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Sep 27, 2013
Obama speaks to Iranian president, says deal possible
The Record
President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone Friday, the first conversation between American and Iranian presidents in more than 30 years. The exchange could ...
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Watchdog hopes Syrian inspections begin by Tuesday
The Record
The inspectors responsible for tracking down Syria's chemical arms stockpile and verifying its destruction plan to start in Syria by Tuesday. They will face their tightest deadlines ever and ...
Comment
Obama, India's leader seek to reinvigorate ties
The Record
President Barack Obama is hosting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for talks on trade and security in a fragile region, offering a chance to inject new life into the partnership amid ...
Comment
Rouhani: Obama has struck new tone on Iran
The Record
Iran's new president said Friday that President Barack Obama struck a new tone in his U.N. speech this week that left him optimistic about easing tensions between the two countries.
Comment
Israel breaks up Gaza Strip demonstration
The Record
The Israeli military says it has dispersed a demonstration of Palestinians who had marched to the Israeli border in the northern Gaza Strip.
Comment
Car bomb kills at least 30 north of Syrian capital
The Record
A car bomb exploded near a mosque north of the Syrian capital as worshippers emerged from Friday prayers, killing at least 30 people, activists said.
Comment
Iran, UN agency nuclear probe talks positive
The Record
Iranian and U.N. officials held a "constructive" meeting on resuming a probe of allegations that Tehran has worked on atomic arms, officials said Friday, in talks seen as a test of pledges by ...
Comment
Local Syrians worry about family, home
Clifton Journal
Clifton — Violence and destruction has inflamed Syria for more than two years. The conflict that has shredded the Middle Eastern country has political and religious tones that are interwoven ...
Comment
Sep 26, 2013
Afghan soldier kills NATO service member in east
The Record
An Afghan man wearing the uniform of the country's security forces turned his weapon on NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing a member of the international coalition.
Comment
Pakistan aid chopper targeted; 355 dead in quake
The Record
Separatist militants fired two rockets that narrowly missed a Pakistani government helicopter surveying a region devastated by an earthquake, underscoring the dangers authorities face in helping victims in Baluchistan, the country's most impoverished province.
Comment
US tamps down expectations for Iran breakthrough
The Record
Iran and six world powers headed into nuclear talks at the U.N. on Thursday with U.S. officials tamping down expectations of any quick breakthrough.
Comment
Palestinians want Israel peace deal in 9 months
The Record
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will continue recently resumed negotiations with Israel with "an insistence on success" and the aim of reaching a peace deal within nine months.
Comment
Iranian leader Rouhani chides Israel for not signing nuke treaty
The Record
Heading into a historic meeting on Tehran's disputed nuclear activities, Iran's new president called on Israel on Thursday to join an international treaty banning the spread of nuclear ...
Comment
Iran president's UN outreach stirs hope in Tehran
The Record
On a run-down side street, work-for-hire laborer Mohammad Hasanzadeh cares far more about finding his next job than the faraway world of diplomacy. Still, he draws some comfort from President Hassan Rouhani's efforts to find common ground with the West.
Comment
Russia offers to guard Syria chemical arms destruction
The Record
Russia offered on Thursday to provide troops to guard facilities where Syria's chemical weapons would be destroyed, as U.N. inspectors prepared to continue their probe on the use of such agents in the country's civil war.
Comment
UN diplomats: Apparent deal on Syria resolution
The Record
The five permanent members of the divided Security Council have reached agreement on key elements of a resolution to require Syria to dismantle its chemical weapons stockpiles, U.N. diplomats said Thursday.
Comment
Local al-Qaida commander killed in Syria
The Record
Activists say a local al-Qaida commander in Syria has been killed during clashes with Kurdish militiamen in northern Syria.
Comment
Egypt minister says relations with US unsettled
The Record
Egypt's relations with the United States are "unsettled" as the country struggles to redefine its national interests vis-à-vis other countries, the foreign minister said.
