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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT May 22
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a scandal about extra tax scrutiny of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday she had done nothing wrong but invoked her constitutional right not to...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Wars and Interventions, U.S. Congress, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Anthony D. Weiner
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Friends of Syria demands withdrawal of Hezbollah, Iran fighters
ReutersAMMAN, May 23 (Reuters) - The Friends of Syrian alliance called on Iran and its Lebanese Hezbollah ally on Thursday to withdraw fighters immediately from Syrian territory and described their armed presence in the country as a threat to regional stability....Tags: Iran
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World Bank proposes $150 mln loan to help Jordan with refugees
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The World Bank has proposed a $150 million loan for Jordan to help with the cost of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria, Jordanian and World Bank board sources said on Wednesday. "The (World Bank)...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Politics, World Bank Group, International Organizations, Economic Organization
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Friends of Syria demands Hezbollah, Iran fighters withdraw
ReutersAMMAN (Reuters) - The Friends of Syria alliance called on Iran and its Lebanese Hezbollah ally on Thursday to withdraw fighters immediately from Syrian territory and described their armed presence in the country as a threat to regional stability. In a...Tags: Iran
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World Bank proposes $150 million loan to help Jordan with refugees
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank has proposed a $150 million loan for Jordan to help it with the cost of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria, Jordanian and World Bank board sources said on Wednesday. "The (World Bank) board...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Banking, International Monetary Fund
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NYMEX-Oil falls to around $94 on gasoline stocks, Fed concerns
ReutersPERTH, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures prices dropped to around $94 a barrel on Thursday after data showing U.S. gasoline supplies rose and on concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve may curtail its bond-buying stimulus later this year. FUNDAMENTALS...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Central Bank, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, China
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Kerry downplays Syria government's gains
AMMAN, Jordan — Recent battlefield advances by the Syrian military against U.S.-backed rebels are "very temporary" and do not signal that the government of President Bashar Assad is gaining the upper hand, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said...Tags: Government, Moscow (Russia), Politics, Wars and Interventions, Peace Negotiations
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West may boost Syria rebels if Assad won't talk peace
ReutersAMMAN (Reuters) - Washington threatened on Wednesday to increase support for Syria's rebels if President Bashar al-Assad refuses to discuss a political end to a civil war that is spreading across borders. Rebels called for reinforcements to combat an...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Turkey, Wars and Interventions, Weaponry, Al-Qaeda
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Swiss seek to facilitate restitution of dictator loot
Reuters* Draft law first of its kind - Swiss Foreign Ministry * Swiss blocked $1 billion of Arab Spring loot ZURICH, May 22 (Reuters) - Switzerland proposed on Wednesday a new law to make it easier to freeze assets stolen and salted away by foreign leaders and...Tags: Theft, Nigeria, Swiss Confederation, Tunisia, Egypt
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Syria to decide soon on peace talk participation -minister
ReutersMOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Wednesday that President Bashar al-Assad's government would decide soon whether to take part in peace talks with the opposition, Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported. Asked...Tags: Moscow (Russia)
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WRAPUP 2-U.S. may boost Syria rebels if Assad won't talk peace
Reuters(Updates with Kerry, Lavrov quotes) * Kerry says thousands of Hezbollah fighters in Syria * U.S. may boost rebels if Assad won't talk peace * Rebels call for reinforcements in Qusair * Syria conflict spreading beyond its borders * Russia says...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Turkey, Wars and Interventions, Russia, Al-Qaeda
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France says Syria's Assad must give up power to end war
ReutersAMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must turn over power to a transitional government in order for a U.S.- and Russian-backed peace conference to have any chance of success, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday. "It...Tags: France, Iran
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