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Secretary-General condemns bomb attack near UN observer convoy in Syria

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Major General Robert Mood in the town of Al-Rastan, Homs province, Syria.

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Rescuers in Indonesia Locate Wreckage of Russian Jetliner

Indonesian rescue helicopters have spotted the wreckage of a Russian jetliner that disappeared Wednesday during a demonstration flight with up to 50 people on board.

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Clinton says Pakistan should do more against terror

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A day after accusing Islamabad of not doing enough to book Hafiz Saeed, the Pakistan-based terrorist blamed for masterminding the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday called on Pakistan to do more to crack down on violent extremism.

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US sending envoy to help India cut Iran oil imports

The United States is sending a team of energy experts to help India reduce its dependence on Iranian oil, while acknowledging that New Delhi has cut back its oil imports from Tehran.

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Amid civil war concerns in Syria, envoy describes ongoing violence as ‘unacceptable’

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Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the UN and the Arab League, briefs reporters in Geneva.

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DR Congo Tension Palpable As Army’s Ceasefire Ends

A Democratic Republic of Congo researcher says north Kivu residents are expressing concerns about a resumption of violence as the national army’s imposed ceasefire expires Wednesday.

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Radical left Syriza party gets mandate to form Greek government

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After Greece's mainstream conservatives failed to cobble together a coalition, the radical leftist Syriza party was Tuesday given the mandate to start building a unity government.

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Israel PM forges unity government, gets freer hand on Iran, Palestine

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Avoiding early general elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a deal with the opposition Kadima party to form a unity government.

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Al Qaeda bid to target US-bound plane foiled ahead of bin Laden death anniversary

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America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has claimed to have foiled an Al Qaeda bid to target a US-bound plane ahead of the death of anniversary of slain terrorist leader Osama bin-Laden.

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Opposition boycotts Syrian parliament elections

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The Syrian government Monday held the first multi-party parliament elections in 50 years in what President Bashar al Assad's regime called political reforms but the opposition boycotted the polls calling the exercise a sham that was aimed to preserve the dictator rule.