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Putin, Obama face off over Syria; rebels get Saudi missiles
ReutersENISKILLEN, Northern Ireland/DUBAI (Reuters) - Rebels fought to halt an advance by President Bashar al-Assad's forces into northern Syria on Monday while U.S. President Barack Obama faced a showdown with Russia's Vladimir Putin over Obama's decision...Tags: Missile Systems, Russia, France, Wars and Interventions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Turkish police arrest dozens, PM Erdogan defends security forces
Reuters* Dozens arrested in police raids linked to protests * PM Erdogan defends police, say uphold democracy * International condemnation of Erdogan mounts By Jonathon Burch and Ayla Jean Yackley ANKARA/ISTANBUL, June 18 (Reuters) - Police raided...Tags: Riots, Religious Conflicts, Istanbul (Turkey), Politics, Germany
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Editorial: The people of Iran say, 'Give us a break'
From the start, Saturday's presidential election in Iran had all the signs of a rigged race. In the last one, the government announced the results before the polls had closed. This time the regime disqualified hundreds of candidates, many of them for...
Tags: Iran, Hasan Rowhani, Iran's Nuclear Program, Ruhollah Khomeini, Politics
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Poll finds Egyptians divided, many disappointed
Reuters* Only 28 percent see Mursi election as positive * Eighty percent associated with opposition feel worse off By Asma Alsharif and Alastair Macdonald CAIRO, June 16 (Reuters) - Egyptians are deeply divided and many have no faith in any of the main...Tags: Islam, Politics, Elections, Religion and Belief, Egypt
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CORRECTED-Chinese dissident to leave New York University shortly
Reuters(Corrects to say Chen blind from childhood, not birth, in paragraph 3.) By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters) - Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who left his home country last year and became a visiting scholar at New York University, will...Tags: Education, New York University, Colleges and Universities, Fordham University, Politics
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WRAPUP 2-Putin, Obama face off over Syria; rebels get Saudi missiles
Reuters(Adds Assad remarks) * Obama, Putin seen clashing over Syria at G8 summit * Saudi Arabia supplies rebels with missiles * Assad says Europe will "pay the price" if it arms rebels * Rebels report fierce fighting around Aleppo By Andrew Osborn and Amena...Tags: Missile Systems, Russia, France, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Wars and Interventions
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Gaddafi officials acquitted but stay behind bars
Reuters* Pair found not guilty of wasting funds over Lockerbie * First verdict in a trial of top Gaddafi aides * Prosecutors say 'side case' to be followed by bigger probe By Ghaith Shennib TRIPOLI, June 17 (Reuters) - Two former top associates of Libya's...Tags: Murder, Justice and Rights, Lockerbie (Scotland), Prisons, Prosecution
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China pressured U.S. university to ask me to leave, dissident says
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Chinese dissident who fled his home country to become a visiting scholar at New York University accused the school on Sunday of asking him to leave because of "unrelenting pressure" from China. NYU denied the claim, saying that...Tags: Justice and Rights, Fordham University, Chen Guangcheng, Abortion, Social Issues
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CORRECTED-China pressured U.S. university to make him leave, dissident says
Reuters(Corrects to Shandong province, not Shandon province, in paragraph 6) By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, June 16 (Reuters) - Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who fled his home country to become a visiting scholar at New York University, accused the...Tags: Justice and Rights, Fordham University, Chen Guangcheng, PBS (tv network), New York University
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Bombing mars final NATO transfer of Afghan security duties
This post has been corrected. See the note below for detailsKABUL, Afghanistan -- An hour before NATO transferred formal responsibility for the nation’s security to Afghan forces, a large bomb targeting a minority lawmaker exploded in western Kabul on Tuesday morning, killing three civilians and wounding...Tags: NATO, U.S. Military, Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions, Taliban
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CHINA-ACTIVIST/USA (PIX, TV)
ReutersHBEAT-MESSAGE @ 2013-06-17 17:06:17 +0000. Generated from NTM heartbeat by HTCP-JANMDN01A.Tags: Education, New York University, Colleges and Universities, Fordham University, Politics
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Afghan women lose political power as fears grow for the future
ReutersBy Miriam Arghandiwal and Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi KABUL, June 17 (Reuters) - A legal requirement that women make up at least a quarter of all provincial elected officials was quietly removed by conservative male parliamentarians, officials said, the latest...Tags: Justice and Rights, Afghanistan, Taliban, Parliament, Feminism
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