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Two blasts in Iraq leave at least 70 dead
BAGHDAD — Bombings in Iraq near a Sunni Muslim mosque, a busy shopping street and a funeral procession left at least 70 people dead Friday as the security situation continued to show signs of unraveling. The explosions brought the week’s...
Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Incidents, Iraq, Wars and Interventions
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Three U.N. observers released unharmed between Syria and Israel
BEIRUT -- Three United Nations observers posted in the buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights were seized by armed anti-government forces and held for five hours this week before being released unharmed, the U.N. said. It...Tags: Israel, Pakistan, Career and Workplace, National Government, Kidnapping
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Turkey's Erdogan says U.N. must decide on any Syria no-fly zone
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday it would be up to the U.N. Security Council to decide whether to establish a no-fly zone inside Syria and said he backed the involvement of Russia and China in planned peace...Tags: United Nations General Assembly, National Government, International Organizations, Moscow (Russia), Brookings Institution
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Russia defends weapons shipments to Syria
MOSCOW -- Russian officials on Friday defended the country’s weapons sales to Syria, saying the country is primarily providing defense systems that are in line with international treaties. Responding to news reports that Russia has sent advanced...
Tags: Pakistan, Missile Systems, NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ban Ki-moon
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Number of Syrian refugees tops 1.5 million - UNHCR
ReutersGENEVA, May 17 (Reuters) - The number of Syrian refugees registered or awaiting registration has surpassed 1.5 million, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday. "The fact that more than 1.5 million have registered or have appointments...Tags: Refugee, Politics
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Number of Syrian refugees tops 1.5 million: UNHCR
ReutersGENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1.5 million people have fled Syria as conditions there deteriorate rapidly, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday. The exodus has accelerated over the past four months and the agency estimates that nearly 1...Tags: Refugee, Politics
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FACTBOX-Rising Syrian death toll, refugee wave
ReutersMay 17 (Reuters) - Here is a look at the rising human cost of Syria's civil war: DEATH TOLL IN SYRIA - The United Nations said on May 15 the death toll in Syria from the two-year-old civil war is at least 80,000, an increase of about 10,000 from...Tags: Human Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Refugee, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Allan Powell: Climate change is an enormous challenge
“The Third Industrial Revolution” has a much-needed educative value in equipping us to survive in a world of climate change. This book is a “must read” for those wanting to understand climate change, climate maintenance and their...Tags: Global Change, Weather, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar Energy
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Factbox: Rising Syrian death toll, refugee wave
Reuters(Reuters) - Here is a look at the rising human cost of Syria's civil war: DEATH TOLL IN SYRIA - The United Nations said on May 15 the death toll in Syria from the two-year-old civil war is at least 80,000, an increase of about 10,000 from February 2013....Tags: Human Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Refugee, Wars and Interventions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guantanamo closure plans
A 100-day-old hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists has agitated international human rights advocates anew, prompting fresh calls worldwide for closure of the detention center that President Obama vowed to shutter more than...
Tags: Yemen, Career and Workplace, Credit and Debt, Prisons, Wars and Interventions
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Syria rebel 'heart eater' says ready to face trial if Assad does
ReutersBy Erika Solomon BEIRUT, May 17 (Reuters) - The Syrian rebel commander who rose to international notoriety for footage of him cutting out and eating the organ of a slain soldier said he was willing to face trial for his actions if President Bashar al-...Tags: Human Rights, Abusive Behavior, Science and Technology, Rebellions, Wars and Interventions
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COLUMN-Busting the carbon budget: Kemp
Reuters(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) By John Kemp LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Budgets are made to be broken - especially when they are written by politicians. Unfortunately it seems the world is on course to break the...Tags: Ecosystems, Science and Technology, Physical Fitness and Exercise, International Energy, Environmental Issues
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