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Japanese React With Fear, Anger Over China Islands Dispute

The dispute between Japan and China over the ownership of a chain of islands in the East China Sea continues to escalate, with China boycotting a meeting of the IMF being held in Tokyo. A growing sense of fear over China's increasing strength is being...

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French Suspects Planned to Join Militants in Syria

French authorities say a group of suspected radical Islamists posed the biggest danger to France in years and were planning to join militants in Syria.

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Turkey Seizes Cargo from Syrian Plane Forced to Land in Ankara

Turkey says it has confiscated illicit cargo from a Syrian passenger plane that it forced to land in Ankara after entering Turkish airspace on a flight from Moscow to Damascus.

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Ban condemns coordinated bombings in Syrian capital, urges move towards dialogue

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Remains of burnt buses outside a power plant in the Qaboun suburbs of Damascus, Syria, in June 2012...

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