Comment
UK stores apologize for 'mental patient' costumes
The Record
Two British supermarket chains have apologized for selling Halloween costumes that made insensitive references to mental health issues.
Comment
Bomb attacks at markets in, near Baghdad kill 23
The Record
Bombs ripped through outdoor markets in and near Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 23 people and wounding dozens, the latest in a deadly wave that has hit Iraq in recent months, officials said.
Comment
UN reports renewed violence in eastern Congo
The Record
A spokesman for the U.N. mission in eastern Congo says renewed fighting has broken out between M23 rebels and the Congolese army.
Comment
Waldwick cadet completes basic training
Waldwick Suburban News
* Cadet Ryan Anthony Kowal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kowal of Waldwick, completed Cadet Basic Training at the U.S. Military Academy. Kowal entered West Point on July 1 and has successfully completed six weeks of CBT. CBT is one of the most challenging ...
Comment
Veteran helps assist wounded comrades
Wayne Today
Local veteran, Ray Weeks, recently assisted wounded veterans in the 425-mile MinuteMan Challenge cycling event from Boston to Philadelphia.
Comment
Cresskill American Legion Post 21 honors POWs and MIA on national day
Northern Valley Suburbanite
CRESSKILL - Camp Merritt American Legion Post 21 commemorated National POW/MIA Recognition Day with a vigil and ceremony on Saturday.
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Ramsey mourns the loss of Staff Sgt. Timothy McGill
Ramsey Suburban News
McGill, 30, was a Ramsey High School graduate and volunteer with the fire department
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Military Salutes: Twin-Boro News, Sept. 26
Twin-Boro News
Marine Corps Pvt. Dominick A. Manginelli Marine Corps Pvt. Dominick A. Manginelli, son of JoAnn and Joe Manginelli of Dumont, earned the title of U.S. Marine after graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C. For 13 ...
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Sep 25, 2013
Obama not disappointed he didn't meet Rouhani
The Record
The White House says President Barack Obama isn't disappointed that he didn't get to meet Iranian President Hasan Rouhani (hah-SAHN' roh-HAH'-nee) this week.
Comment
Pakistan struggles to help quake victims; 285 dead
The Record
Rescuers struggled Wednesday to help thousands of people injured and left homeless after their houses collapsed in a major earthquake in southwestern Pakistan, while the death toll from the ...
Comment
Berlusconi's 28-year-old girlfriend: I courted him
The Record
Here's one way to land a billionaire: Silvio Berlusconi's 28-year-old girlfriend says she courted the 76-year-old former premier relentlessly until he finally surrendered.
Comment
Shabab: Foreigners in Kenya "legitimate target"
The Record
Al-Shabab, the armed Somali Islamic extremist group that attacked a shopping mall in Kenya, said Wednesday that foreigners were a "legitimate target" and confirmed witness accounts that gunmen tried to let Muslims go free while killing or taking the others ...
Comment
Iran's president tones down anti-Israel rhetoric
The Record
The Iranian president's first speech to world leaders toned down anti-Israel rhetoric and offered up negotiations with the U.S. and its allies over the disputed nuclear program, showing a more moderate face of the hard-line regime in Tehran.
Comment
Nairobi attack puts spotlight on mall safety
The Record
Some malls around the world have been scrambling to add security guards to look for suspicious people following a deadly attack on a shopping center in Nairobi over the weekend. But for other ...
Comment
Pakistan militant Sunni group targets minorities
The Record
A Sunni militant group known for targeting rival Muslims has emerged as a dangerous new player in Pakistan, sending a pair of suicide bombers this week to detonate themselves inside a church in the deadliest ever attack against Pakistani Christians.
Comment
Iraq army says bombings, clashes kill 9 in north
The Record
Attackers in Iraq set off three car bombs and engaged security forces in the country's north on Wednesday, killing nine people in the latest episode of deadly violence to hit the country, officials said.
