January 27th, 2012 at 01:55pm Under world
Reuters - Senior Afghan peace negotiators believe the Taliban are willing to significantly soften past hardline ideologies, with its leaders already laying the ground for possible peace talks in the Gulf state of Qatar.
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January 27th, 2012 at 01:55pm Under world
AP - A former U.S. diplomat testified Thursday that American officials knew Argentina’s military regime was taking babies from dead or jailed dissidents during its “dirty war” against leftists in the 1970s, and it appeared to be a systematic effort at the time.
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January 27th, 2012 at 01:44pm Under world
Reuters - The Philippines is considering a U.S. proposal to deploy surveillance aircraft on a temporary, rotating basis to enhance its ability to guard disputed areas in the South China Sea, the Philippine defense minister said on Friday.
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January 27th, 2012 at 01:41pm Under world
AP - European financial chiefs are trying to soothe global CEOs and political leaders, insisting they have a handle on the eurozone’s troubles.
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January 27th, 2012 at 01:34pm Under world
Reuters - Fighting erupted in Homs on Friday, a day after townspeople said Alawite militiamen killed 14 members of a Sunni Muslim family in one of Syria’s worst sectarian attacks since a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad flared in March.
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January 27th, 2012 at 01:22pm Under world
AP - Some 10,000 Egyptian protesters converged on Cairo’s downtown Tahrir Square to mark the first anniversary of “Friday of Rage,” a key day in the popular uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
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January 27th, 2012 at 01:20pm Under world
AP - A general in Zimbabwe burned beyond recognition in flames a police officer says didn’t seem quite like other fires. Questions over possible arson. And fire trucks arriving without water.
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January 27th, 2012 at 01:00pm Under world
Time.com - The revolt against President Assad has long alleged that Iran has sent soldiers to prop up the regime. Their latest proof, however, may not quite satisfy doubts about the claim
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January 27th, 2012 at 12:58pm Under world
Reuters - At least 29 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a Baghdad marketplace on Friday, the latest attack on a mainly Shi’ite neighborhood since a political crisis erupted in December, police and hospital sources said.
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January 27th, 2012 at 12:56pm Under world
Reuters - A law to be debated in Iran’s parliament on Sunday could halt exports of oil to the European Union as early as next week, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted a lawmaker as saying on Friday.
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