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Russia charges that U.S. aid helps Syrian 'extremists'
MOSCOW -- Russia charged Friday that the latest U.S. push to aid the Syrian opposition promotes "extremists" who have no interest in peace talks and are determined to seize power through force. The comments come a day after U.S. Secretary State John F....
Tags: National Government, Wars and Interventions, Government, Russia, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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On Obamacare, sequester and taxes: predictions revisited
Politicians (including former politicians) like to be right more than most people. You see, in politics, public officials live or die by their (very) public opinions concerning the issues of the day. It is with this somber thought in mind that I reissue...Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Harry Reid, Gerard Depardieu
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Gunmen kidnap seven more French nationals in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Gunmen on motorcycles kidnapped seven French tourists, including four children, who had been staying at a nature reserve in Cameroon near its border with Nigerian border, French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday....
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Kidnapping, Italy, Al-Qaeda, Nigeria
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France, Western allies likely to be mired in Mali for years
French troops backing a Mali government campaign to retake the northern half of the country from Islamic militants have been cheered as liberators since their convoys rolled into historic Timbuktu this week and hundreds of paratroopers dropped from the...Tags: Terrorism, France, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Libya, Economic Community of West African States
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Twitter suspends account run by Al Qaeda-linked Somali militants
Twitter suspended an account run by Somali extremists linked to Al Qaeda on Friday, two days after the militants threatened to execute Kenyan hostages and posted a video of one pleading for the Kenyan government to help free them. Shabab militants...
Tags: North Korea, Kenya, Religion and Belief, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Secret Service
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U.S. diplomats evacuate Central African Republic as rebels advance
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — U.S. diplomats evacuated from the capital of the Central African Republic on Friday, the State Department reported, after a coalition of rebel groups swept across the country in recent days, seizing towns and diamond...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, U.S. Department of State, Chad, Central African Republic, France
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Three female Kurdish activists slain in Paris
PARIS -- Three female Kurdish activists were found dead Thursday at an information center for Kurds in Paris, all of them shot in the head in what a French official described as execution-style killings. The victims included Sakine Cansiz, a co-founder...
Tags: Shootings, France, Turkey, European Union, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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France to triple its forces in Mali, defense official says
PARIS -- France will gradually increase the number of soldiers deployed in the fight against Islamist insurgents in the West African nation of Mali to 2,500, a Defense Ministry official told journalists on Tuesday. The report suggests that France was...
Tags: Mali, Western Africa, France, Pakistan
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French troops in Mali; Hollande vows to stop Islamists
French troops have joined the Malian military in its fight to stop Islamist fighters from extending their reach into central Mali, President Francois Hollande said in a statement Friday. Mali pleaded for French help Thursday after the strategic city...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism, Western Africa, France
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Gerard Depardieu granted Russian citizenship by Vladimir Putin
Gerard Depardieu now has Russian citizenship, courtesy of President Vladimir Putin, who Thursday delivered on a promise made a couple of weeks ago. Russia's main state-run TV station broadcast an open letter reportedly from the "Green Card" star (via...Tags: Russia, France, Gerard Depardieu, Newspaper and Magazine, Google Inc.
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China, U.S., Europe battling over a shrinking global-trade pie
World NowGlobal Focus: In polite, diplomatic language, China this week accused Eurozone leaders of piling up debts that threaten global economic stability and the Europeans countered with complaints that Beijing manipulates its currency to unfairly skew trade in... -
France to consider bill allowing same-sex marriage
World NowThe French Cabinet approved a draft bill legalizing same-sex marriage, which now goes to the legislature for consideration....
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