 Syrian opposition urges Russia to back aid plan
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 22.02.2012 18:15  1 views  0 comments
 AP - Syria's main opposition group said Wednesday that foreign military intervention may be the only way to ensure emergency aid can reach those trapped by fighting if talks fail to ensure safe passage for humanitarian workers to reach embattled parts of the country.
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Ethiopian, Somali troops capture key Somali town
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22.02.2012 18:12 1 views 0 comments
 AP - Residents say Ethiopian troops and Somali soldiers have seized a key town in south central Somalia.
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Argentine train slams into station, killing 49
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22.02.2012 18:11 1 views 0 comments
AP - A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters in Argentina's worst train accident in decades. Read more »
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Karzai urges calm as six die in Afghan Koran protests
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22.02.2012 18:07 1 views 0 comments
 Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm Wednesday after officials said six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country.
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Witness: Explosions rock northern Nigeria city
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22.02.2012 18:03 1 views 0 comments
 AP - Multiple explosions rocked a highway checkpoint in Nigeria's second-largest city, witnesses said Wednesday, just over a month after a radical Islamist sect claimed an attack there that left at least 185 people dead.
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Italy: Divers find 4 more bodies in ship wreckage
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22.02.2012 18:01 1 views 0 comments
AP - Italian authorities say divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship have spotted four more bodies in a submerged section of a passenger deck. Read more »
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Tunisia, Egypt Islamists signal bigger religion role
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22.02.2012 17:58 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - PARIS (Reuters)- After months of reassuring secularist critics, Islamist politicians in Tunisia and Egypt have begun to lay down markers about how Muslim their states should be -- and first signs show they want more religion than previously admitted. Read more »
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Egyptian court to rule in Mubarak trial on June 2
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22.02.2012 17:58 1 views 0 comments
AP - An Egyptian judge has set June 2 as the date for the verdict and sentencing in the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak. Read more »
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Rogers profit tops forecasts but wireless lags
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22.02.2012 17:50 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - Rogers Communications, Canada's biggest wireless telecoms company, said on Wednesday that cost-cutting and growth in its cable and media businesses pushed it to a stronger than expected quarterly profit despite lagging core wireless results. Read more »
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Argentine train slams into station, killing 49
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22.02.2012 17:50 1 views 0 comments
AP - A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters in Argentina's worst train accident in decades. Read more »
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Karzai urges calm as seven die in Afghan Koran
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22.02.2012 17:49 1 views 0 comments
 Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm on Wednesday after officials said at least six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country.
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Assad forces try to bomb Homs into submission
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22.02.2012 17:17 1 views 0 comments
 Reuters - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs on Wednesday, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more than 80 people, including two Western journalists.
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Pakistan vows to support not lead Afghan peace drive
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22.02.2012 17:15 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - Pakistan will give its full support to any clear effort by the Afghan government to achieve a political settlement with the Taliban but does not want to lead a peace process that would impose a solution, its foreign minister said on Wednesday. Read more »
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Argentine train slams into station, passengers die
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22.02.2012 17:11 2 views 0 comments
AP - A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing several people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters, authorities said. Read more »
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West Bank settlement housing gets initial approval
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22.02.2012 17:09 2 views 0 comments
 AP - Israeli officials say that a committee has given preliminary approval to a plan that could allow construction of 600 new homes in a settlement deep inside the West Bank.
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EU suspends copyright treaty ratification
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22.02.2012 17:00 2 views 0 comments
 AP - The European Commission, facing opposition in city streets, on the Internet and in the halls of parliament, has suspended efforts to ratify a new international anti-counterfeiting agreement, and instead will refer it to Europe's highest court to see whether it violates any fundamental EU rights.
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Leaders meet in UK over fragile Somalia's future
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22.02.2012 16:53 2 views 0 comments
AP - Somalia's fragile leadership, its neighbors and international allies are meeting in London in the hope of speeding the troubled east African nation's progress toward a stable government and containing the threat from Islamic militants who some fear could export terrorism to Europe and the United States. Read more »
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Hamas irons out dispute over Palestinian unity
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22.02.2012 16:48 2 views 0 comments
AP - The leadership of the Islamic militant Hamas on Wednesday settled internal disagreements and approved a unity deal with its political rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a senior official said. Read more »
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NH jury being picked in Rwanda genocide case
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22.02.2012 16:47 2 views 0 comments
AP - Jury selection is under way in federal court in the case of a New Hampshire woman charged with lying about her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Read more »
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Six killed, many wounded in Afghan Koran protests
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22.02.2012 16:38 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - Six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests in Afghanistan which flared for a second day on Wednesday in several cities over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country, officials said.
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