Comment
Sudan demonstrators riot in capital over subsidies
The Record
Sudanese security forces on Wednesday fired tear gas to disperse dozens of protesters who demonstrated and torched a police station in northern Khartoum, where at least two people have died in three days of rioting over the lifting of fuel subsidies.
Comment
Terrorists claim 137 killed in Kenya mall attack
The Record
The terrorist group behind the takeover of a Nairobi mall claimed Wednesday that the Kenyan government assault team carried out "a demolition" of the building, burying 137 hostages in rubble. A government spokesman denied the claim and said Kenyan forces were ...
Comment
Delivery of first China jetliner delayed again
The Record
The delivery date of China's long-delayed first commercial jet airliner has been pushed back again, the manufacturer said Wednesday, the latest setback for China's ambitions to challenge market leaders Boeing and Airbus.
Comment
Michael Jackson statue removed from Fulham
The Record
The statue of Michael Jackson outside Premier League club Fulham has been hauled down. On the orders of new owner Shad Khan, the tribute to the late "King of Pop" was removed Wednesday from outside Craven Cottage in west London.
Comment
Cambodian opposition threatens general strike
The Record
Cambodia's opposition party on Wednesday threatened a nationwide general strike to protest what it says was a rigged election and the illegitimate return to power of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Comment
Boonton resident serving the Wing with a prayer
Neighbor News (Boonton Edition)
On Sept. 10, Boonton resident Paul Rech officially started serving as New Jersey Wing Chaplain with U.S. Air Force Auxiliary - Civil Air Patrol.
Comment
Sep 24, 2013
Egypt: No immediate move to dismantle Brotherhood
The Record
Egypt's military-backed government on Tuesday signaled it was in no rush to dismantle the Muslim Brotherhood, preferring to wait for a ruling outlawing the ousted president's group to be upheld by a higher tribunal.
Comment
Kenya attack follows power struggle in al-Shabab
The Record
The Islamic extremists of al-Shabab, who claimed responsibility for the Nairobi shopping mall siege, have gone through a deadly power struggle within their ranks in which at least two leaders were assassinated in Somalia.
Comment
U.S. and Iran support restarting nuclear talks
The Record
Hopeful yet unyielding, President Obama and new Iranian President Hasan Rouhani both spoke up fervently for improved relations and a resumption of stalled nuclear talks Tuesday at the U.N. — ...
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Israeli leader: Don't be fooled by Iran
The Record
Israel's prime minister on Tuesday voiced deep skepticism about the new Iranian president's outreach to the West, saying the world "should not be fooled" and must keep up the pressure on Tehran's suspect nuclear program.
Comment
Ex-Guatemala soldier faces trial in US
The Record
A former Guatemalan soldier suspected of helping to carry out a massacre during the country's civil war is facing trial in the United States on charges of lying on his application to become an ...
Comment
Obama opens door to direct diplomacy with Iran
The Record
President Barack Obama opened the door to direct nuclear talks with Iran's moderate new government on Tuesday, declaring diplomacy worth pursuing though skepticism persisted about Tehran's ...
Comment
Obama: Syrian chemical weapon ban must be enforced
The Record
President Barack Obama on Tuesday challenged the U.N. Security Council to hold Syria accountable if it fails to live up to pledges to dismantle its chemical weapons stockpiles. He said the United Nations' credibility and reputation is at stake.
Comment
Car bombing in Syrian capital kills at least 3
The Record
A car bomb exploded in a neighborhood in Syria's capital Damascus Tuesday, killing at least three people, the government and activists said.
Comment
Mass starvation feared in Syria; 'We have no food'
The Record
Syrian opposition groups and international relief organizations are warning of the risk of mass starvation across the country, especially in the besieged Damascus suburbs where a gas attack killed hundreds last month.
Comment
Iran: UN talks signal 'new era' on nuclear impasse
The Record
Iran's foreign ministry says a planned meeting this week at the United Nations to discuss restarting nuclear talks signals the beginning of a "new era" in relations with the West.
