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'No option off table' over Syria: Britain's Hague
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Britain warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday that "no option is off the table" over the possible arming of Syrian rebels and said it would press the European Union to make further changes to its weapons embargo. In a...Tags: United Kingdom, Bashar Assad, Economic Sanctions, Politics, European Union
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Outlook dim as Syria diplomacy gathers force
Reuters* "Friends of Syria" to hear Kerry peace talks plan on Wednesday * Arab League, Syrian opposition to meet on Thursday * EU summit to consider lifting arms ban for rebels By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Peter Graff AMMAN/LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - The...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Wars and Interventions, Terrorism, United Kingdom, Iran
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Poverty-reduction aid lags, study finds
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDevelopment aid from the United States and other wealthy countries has declined since the middle of this decade, jeopardizing the ambitious U.N. goal they had embraced for reducing poverty by 2015, according to a report issued Thursday. The report card...Tags: Social Issues, European Union, Education, United Nations, Los Angeles Times
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La implacable maldición que atormenta a los Angelinos
Previo al arranque de la temporada de 2012 lancé una maldición a los Angelinos de Los Angeles —y en particular a Albert Pujols— que aún sigue atormentando a los serafines y al slugger dominicano. Entonces, un sábado 24 de diciembre de...
Tags: Oklahoma City Thunder, GQ, NASCAR, Los Angeles Dodgers, Fernando Rodney
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France suggests EU link easing Syria arms embargo to peace talks
Reuters* French-British push to lift arms ban for rebels resisted * France suggests linking move to new peace drive * EU foreign ministers to discuss embargo on May 27 By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS, May 15 (Reuters) - France is floating a proposal that the...Tags: Werner Faymann, International Organizations, Wars and Interventions, United Kingdom, Bashar Assad
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EXCLUSIVE-Financial sanctions delay North Korea's atom bomb work-UN
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, May 14 (Reuters) - A combination of increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have not stopped Pyongyang's illicit nuclear arms program but appear to have...Tags: United Nations, North Korea, Economic Sanctions, Pyongyang (North Korea), Politics
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France sees snags in plans for Syria peace talks
ReutersPARIS, May 14 (Reuters) - France's foreign minister warned on Tuesday a planned Syrian peace conference bringing both the government and rebels to the negotiating table would be hard to organise, doubting it could be held imminently. The doubts came...Tags: Wars and Interventions, United Kingdom, Paris (France), Government, Economic Sanctions
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Austria determined to keep EU's Syria arms embargo
Reuters* Austria opposed in principle to arming Syrian rebels * Deployment of Austrian peacekeepers on Golan at risk By Michael Shields VIENNA, May 14 (Reuters) - Austria will resist British-led efforts to lift or dilute a European Union arms embargo on...Tags: Wars and Interventions, United Kingdom, Austria, Bashar Assad, Moscow (Russia)
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Senate bill aims to toughen Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would sharply toughen U.S. economic sanctions on Iran despite administration calls for Congress to delay penalties that could disrupt diplomacy aimed at resolving...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Iran, John Cornyn, Mark Kirk, Susan Collins
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Arms embargo lifted, but Somalia cannot afford weapons -minister
Reuters* Somalia trying to rebuild after two decades of war * Somali forces battling Qaeda-linked Islamist militants By Mohammed Abbas LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Somalia's armed forces have not received "a single bullet" despite the partial lifting of a United...Tags: African Union, United Nations, Africa, Armed Forces, Economic Sanctions
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Burmese pythons expanding reach in South Florida
South Florida Sun SentinelArmed with hooks, tongs and a snake bag, biologists at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge spent Thursday learning how to catch Burmese pythons. Although none have been seen at Loxahatchee, the refuge's workers are getting prepared as part of a...Tags: Natural Resources, Everglades, Key Largo, Imports, Miramar
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Part III facts
Facts about children who are orphaned by AIDS. 1) In 2005, nearly 800,000 children were orphaned by AIDS in the Caribbean and Latin America. By 2015, that number is expected to grow to 1.4 million. -- Regional HIV/STI Plan for the Health Sector 2006-...Tags: Albert Schweitzer, Family, Adults, Health, International Economic Institution
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