arming Syrian rebels on Sunday, saying the foes of President Bashar al-Assad ate human organs and should not be supported. In his first public comments since a...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vladimir Putin, Wars and Interventions, David Cameron, Barack Obama
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Egypt's army distances itself from regional conflict
ReutersCAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian army will not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, the state news agency quoted a military source as saying on Sunday, a day after President Mohamed Mursi backed the idea of a no-fly zone in Syria. "The...Tags: Egypt
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Putin warns West not to arm organ-eating Syrian rebels
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin questioned on Sunday why the West would want to arm Syrian rebels who he said ate human organs, saying plans to give them weapons contradicted basic human values. Speaking after meeting Prime Minister...Tags: Summits, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vladimir Putin, Russia, Wars and Interventions
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Iranians count on president-elect Rohani to bring change
ReutersDUBAI - Thousands of Iranians celebrated on the streets into Sunday's early hours, counting on moderate president-elect Hassan Rohani to follow through on promises of better relations abroad and more freedom at home after routing hardliners at the polls....Tags: Elections, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Petroleum Industry, Polls
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WRAPUP 1-Putin says West arming Syrian rebels who eat human flesh
ReutersBy Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Alexei Anishchuk AMMAN/LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, arriving in Britain ahead of an international summit set to be dominated by disagreement over the U.S. decision to send weapons to Syria's...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Kingdom, Lebanon, G8, Armed Forces
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