Comment
Russia to file piracy charges against Greenpeace
The Record
Russian investigators say they will file piracy charges against Greenpeace activists who tried to climb onto an offshore drilling platform in the Arctic owned by the state-controlled gas company Gazprom.
Comment
Easing sanctions no easy goal for Iran's president
The Record
Near Iran's border with Iraq, work crews are putting finishing touches on a petrochemical plant expected to pump out hundreds of tons a year of oil-based products that the country hopes can slip through the net of Western economic sanctions.
Comment
UN chemical weapons inspectors returning to Syria
The Record
he United Nations says the team of chemical weapons inspectors led by Swedish expert Ake Sellstrom will return to Syria on Wednesday.
Comment
Gunmen attack Sunni town in Iraq
The Record
Gunmen on Tuesday tried to take over a small Sunni town in Iraq's west, sparking battles that left 11 people including six attackers dead, said an official.
Comment
UN chief urges leaders to stop fueling Syria war
The Record
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders on Tuesday to stop fueling the bloodshed in Syria with weapons and get both sides to the negotiating table to end the "biggest challenge to peace and security in the world."
Comment
Former Pope Benedict emerges and defends his abuse record
The Record
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has emerged from his self-imposed silence inside the Vatican walls to publish a lengthy letter to one of Italy's most well-known atheists. In it, he denies having ...
Comment
Kenyan president: Terrorists defeated
The Record
Kenya's president proclaimed victory Tuesday over the terrorists who stormed a Nairobi mall, saying security forces had "ashamed and defeated our attackers" following a bloody four-day siege ...
Comment
Pakistan quake kills 39 as houses collapse
The Record
Thousands of Pakistanis ran into the streets praying for their lives Tuesday as a powerful earthquake rocked a remote area in the southwest, killing at least 39 people and possibly creating a small island off the coast.
Comment
At UN, Obama welcomes signs of Iranian moderation
The Record
President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed the new Iranian government's pursuit of a "more moderate course," saying it should offer the basis for a breakthrough on Iran's nuclear impasse with ...
Comment
Sep 23, 2013
US edges closer to high-level talks with Iran
The Record
The Obama administration edged close to direct, high-level talks with Iran's new government on Monday, with Secretary of State John Kerry slated to meet his Iranian counterpart this week and the White House weighing the risks and rewards of an encounter between ...
Comment
Obama says Kenyan mall attack a 'terrible outrage'
The Record
President Barack Obama says the United States stands with Kenya against the "terrible outrage" of a shopping mall terrorist attack.
Comment
Bombs at Sunni funeral in Iraq kill 14
The Record
A double bomb attack on Sunni mourners in Baghdad killed 14 people on Monday, the third day in a row in which funerals have been attacked amid a wave of bloodshed across Iraq, officials said.
Comment
EU says Iran, 6 key nations to hold nuclear talks
The Record
Iran's new foreign minister will join talks with six key nations trying to rein in the Islamic Republic's nuclear program later this week at the United Nations, the European Union's foreign policy chief said Monday.
Comment
Iran frees 80 prisoners as president heads to UN
The Record
Iran said Monday it had freed 80 prisoners arrested in political crackdowns, offering another potential diplomatic boost for the country's new president and his outreach to the West at this week's U.N. gathering.
Comment
Tycoon plans $8 billion Chinese Hollywood
The Record
China's richest man plans to spend 50 billion yuan ($8.2 billion) to build the country's version of Hollywood in the northeastern city of Qingdao.
Comment
US experts: North Korea can likely build key nuke parts
The Record
North Korean scientists are able to build crucial equipment for uranium-based nuclear bombs on their own, cutting the need for imports that had been one of the few ways outsiders could monitor the country's secretive atomic work, according to evidence gathered ...
Comment
Senators press Obama to stand firm on Iran
The Record
Senators called on President Barack Obama to reiterate that the United States will not accept a nuclear-capable Iran and that crippling economic sanctions on Tehran will continue despite Iranian President Hasan Rouhani's recent overtures to the West.
