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  • Chomsky accuses Turkish daily of fabricating parts of interview

    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 ....

  • Putin: Allegations against Assad ‘provocation’

    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 ....

  • 10 mln dollars from UN to Darfur, Kordofan

    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 ....

  • Kerry calls for release of 2 US men from prison in Iran

    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 ....

  • Hague: Meeting of the UK gov’t to discuss response to Syria

    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. ....

  • Ban urges UNSC to move for peace in Syria

    Ban urges UNSC to move for peace in Syria

    Date: 2013-08-28 13:29:15 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:33 - ID:262199

    United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged UN Security Council members to unite in order to move for pace in Syria, which may witness imminent Western strikes. Al-Arabiya ‎news channel quoted Ban as saying Wednesday that it is ....

  • Obama, Cameron discuss military action against Syria

    Obama, Cameron discuss military action against Syria

    Date: 2013-08-28 12:00:11 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:27 - ID:261968

    British Prime Minister David Cameron has discussed Syria with US President Barack Obama as Britain and the US consider intervention, No 10 said. Cameron heard the "latest on US thinking" on the issue, ahead of a National Security Council ....

  • Lavrov to Brahimi: Force in Syria to destabilize region

    Lavrov to Brahimi: Force in Syria to destabilize region

    Date: 2013-08-28 11:50:01 GMT - Russia - International - SN:25 - ID:261941

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned over the phone with UN/Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi that using military force in Syria will destabilize the situation in the entire region, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. ....

  • UN official urges Iran to sway Syria government

    UN official urges Iran to sway Syria government

    Date: 2013-08-28 10:34:45 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:20 - ID:261742

    A top U.N. official visiting Iran has urged it to use its influence to persuade the Syrian government to attend planned peace talks with opposition groups in Geneva, the United Nations said. Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey ....

  • Venezuela president warns against attack on Syria

    Venezuela president warns against attack on Syria

    Date: 2013-08-28 10:32:39 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:13 - ID:261671

    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says any outside military action taken against Syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons on its own citizens could lead to a "disastrous war", ABC news reported Wednesday. Maduro is a close ally of Syrian ....

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