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Obama, Biden seek congressional support on Syria
Date: 2013-09-03 09:02:56 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:270853
US President Barack Obama and his inner circle worked furiously over the weekend to win congressional support, appearing on Sunday shows, holding classified briefings and making calls to Capitol Hill leaders. A senior administration said the ....
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Pope announces day of fasting for peace for Syria
Date: 2013-09-02 15:39:06 GMT - Italy - International - SN:18 - ID:270025
Vatican Pope Francis has condemned the use of chemical weapons, but he called for a negotiated settlement of the civil war in Syria, and announced he would lead a worldwide day of fasting and prayer for peace there on September 7, according to Miami ....
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Ban deplores attack on Iranian exile camp north of Baghdad
Date: 2013-09-02 09:26:41 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:269180
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned an attack on an Iranian exile camp near the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, and urged the government to launch an investigation into what happened, according to the UN News Center. "The Secretary-General ....
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French interior minister: France will not attack Syria alone
Date: 2013-09-01 13:52:53 GMT - France - International - SN:14 - ID:268071
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls said France will not launch an assault on Syria alone and will wait for US Congress's decision on whether or not to launch an attack on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government. "France cannot go it ....
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Nelson Mandela released from hospital
Date: 2013-09-01 13:02:58 GMT - South Africa - International - SN:10 - ID:267969
Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the Pretoria hospital where he had been receiving treatment since June, the BBC reported quoting South African president's office Sunday. He will continue his recovery at home .. "Mandela's condition ....
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Chomsky accuses Turkish daily of fabricating parts of interview
Date: 2013-08-31 16:45:09 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:13 - ID:266988
American linguist, philosopher and political activist Noam Chomsky has accused Turkish daily Yeni Şafak of publishing an interview with himself containing fabricated remarks that he did not state about recent incidents in Egypt, Hürriyet Daily News ....
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Putin: Allegations against Assad ‘provocation’
Date: 2013-08-31 16:38:08 GMT - Russia - International - SN:10 - ID:266977
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that allegations about the Syrian government using chemical weapons against civilians were a “provocation," RIA Novosti reported. “I am sure this was no more than a provocation by those looking ....
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10 mln dollars from UN to Darfur, Kordofan
Date: 2013-08-30 10:44:06 GMT - Sudan - International - SN:14 - ID:265059
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), affiliated to the United Nation (UN), donated 10 million dollars to Sudan so as to meet the urgent needs of Darfur and Kordofan, the matter which makes Sudan one of the most beneficiaries from the fund ....
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Kerry calls for release of 2 US men from prison in Iran
Date: 2013-08-29 11:53:55 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:263631
US Secretary of State John Kerry has called on Iran to release two jailed US citizens and help locate a third believed missing there since 2007, the BBC reported. "These men belong at home with those who love them," Mr Kerry said. Saeed ....
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Hague: Meeting of the UK gov’t to discuss response to Syria
Date: 2013-08-28 19:42:05 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:41 - ID:262890
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the Council of Ministers will meet on Thursday to discuss Britain's response regarding the use of the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad of chemical weapons against his own people. ....
