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Obama: US Intel Underestimated Militants in Syria

U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated Islamic State activity inside Syria, which has become “ground zero” for jihadists worldwide, President Barack Obama said in a CBS television interview broadcast on Sunday.

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Hong Kong Protests Escalate Despite Offer of Election Reform Talks

Hong Kong’s leader has pledged to hold election reform talks soon in response to growing street protests in the port city.

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Gas talks: Oettinger proposed supply agreement for coming winter.

At the gas talks in Berlin, Vice-President Guenther Oettinger proposed a new compromise to secure gas supplies to Europe and the Ukraine during the winter season.

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On the road to Basel Ministerial Council, Swiss Chair launches discussion on ways to overcome the crisis of European security

On the margins of the UN-General Assembly in New York, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter launched a discussion on how to overcome the crisis of European security that has deepened in the face of the crisis in and...

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