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Britain, France counter Syria call for UN to sanction militants
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Britain and France have delayed a Syrian request for Islamist al-Nusra Front to be designated by the United Nations as a terrorist group because they want the militants to instead be listed as an alias of al Qaeda, diplomats...Tags: United Nations, U.S. Department of State, Politics, Ayman al-Zawahri, France
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Nigeria declares emergency in areas hit by Islamists
ReutersABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states on Tuesday, ordering in more troops to try to stem an increasingly violent Islamist insurgency. Islamist sect Boko Haram has intensified its...Tags: Elections, Government, National Government, Local Government, Goodluck Jonathan
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Nigeria president declares state of emergency in 3 states because of Islamic extremist attacks
Associated PressLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Admitting Islamic extremists now control some of his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday across the country's troubled northeast, promising to send more troops to fight what he...Tags: Television Networks, Religion and Belief, Armed Forces, Human Rights, Goodluck Jonathan
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New threats in Colombia highlight risk for journalists, analysts
ReutersBOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia on Tuesday warned of a plot by an organized crime group to kill several high-profile journalists, just weeks after an assassination attempt on an investigative reporter boosted concerns over threats to a free press in the...Tags: Criminals, Organized Crime, Freedom of the Press, Colombia, Alvaro Uribe
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Turkey's Erdogan to push Obama on Syria after bombings
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkey's prime minister will push President Barack Obama for more assertive action on Syria during a visit to Washington this week, days after car bombs tore through a Turkish border town in the deadliest spillover of violence yet....Tags: Human Rights, Government, Terrorism, Bashar Assad, Petroleum Industry
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Analysis: Syria's savagery will thwart reconciliation
ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian soldiers slowly stab a man to death, puncturing his back dozens of times. A rebel commander bites an organ ripped out of an enemy combatant. A young boy hacks the head off a prisoner. A soldier mutilates the genitals of a corpse....Tags: Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Revolutions, Human Rights Watch, International Criminal Court
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Analysis: Syria peace talks look doomed in advance
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - If anyone saw last week's U.S.-Russian agreement to convene a peace conference on Syria as a potential breakthrough, Western leaders have been going out of their way to disabuse them. International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi hailed the plan...Tags: United Nations, Human Rights, Government, Bashar Assad, National Government
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First Kurdish rebels reach Iraq under Turkish peace plan
ReutersHEROR, Iraq (Reuters) - Weary and caked in mud, the first group of Kurdish militants to leave Turkey under a peace plan to end three decades of war descended a mountain into Iraq on Tuesday to be met with embraces from PKK comrades. Kurdistan Workers...Tags: Human Rights, Labor Legislation, Bashar Assad, European Union, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Austria determined to keep EU's Syria arms embargo
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Austria will resist British-led efforts to lift or dilute a European Union arms embargo on Syrian rebels, Chancellor Werner Faymann said on Tuesday, arguing that more weapons would only fan the fighting and may snuff out chances for...Tags: Bashar Assad, Werner Faymann, European Union, Moscow (Russia), Austria
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Qatar, allies tighten coordination of arms flows to Syria
ReutersDOHA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Qatar, which has taken a lead in arming the Syrian opposition, is coordinating with the CIA and has tightened control of the arms flow to keep weapons out of the hands of al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters, according to rebels and...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Bashar Assad, Military Equipment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military
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Syrian rebels unite to retake strategic town near Damascus
Reuters* Counter-attack aims to restore arms corridor from Jordan * Battle unites fractious rebels in Damascus province * Rebels to mull national army if local unity pays off By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT, May 14 (Reuters) - Syrian rebels including the al Qaeda-...Tags: Islam, Politics, Religion and Belief, Armed Forces, Wars and Interventions
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ANALYSIS-Syria peace talks look doomed in advance
Reuters* Western leaders dampen expectations for Geneva talks * U.S.-Russian initiative faces huge challenges * Obama acknowledges "furies have been unleashed" By Alistair Lyon LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - If anyone saw last week's U.S.-Russian agreement to...Tags: Moscow (Russia), European Union, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Free Syrian Army, Lebanon
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