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President Obama's Mexico visit comes with backdrop of uncertainty
WASHINGTON — President Obama travels to Mexico this week amid signs that the relationship between the United States and its southern neighbor's new government faces a new period of uncertainty after years of unprecedented closeness forged by the...Tags: Felipe Calderon, Government, Mexico, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Woodrow Wilson
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Massachusetts voters head to the polls for Senate primary
SOMERVILLE, Mass. – Stephen Lynch was in a hurry on Friday morning, first to a pair of diners along Broadway, then down the street to a firehouse. By day’s end, he’d hit 18 stops in six cities and towns in the Boston area, as he worked...
Tags: Scott P. Brown, U.S. Senate, The Boston Globe, Karl Rove, Deval Patrick
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U.S. to give $100 million more to aid displaced Syrians
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is providing an additional $100 million for humanitarian aid for displaced Syrians, officials said Wednesday, bringing to $510 million the total U.S. aid commitment since the civil war began more than two years ago....
Tags: Politics, Bashar Assad, Washington, DC, United Nations, White House
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U.S. and Russia to seek Syria peace talks
MOSCOW — The United States and Russia agreed Tuesday to try to bring together the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad and the opposition for peace talks, signaling a potential breakthrough in long-stalled diplomatic efforts to end a bloody...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Israel, Government, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Obama stresses concern over Syrian chemical weapons in phone call with Putin-White House
ReutersWASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama underscored U.S. concerns about Syrian chemical weapons in a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, the White House said. The United States is trying to determine the...Tags: Barack Obama, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Washington, DC, White House
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Israeli attacks in Syria aimed at Hezbollah, not as aid to rebels
Israeli airstrikes in Syria on Iranian weapons destined for Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia could be seen as heralding wider international involvement in Syria’s intractable civil war. Reports of sarin gas attacks in Syria also conjure the...
Tags: Israel, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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WRAPUP 3-U.S., Russia push for rapid talks to end Syria carnage
Reuters* 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 could simply break apart By Arshad...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights
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WRAPUP 4-U.S., Russia seek new Syria peace talks; rebels sceptical
Reuters(Adds further Syrian opposition comment) * 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...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Human Rights
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Tone uncertain for US high-grade despite rallies, data
ReutersBy John Balassi May 8 (IFR) - Market tone is relatively muted early on Wednesday, despite better than expected trade data from China and German industrial production recording the best print in over a year - not to mention the red-hot rally in equities....Tags: Auction Service, ING Group, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Japan
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Kerry to visit Mideast to see Netanyahu, Abbas later this month
ReutersROME, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday he would return to the Middle East later this month for talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he seeks to revive...Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Tzipi Livni
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Kerry tells Putin U.S., Russia share common interests in Syria
ReutersMOSCOW, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday the United States and Russia share common interests in Syria, including promoting regional stability and preventing the spread of extremism....Tags: Barack Obama, Russia, Vladimir Putin
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Russia's only independent pollster resists "foreign agent" tag
Reuters* Media report say pollster has to register as "foreign agent" * Critics say law is part of a clamp-down on civil rights * Government denies law is political By Elizabeth Piper MOSCOW, May 7 (Reuters) - Russia's only independent pollster could be...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of State, Justice and Rights, Politics, Lawyers
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