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Russia defends weapons shipments to Syria
MOSCOW -- Russian officials on Friday defended the country’s weapons sales to Syria, saying the country is primarily providing defense systems that are in line with international treaties. Responding to news reports that Russia has sent advanced...
Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Military Equipment, Pakistan, Ban Ki-moon, The New York Times
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CPS gets $1 million for arts education
A push to bring more arts instruction to Chicago Public Schools got a boost Wednesday when Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced an additional $500,000 in funding for the CPS Arts Education Plan for the coming school year. The new money brings total funding...
Tags: Elementary Schools, Arts and Culture, Chicago Public Schools, Arts, Rahm Emanuel
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Six Americans among at least 15 killed in Afghanistan bombing
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S.-military contractor DynCorp International says four American employees were killed in a suicide car bombing Thursday in the Afghan capital, Kabul, bringing the number of Americans slain to six. Nine Afghan civilians were...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Transportation Accidents, Armed Conflicts
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Afghan militants threaten more attacks after deadly bombing
KABUL, Afghanistan — A militant group said its attack Thursday on a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital marked a stepped-up campaign against the foreign presence in Afghanistan, and promised more such assaults. The suicide bombing killed six...Tags: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Emergency Incidents, Taliban, U.S. Military
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Afghanistan suicide attack kills 15, including at least two Americans
KABUL, Afghanistan – The death toll from a powerful suicide car bomb that shook the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday morning has increased to 15, including two American troops and four foreign civilian contractors, according to U.S. and Afghan...
Tags: Fishing, Afghanistan, Emergency Incidents, Taliban, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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10 Stories that will be talked about today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. COMMISSIONER OUSTED IN GROWING IRS SCANDAL Obama asked acting commissioner's Steven T. Miller to resign and Congress and the Justice...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Department of State
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Car bombings, shooting in Iraq kill at least 17
BAGHDAD — Car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital and a northern city Thursday, killing 16 people, while gunmen in Baghdad shot dead the brother of a Sunni lawmaker, officials said. The attacks followed a wave of bombings...
Tags: Shootings, Emergency Incidents, Religious Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Transportation Accidents
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Judge clears way for fresh investigation of Spanish princess
MADRID -- In another blow to Spain's scandal-plagued royal family, a judge Thursday cleared the way for a new investigation into King Juan Carlos' youngest daughter, rejecting her appeal to have her tax returns shielded from further scrutiny. The...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, King of Spain Juan Carlos I, Coup d'Etat, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Taiwan says Filipino apology in fisherman's death not enough
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippines' coast guard has spiraled into a series of sanctions and sparked a rare anger-fest threatening the normally solid Pacific Rim alliance. The dispute has not eased despite...
Tags: Philippines, Lifestyle and Leisure, Roman Catholicism, Fishing, Religion and Belief
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12 killed as suicide car bomber hits NATO convoy in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A powerful suicide car bomb rocked Kabul on Thursday, killing six foreigners and at least six Afghan civilians, according to local officials. The attack took place around 8 a.m., a time when many people in the Afghan capital were...
Tags: Afghanistan, U.S. Military, Emergency Incidents, Taliban, Wars and Interventions
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U.S.-Russia 'reset' thwarted by Syrian war, spy scandal
Just when it seemed that Russia was poised to collaborate with Western powers on a new peace mission for Syria, a spy scandal has erupted to revive Cold War-era mistrust and division. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), U.S. Embassy, Benjamin Netanyahu, Central Intelligence Agency, Politics
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Editorial: Obama and overreach
•Multiple White House claims about Washington's handling of the murderous raid in Benghazi stand exposed as false. •Internal Revenue Service officials admit a worse-by-the-day scandal that appalls fair-minded Americans. •The U.S....
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Central Intelligence Agency, Politics, Elections, Benghazi
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