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Two blasts at Iraqi Sunni mosque kill 43
ReutersBAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba as worshippers left Friday prayers, killing at least 43 people in one of the deadliest attacks in a month-long surge in sectarian violence. Several...Tags: Islam, Bashar Assad, Iraq, Wars and Interventions, Explosions
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WRAPUP 1-U.S. chides Russia over missiles as peace plans suffer
Reuters* U.S. criticises Russian missile delivery to Assad * U.S.-Russia push for peace conference hits obstacles * Sectarian bombings in Iraq show risks of war spreading By Erika Solomon BEIRUT, May 18 (Reuters) - The United States chided Russia for sending...Tags: Bashar Assad, Iraq, Peace Negotiations, Weaponry, U.S. Military
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Syria's pro-Assad hackers hijack Financial Times blog, Twitter feeds in latest media attack
Associated PressLONDON (AP) — A clutch of Twitter accounts and a blog maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government group which has regularly targeted media...Tags: Electronics, Bashar Assad, Twitter, Inc., BBC, Science and Technology
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Jorge Rafael Videla dies at 87; Argentine dictator
BUENOS AIRES — Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who presided over that country's so-called dirty war in which up to 30,000 dissidents were murdered or disappeared, died Friday while serving a 50-year prison sentence. He was 87. He...
Tags: Prisoners and Detainees, Human Rights, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Justice System, Prisons
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Sudans defuse row over rebel support, promise more talks
ReutersBy Hereward Holland JUBA, May 17 (Reuters) - Sudan's foreign minister said on Friday neighbour South Sudan had promised him it would not let rebels operate across their shared border, defusing a row that had threatened a key oil deal. The countries,...Tags: Netherlands, Salva Kiir Mayardit, Wars and Interventions, Sudan, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Death Penalty, Islam, Bashar Assad, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch
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INSIGHT-Syria's Nusra Front eclipsed by Iraq-based al Qaeda
Reuters* Al Qaeda group overshadows Syrian rebel fighters * Jihadis' aims go beyond toppling Assad * Rebel break-up complicates calculation for West By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT, May 17 (Reuters) - The most feared and effective rebel group battling President...Tags: Jihad, Islam, Bashar Assad, Ayman al-Zawahri, Iraq
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Chad seeks arrest of exiled president's allies
ReutersN'DJAMENA, May 17 (Reuters) - Chad has charged four allies of the country's former president with human rights abuses and issued warrants for their arrest, a senior government source said on Friday. The source, who asked not to be identified, said they...Tags: Chad, International Court or Tribunal, Senegal, Human Rights, Butterfly Ballots
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Insight: Syria's Nusra Front eclipsed by Iraq-based al Qaeda
ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - The most feared and effective rebel group battling President Bashar al-Assad, the Islamist Nusra Front, is being eclipsed by a more radical jihadi force whose aims go far beyond overthrowing the Syrian leader. Al Qaeda's Iraq-based...Tags: Jihad, Islam, Ayman al-Zawahri, Bashar Assad, Iraq
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Colombian president hints he will run for re-election in 2014
ReutersBOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hinted on Friday that he would seek re-election next year to ensure continuity of his policies - including peace talks with Marxist FARC rebels - though he did not explicitly announce his...Tags: Interior Policy, Elections, Bogota (Colombia), Colombia, Wars and Interventions
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Letters from a son: What Allentown's William Reichard saw at Antietam
He had never been in the smoky, confusing haze of gunfire. Never watched helplessly as strong young men fell dead in front of him. Until the Battle of Antietam, William Reichard didn't know war. Reichard, barely 20, left Allentown in the summer of...Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Career and Workplace, Lehigh County, Armed Conflicts, Arts and Culture
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Civil War divided Lehigh Valley
Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....Tags: Northampton County (Pennsylvania), U.S. Elections, Career and Workplace, Iraq War (2003-2011), Elections
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