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Deal for Syria rebels to withdraw from Homs bastion
AFP, Published on 03/05/2014
» The Syrian government and rebels struck a deal for opposition fighters to withdraw from their besieged strongholds in the city of Homs, in another military success for the regime.
Deal for Syria rebels to withdraw from Homs bastion
AFP, Published on 02/05/2014
» The Syrian government and rebels struck a deal Friday for opposition fighters to withdraw from their besieged strongholds in the city of Homs, in another military success for the regime.
Putin’s perilous road leads to ruin
News, Jeffrey D Sachs, Published on 02/05/2014
» The dangers of the crisis in Ukraine cannot be exaggerated. Russian President Vladimir Putin is overtly and covertly inciting separatism in eastern Ukraine, and has declared Russia’s unilateral right to intervene there, in complete contravention of international law. Russia’s provocative policies are putting it on a collision course with the West.
Vote count under way as US, UN hail Iraq election
AFP, Published on 01/05/2014
» Vote counting was under way Thursday after Iraqis braved a wave of attacks to cast ballots in elections hailed by the US and United Nations as a rebuke to jihadists.
Terrorist attacks 'more violent' says US
News, Published on 01/05/2014
» The annual US report on terrorism around the world issued Thursday said Thailand was still threatened by ever more-violent international groups, but said there is no evidence the insurgency in the deep South had any links to terrorist groups abroad.
Syria violence spirals a month from election
AFP, Published on 01/05/2014
» Syria's air force killed at least 20 people, including 17 children, on Wednesday in the latest strike on battered Aleppo city, as civilians bear the brunt of the civil war.
UN Syria aid resolution not working, official warns
AFP, Published on 01/05/2014
» UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said Wednesday that a Security Council measure designed to provide aid to millions of desperate Syrians was not working.
10 children killed as air raid hits Syria school
AFP, Published on 30/04/2014
» An air raid on a rebel-held neighbourhood of Syria's main northern city Aleppo hit a school, killing at least 18 people, 10 of them children, Wednesday, a monitoring group said.
PM 'certain' of victory as Iraqis vote despite attacks
AFP, Published on 30/04/2014
» Iraqis defied a rash of attacks that killed 14 people Wednesday and voted in the first general election since US troops withdrew, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki proclaiming "certain" victory.
Attacks raise tensions on eve of Iraq polls
AFP, Published on 30/04/2014
» Attacks killed 24 people in Iraq Tuesday, the latest in a wave of deadly violence that has cast a pall over the country's first general election since US troops withdrew.