Comment
Somali leader says threat of al-Shabab is global
The Record
The Islamic extremist group claiming responsibility for the weekend terrorist attack at a Kenyan mall presents a threat not just to the region or Africa but to "the world at large," the president of Somalia said Monday.
Comment
Afghanistan: Taliban kill 11 border police guards
The Record
An overnight Taliban assault on a border post in southern Afghanistan left 11 police officers dead, while in the north of the country gunmen assassinated a district intelligence chief on his way to work, officials said Monday.
Comment
Pakistani Christians protest deadly church bombing
The Record
Pakistani Christians rallied Monday to denounce the deadliest attack ever in this country against the religious minority as the death toll from the church bombings the day before climbed to 85.
Comment
Egypt bans Muslim Brotherhood group
The Record
An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the Muslim Brotherhood to be banned and its assets confiscated in a dramatic escalation of a crackdown by the military-backed government against supporters of the ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.
Comment
Assad: Syria will allow access to chemical sites
The Record
Syrian President Bashar Assad said his government will allow international experts access to its chemical weapons sites, but cautioned in an interview broadcast Monday that rebels might block them from reaching some of the locations.
Comment
Kenya vice president: Mall siege in final stage
The Record
Kenyan security forces were in the final stages of flushing out Islamic extremist terrorists from a besieged shopping mall, the vice president said late Monday, two days after the upscale mall ...
Comment
Sep 22, 2013
Kenyan forces say they rescued 'most' hostages
The Record
Kenyan's military said late Sunday it had rescued "most" of the remaining hostages held by al-Qaida-linked militants in an upscale Nairobi mall after launching a major operation to end a ...
Comment
Merkel triumphs in German vote but allies crushed
The Record
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives triumphed in Germany's election Sunday, and could even win the first single-party majority in more than 50 years. While Merkel was headed for a third ...
Comment
Suicide bomber hits Iraq Sunni funeral, killing 16
The Record
A suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt among Sunni mourners attending a funeral in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 16 people and wounding 35 others, officials said, in the latest episode of the country's near-daily violence.
Comment
Suicide attack on Pakistani church kills 78 people
The Record
A pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up amid hundreds of worshippers at a historic church in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 78 people in the deadliest-ever attack against the country's Christian minority.
Comment
Nairobi terrorists defiant in deadly mall siege
The Record
At least 39 people were killed and 150 wounded Saturday as men armed with grenades and automatic weapons stormed a mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Al-Shabab, a Somali group linked with al-Qaida, ...
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Sep 21, 2013
Kenya Red Cross: 22 dead in upscale mall attack
The Record
Gunmen threw grenades and opened fire Saturday killing at least 22 people in an attack targeting non-Muslims at an upscale mall in Kenya's capital that was hosting a children's day event, a ...
Comment
Sep 20, 2013
Pope Francis draws praise for drive to overhaul church image
The Record
Pope Francis's call for the Roman Catholic Church to abandon what he called a fixation on sexual morality drew praise as an appeal to the modern world.
Comment
Montclair's Terra Café to celebrate Peace Day
The Montclair Times
The teahouse nestled in the Montclair Public Library will be designated a Peace Site by the Bloomfield-based New Jersey Peace Action, and will host events and activities the afternoon of ...
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Trafficking case against Saudi princess dismissed
The Record
Prosecutors on Friday dropped a human-trafficking case that was brought against a Saudi princess this summer after a Kenyan maid alleged her passport had been taken away and she had been ...
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Mother, uncle of 'Jihad' convicted in French court
The Record
A French appeals court convicted a woman and her brother on Friday for "justifying a crime" after her toddler son, named Jihad, went to preschool in a T-shirt bearing the words "I am a bomb" and "Jihad: Born on Sept. 11," a defense lawyer said.
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Syria send chemical weapons inventory to watchdog group
The Record
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says it has received an "initial declaration" from Syria outlining its weapons program.
