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Syrian troops push back rebels who stormed central prison in northern city of Aleppo
Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels withdrew from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday after heavy fighting with government troops, an activist group said, as it more than doubled its tally of deaths from sectarian killings in a coastal city...Tags: Murder, Research, Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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New videos from Syria spotlight conflict's brutality
New video surfaced on the Internet on Thursday purporting to show Syrian rebel fighters killing 11 prisoners they accused of taking part in massacres by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. It was the latest of many grisly videos that have...Tags: Murder, Research, Massacres, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Computer Networking and Internet
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U.S. instructors to train African troops for Mali in Niger
ReutersNIAMEY, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. military instructors in Niger will train African forces participating in a U.N.-backed offensive against al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants in neighbouring Mali, senior military officers said on Thursday. The United States...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Military Equipment, U.S. Military, Mali, Western Africa
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Car bombings, shooting in Iraq kill at least 17
BAGHDAD — Car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital and a northern city Thursday, killing 16 people, while gunmen in Baghdad shot dead the brother of a Sunni lawmaker, officials said. The attacks followed a wave of bombings...
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Bombs kill more than 35 people across Iraq
ReutersBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bomb attacks in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad and in northern Iraq killed more than 35 people on Wednesday, following weeks of violence by Sunni Islamist insurgents determined to unleash sectarian confrontation. Tensions between minority...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, Iraq, Explosions
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Donors pledge about $4.22 billion to aid Mali recovery
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - International donors pledged 3.25 billion euros ($4.22 billion) on Wednesday to help Mali recover from a conflict with al Qaeda-linked Islamists, exceeding the West African country's target. The development drive for Mali, one of the...Tags: Francois Hollande, Africa, Western Africa, International Organizations, European Union
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Nigerian troops on new offensive against Islamists
ReutersMAIDUGURI/YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria launched a military campaign on Wednesday to flush Islamist militants out of their bases in remote border areas, after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the northeast. Nigerian troops...Tags: Chad, Africa, Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, Western Africa
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U.N. condemns Assad forces, but unease grows about rebels
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly condemned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and praised the opposition on Wednesday, but a decline in support for the resolution suggested growing unease about extremism among Syria's...Tags: Elections, David Cameron, Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Syria's savagery will thwart reconciliation
Reuters(Repeats with no changes) * Warring parties film themselves committing atrocities * Neither side condemns brutality in their own ranks * Balkans, Lebanon show savagery delays reconciliation By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT, May 14 (Reuters) - Syrian...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Armed Conflicts, Russia
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Boats carrying more than 100 Rohingya minority capsize off Myanmar; 42 known survivors
SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority group into the sea. Eight bodies were found and more than 50 people were...Tags: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Weather, Weather Warnings, United Nations
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Myanmar authorities work to evacuate camps as cyclone nears
ReutersBy Jared Ferrie SITTWE, Myanmar, May 15 (Reuters) - Authorities in Myanmar struggled on Wednesday to evacuate tens of thousands of people, most of them Rohingya Muslims, before a cyclone reaches camps in low-lying regions that have been their home...Tags: Islam, Thein Sein, Weather Warnings, United Nations, Burma
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Thousands of Palestinians mark 65 years since displacement
Reuters* Protesters clash with Israeli forces in occupied West Bank * Palestinians recall loss of homes in 1948 war with Israel * U.S. seeks wants Palestinian moderates to revive talks By Noah Browning RAMALLAH, West Bank, May 15 (Reuters) - Palestinians...Tags: Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Kerry
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