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Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron shake hands after their meeting Friday in Sochi, Russia. Cameron was expected to press for a political solution to end the continuing violence in Syria.
Russia defends Syrian missile sales
BEIRUT — Russia defended its sales of anti-aircraft systems to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, just days after joining forces with the U.S. for a new push to end Syria’s civil war thro...
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Associated Press Afghan border policemen arrive at the border with Pakistan east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday warned Pakistan against trying to force Afghanistan to accept as an international border the Durand line, which separates the two countries.
Karzai says US can have 9 Afghan bases after 2014
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has irked Washington with his frequent criticism of American military operations in his country, said Thursday that his government is now rea...
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Associated Press Bakura Ibrahim, a suspected member of Islamic extremist group arrested by soldiers, is tied to a tree in Bama, Nigeria, on Tuesday. Authorities said Tuesday that coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns killed at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria. The latest in a string of increasingly bloody attacks threatening peace in Africa's most populous nation.
Weapons of war spill blood in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria — At first, the Islamic extremists in Nigeria’s dusty northeast rode on the backs of motorcycles, firing on government officials and other perceived enemies with worn Kalashnikov ass...
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Associated Press An Israeli soldier carries his mate during a military exercise in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, on Tuesday.
President Assad states Syria able to face Israel
BEIRUT — In his first response to Israel’s weekend airstrikes, President Bashar Assad said Tuesday that Syria is capable of facing Israel, but stopped short of threatening retaliation for the strik...
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42 die in extremist attacks
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns killed at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria, authorities said Tuesday, the latest in a string of incr...
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Associated Press Security forces personnel inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Husseiniyah suburb of northeastern Baghdad on Monday. Two car bombs blew up in a Baghdad suburb, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said, in the deadlier of two attacks Monday that left at least 10 dead in the Iraqi capital.
Car bomb attacks in Baghdad leave 10 dead
BAGHDAD — Two car bombs blew up in a Baghdad suburb, the deadlier of two attacks Monday that left at least 10 dead in the Iraqi capital. The two parked cars exploded simultaneously in a street i...
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Jewish meeting highlights Hungary’s anti-Semitism
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Right-wing extremists shout Nazi salutes and attack a man they believe is Jewish. Black-booted militants frighten aging Holocaust survivors. Writings of authors linked to a pro-...
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More Haitians use Puerto Rico as migrant route
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Haitians have been fleeing their troubled country for years, trying to reach the U.S. or other Caribbean islands by sea or by trekking across the island of Hispaniola to scr...
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Israeli airstrike in Syria aimed at Iran
BEIRUT — From Israel’s perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran’s shipment of guided missiles destroyed in the weekend attacks would have posed a potent thr...
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Strikes loom over US diplomacy on Syria
WASHINGTON — Israel’s willingness to hit Syrian targets it sees as threats to its own existence complicated the Obama administration’s internal debate over arming President Bashar Assad’s foes and ...
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