Comment
Egypt holds funeral for slain police general
The Record
Egypt's military chief has led a funeral procession for a police general killed the day before in a raid on an Islamist stronghold near Cairo.
Comment
8 arrested in cyber theft from Barclays Bank
The Record
Eight men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing 1.3 million pounds ($2 million) from a Barclays bank branch by tapping into its computers, British police said Friday.
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Amanda Knox on retrial: 'Everything is at stake'
The Record
American student Amanda Knox on Friday defended her decision not to return to Italy for a new appeals trial over the 2007 killing of her British roommate, even as she acknowledged that "everything is at stake," insisting she is innocent.
Comment
Grenade attack on mosque kills 3 in Pakistan
The Record
Pakistani police say assailants hurled hand grenades into a Sufi mosque in the country's northwest in a late night attack that left three people dead.
Comment
Powerful typhoon to skirt Taiwan, Philippines
The Record
The most powerful typhoon of the year was approaching the northern Philippines and southern Taiwan on Friday with ferocious wind gusts of up to 305 kilometers (190 miles) per hour. It was expected to skirt both regions, with authorities warning of torrential ...
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Marine recruiter talks future possibilities with Clifton residents
Clifton Journal
CLIFTON — Sgt. Edgar Gonzalez, a recruiter for the Marine Corps stationed in Clifton two months ago, is still getting a feel for the City's make-up. "It's a tighter-knit community than ...
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Sep 19, 2013
5.3-magnitude earthquake hits Japan's Fukushima
The Record
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake has hit the Japanese prefecture that is home to the nuclear power plant crippled in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Comment
Afghans flock to colleges, even as Taliban loom
The Record
Ten years ago, Roeen Rahmani and some friends spent $300 on an overhead projector and a rented room to teach a business course to Afghans emerging from civil war and Taliban rule. Nobody showed up for the first class.
Comment
Egypt returns $2B worth of aid to Qatar
The Record
Egypt's Central Bank paid back $2 billion in aid to Qatar despite its faltering economy and refused a request by Qatari airlines to increase flights, authorities said Thursday, marking a new low in relations between the two countries.
Comment
Iran's top leader opens way for Rouhani outreach
The Record
There's no mistaking the desire of Iran's new president and his allies to open greater contacts with Washington over nuclear talks and possibly other regional crises such as Syria. The messages that really matter, though, come from the ultimate decision-maker in ...
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15-year term for Argentine priest sex abuse upheld
The Record
Argentina's Supreme Court has upheld the 15-year prison sentence of a priest convicted of sexually abusing a boy in his "Happy Children" foundation, prompting the victim's attorney on Thursday ...
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39 Cuban migrants picked up in Florida Keys
The Record
U.S. authorities have repatriated 39 Cuban migrants picked up by the Coast Guard in the waters off the Florida Keys.
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French president says war on terror won in Mali
The Record
French President Francois Hollande declared Thursday that the war on terror had been won in the West African nation of Mali, listing the towns that French and Malian troops liberated from al-Qaida's local fighters earlier this year.
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US urges China to play constructive role on Syria
The Record
Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged Thursday a sharp disagreement with China over how the international community should respond to the use of chemical weapons in Syria and urged Beijing to play a "positive" role in the U.N. Security Council on the issue.
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Putin says he may seek fourth presidential term
The Record
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he could run for a fourth presidential term in 2018. If he does and wins, that would keep him in power for about a quarter century and make him the nation's longest-serving leader since Josef Stalin.
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Former top diplomats say Iran dissidents massacred in Iraq
The Record
Two former foreign ministers of France and Algeria say a Sept. 1 attack in Iraq that killed 52 members of an Iranian dissident group was a premeditated massacre, and the United Nations must press for the release of seven more who had were taken hostage while ...
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Pope's call for change resonates
The Record
Pope Francis made a significant push Thursday toward his vision of a more pastoral, less doctrinaire Roman Catholic Church, saying the church has sometimes “locked itself up in … small-minded ...
