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How the War Ends in Syria: report
Date: 2016-12-06 21:31:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:6098421
NEW YORK, Dec 6 (MENA) - The civil war in Syria is over and it is time to stop the fighting, Peter W. Galbraith, a former United States ambassador to Croatia, said in an article published by the New York Times on Tuesday. Aided by Russia, Iran, ....
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Libyan political agreement made no progress: UN envoy
Date: 2016-12-06 21:01:55 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:80 - ID:6097973
NEW YORK, Dec 6 (MENA) – UN envoy to Libya Martin Kobler said on Tuesday that a political agreement reached in the Moroccan city of Skhirat in December 2015 made no progress. "Cooperation within and between many Libyan institutions remains ....
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Merkel re-elected to CDU party chairwoman
Date: 2016-12-06 20:28:54 GMT - Germany - World - SN:78 - ID:6098113
BERLIN, Dec 6 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel won re-election as chairwoman of her Christian Democrats (CDU) on Tuesday with 89.5 percent of votes cast by just under 1,000 party delegates, giving her a boost as she seeks a fourth term in ....
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Belgian authorities detain 8 over recruitment for Syria
Date: 2016-12-06 19:46:30 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:76 - ID:6097969
BRUSSELS, Dec 6 (MENA) - Belgian authorities have detained eight people during anti-terror raids centering on the recruitment of people to fight in Syria and financial support for Daesh group, Fox News reported. The prosecutor's office said ....
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Lavrov says attack on Russian hospital in Aleppo was planned
Date: 2016-12-06 11:54:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:29 - ID:6094413
MOSCOW, Dec 6 (MENA) - The attack on the Russian Defense Ministry’s mobile hospital in Aleppo was planned, TASS News Agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying on Tuesday. "We are confident that this attack was planned," the ....
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Rouhani: Iran to not permit US to undermine nuclear deal
Date: 2016-12-06 11:21:04 GMT - Iran - World - SN:27 - ID:6093181
TEHRAN, Dec 6 (MENA) - The Iranian administration and people will not permit the US president-elect, Donald Trump to undermine the nuclear deal signed between Tehran and the six world powers last year, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani ....
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Canada hosted more than 35,000 Syrian refugees in 2016
Date: 2016-12-06 09:37:01 GMT - Canada - World - SN:19 - ID:6092889
OTTAWA, Dec 6 (MENA) - Canada has welcomed more than 35,000 Syrian newcomers in the past year, the Foreign Ministry said. According to the latest Immigration and Citizenship statistics, at least 35,745 Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada since ....
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Death toll grows to 36 at Oakland warehouse fire
Date: 2016-12-06 08:56:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:6092653
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - The death toll in the Oakland warehouse fire has grown to 36 and authorities say they expect the number to rise when they resume work later Monday following a temporary work stoppage. A wall is leaning inward, posing a ....
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Abe's Pearl Harbor visit for remembrance, not apology: gov't
Date: 2016-12-06 08:52:12 GMT - Japan - World - SN:15 - ID:6092317
TOKYO, Dec 6 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's historic visit to Pearl Harbor later this month is for the purpose of remembering the victims of the Japanese attack 75 years ago, not for apologizing for Japan's actions, Kyodo quoted the ....
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Amnesty International urges Turkey to allow 24,000 displaced people to return to Diyarbakir.
Date: 2016-12-06 06:21:47 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:4 - ID:6091961
NEW YORK, Dec 6 (MENA) - Amnesty International on Tuesday called on Turkey to compensate and allow 24,000 people displaced under a curfew to return to their districts of the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir, Sky New reported Tuesday. Turkish ....