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Congress speaks with a loud, muddled voice on Syria
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein made headlines recently by demanding a forceful U.S. response to Syria's use of chemical weapons against its population. Less noticed was that the California Democrat wasn't urging deeper military involvement...
Tags: Justice System, Barack Obama, Politics, U.S. Department of Defense, Carl Levin
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INSIGHT-Nigeria's Islamists staging bolder, deadlier comeback
Reuters* Boko Haram controls territory around Lake Chad * Attacks getting more sophisticated and deadly * Fighters regroup after military crackdown By Tim Cocks BAGA, Nigeria, May 13 (Reuters) - After a crackdown pushed them out of Nigeria's northern cities,...Tags: Cameroon, Islam, Petroleum Industry, Shootings, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Pakistanis vote in landmark election
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Millions of Pakistanis braved threats from militants and voted Saturday in national elections that marked the country's first democratic transfer of governance and appeared to put former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on track for...
Tags: National Government, U.S. Elections, Military Equipment, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Asif Ali Zardari
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4 U.N. peacekeepers released by Syrian rebels
BEIRUT--Syrian rebels released four U.N. peacekeepers Sunday, five days after the Filipino troops were seized in the increasingly volatile buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. A rebel group reportedly said the four...
Tags: National Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Israel, Philippines, Politics
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Malian army approaches rebel-held northern town of Kidal
ReutersBAMAKO, May 12 (Reuters) - Malian troops approached the remote northeastern town of Kidal on Sunday ahead of a mid-May deadline set by the government to wrest it from the control of Tuareg separatist rebels. French forces which swept Islamist...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mali, Human Rights, Local Elections, Politics
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Guatemala's Maya finally find justice over civil war crimes
ReutersBy Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY, May 12 (Reuters) - Ana Caba fled her home to live in remote mountains for nearly a decade after Guatemalan troops razed her indigenous Maya village and dozens like it in a brutal counter-insurgency campaign in the early...Tags: Judges, Arts and Culture, Justice System, Hate Crimes, Sociology
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Car bombs in Turkey kill at least 42 near Syria border
BEIRUT — At least 42 people were reported dead Saturday in a pair of car bombings in the southern Turkish town of Reyhanli, the latest apparent example of spillover violence from the conflict in nearby Syria. More than 140 people were injured,...
Tags: Ankara (Turkey), Explosions, Politics, Wars and Interventions, BBC
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WRAPUP 1-Syria peace conference already hitting snags - Russia
Reuters* U.S.. Russia had hoped to start conference this month * Differences surface over who should represent opposition * Armed rebels refusing to negotiate with Assad government * Russia says a May start is "impossible" (Wraps various strands together)...Tags: National Government, Government Contracts, Weaponry, Islam, Politics
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Up to 40,000 flee rebel assault in central Sudan -U.N.
Reuters* Sudan rebels trying to move front closer to Khartoum * Rebel alliance briefly occupied central city * Other fighting reported near Nile port Kosti KHARTOUM, May 10 (Reuters) - Up to 40,000 people have fled since rebels launched a major assault in...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sudan, Wars and Interventions, United Nations
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Army shelling kills 25 in Syrian town after truce ends
Reuters* Residents of Halfayeh flee by river * Military build-up around Qusair is concerning - UN BEIRUT, May 10 (Reuters) - Twenty-five people were killed in army shelling in the central Syrian town of Halfayeh on Friday after a months-old local truce between...Tags: National Government, Freedom of the Press, Activism, Justice and Rights, Politics
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WRAPUP 2-Syria "likely" to have used chemical weapons, says UK
Reuters(Adds Hezbollah, Davutoglu, UK on arms embargo) * No evidence of rebel use - PM Cameron's spokesman * Kerry says Assad cannot be part of transition government * Israel asks Russia not to sell Syria defence missiles By Andrew Roche LONDON, May 9...Tags: National Government, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Weaponry, Barack Obama, United Kingdom
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COLUMN - On Syria, it's time for Obama to decide: Bremmer
Reuters(Ian Bremmer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Ian Bremmer May 9 (Reuters) - Through two years of Syrian crisis, the Obama administration has cautiously dragged its feet as the United States is further enmeshed in the conflict....Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Saudi Arabia, Weaponry, Wars and Interventions, Qatar
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