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Russian media delight in U.S. spy case as leaders try to limit fallout
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state-run media revelled on Wednesday in embarrassing the United States over a botched attempt to recruit one of its intelligence agents but both countries signaled they wanted to prevent the episode harming efforts to improve...Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, FBI, Vladimir Putin, Sports, Human Rights
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A sensible caution, poorly stated
WASHINGTON -- People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign punishment for...Tags: Iraq, Bashar Assad, Berlin Wall's Fall (1989), Science and Technology, Washington, DC
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Column: President's caution sensible, but poorly stated
WASHINGTON — People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and President Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign...Tags: Iraq, Bashar Assad, Berlin Wall's Fall (1989), Science and Technology, Washington, DC
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Diplomat killed in Afghanistan 'had a great worldview'
Tribune reportersAs strangers lined up for white ribbons and American flags to show their support, family and friends of Anne Smedinghoff mourned the loss of a young diplomat who was determined to see the world — and possibly beyond. Her brother, Mark, recalled...Tags: International Relations, Television Industry, Family, Kabul (Afghanistan), Afghanistan
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U.N. passes treaty regulating arms sales
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the world body's first treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar international arms trade Tuesday, a goal sought for over a decade to try to keep illicit weapons out of the hands...
Tags: Emily Alpert, Wars and Interventions, Treaties, United Nations, Military Equipment
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A Russian 'frenemy'
The White House is trying to revive the "reset" with Vladimir Putin's Russia. It is likely to be a wasted effort. The reset is dead not because of someone's ill will or mistakes. It is because Washington and Moscow have reached the limit of...
Tags: White House, Wars and Interventions, American Enterprise Institute, Vladimir Putin, Interior Policy
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Philippines challenges Chinese claims to waters through tribunal
The Philippines is taking a feud with China to an international tribunal, it announced Tuesday, the latest turn in the simmering dispute over a string of rocky outcroppings in the South China Sea. In a claim shared Tuesday with the Chinese ambassador,...
Tags: Endangered Species, Philippines, Environmental Issues, Manila (Philippines), Conservation
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U.N. vote on Palestine status inflicts new divides in Europe, NATO
Thursday’s overwhelming U.N. vote to elevate the status of Palestine at the world body inflicts yet another fracture in the facade of Western solidarity, exposing a divide among European Union and NATO member states over U.S. policy in the Middle...
Tags: Bashar Assad, France, Mahmoud Abbas, International Organizations, Peace Negotiations
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World of woe, little hope of relief, await U.N. General Assembly
World NowGlobal Focus: When 120 world leaders and thousands in their entourages gather at the United Nations next week, the woes of the world will be on stage in all their tragic detail: a civil war in Syria, the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, reignited ethnic... -
Sources: Obama Authorized Secret Support for Syrian Rebels
CNNWASHINGTON, DC -- President Barack Obama has signed a covert directive authorizing U.S. support for Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces, U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday. The secret order, referred to as an intelligence...Tags: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, White House, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Jihad, Free Syrian Army
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Leaders of the Group of 20 nations gather in Mexico
World NowLOS CABOS, Mexico –- With the pro-bailout New Democracy party’s victory in Greece, leaders of the world’s biggest economies averted the worst of possible scenarios heading into their annual summit Monday. The heads of the Group of 20... -
Gestures of censure on Syria show world's outrage, paralysis
World NowThe White House has expressed its "absolute disgust" over the latest massacre in Syria. Nine Western nations have expelled Syrian diplomats from their territories to underscore their revulsion. Senior United Nations officials have warned both sides in the...
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