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Indian police file charges in Mumbai gang rape
The Record
Police in India's financial center of Mumbai have filed charges against four men and a juvenile in the gang rape of a photojournalist that fueled further debate about women's safety after a fatal assault in New Delhi sparked mass protests.
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Hiroshi Yamauchi, who ran Nintendo for 53 years, dies at 85
The Record
Hiroshi Yamauchi, who ran Nintendo for more than 50 years and led the Japanese company's transition from traditional playing-card maker to video game giant, has died. He was 85.
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Japan PM wants Fukushima plant entirely scrapped
The Record
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the operator of the country's crippled nuclear power plant Thursday to scrap all six reactors at the site instead of just four already slated for ...
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Austrian hunter's obsession turns to murder
The Record
In Austria, hunting deer and wild boar is a hallowed way of life, one that follows age-old codes of honor and requires a license bestowed only after passing rigorous exams. In that exalted ...
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Putin: Syria chemical attack sly rebel provocation
The Record
President Vladimir Putin says that Russia has strong grounds to believe that Syrian rebels were responsible for the country's chemical attack.
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58 more missing after massive Mexico storm
The Record
Mexico's government said 58 people were missing after a massive landslide smashed through a tiny coffee-growing village deep in the country's southern mountains, where fresh waves of rain ...
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Warming lull haunts authors of key climate report
The Record
Scientists working on a landmark U.N. report on climate change are struggling to explain why global warming appears to have slowed down in the past 15 years even though greenhouse gas ...
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Al-Qaida gunmen seize town in northern Syria
The Record
Al-Qaida militants seized a town near the Turkish border Thursday after expelling Western-backed rebels from the area, demonstrating the growing power of jihadis as they seek to expand their ...
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Egypt troops storm Islamist stronghold near Cairo
The Record
Egyptian security forces backed by armored fighting vehicles and helicopters stormed a town known to be an Islamist stronghold outside of Cairo near the Great Pyramids on Thursday, coming ...
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Sep 18, 2013
Italy's Berlusconi insists he will stay in politics
The Record
Silvio Berlusconi is insisting he will stay in Italian politics even if his fellow senators strip him of his Senate seat after his tax fraud conviction.
Comment
Storm re-forms off Mexico, death toll rises to 60
The Record
Desperation mounted Wednesday in the cut-off resort of Acapulco, where residents looted a store and thousands of exhausted, despondent tourists waited to be ferried out by air. The official ...
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Man accused in '00 killing of US official in Niger
The Record
A Malian man wanted in the 2000 slaying of a Defense Department official in Niger has been indicted in a U.S. court.
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Rocket trajectory links Syrian military to attack, diplomats and officials say
The Record
The trajectory of the rockets that delivered the nerve agent sarin in last month's deadly attack is among the key evidence linking elite Syrian troops based in the mountains overlooking Damascus to the strike that killed hundreds of people, diplomats and human ...
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2nd private company rockets toward space station
The Record
A commercial cargo ship made its successful debut Wednesday, rocketing toward the International Space Station and doubling the number of NASA's private suppliers for the high-flying lab.
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UN report suggests regime behind sarin attack=
The Record
A U.N. inspectors report on last month's chemical weapons attack in Syria suggests the rockets containing the nerve agent sarin were fired from the regime's elite military units based in mountains overlooking Damascus.
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6 killed as Canada passenger train, bus collide
Argus
Passengers screamed "Stop! Stop!" seconds before their bus crashed through a crossing barrier and into a commuter train during morning rush hour in Canada's capital on Wednesday, killing six ...
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Facebook sorry for ad showing photo of dead girl
The Record
Facebook has apologized after a dating ad featuring the photo of a Canada teen who died after months of bullying was posted on its site.
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UN inspector: team to return to Syria within weeks
The Record
The chief U.N. chemical weapons inspector says his team will return to Syria "within weeks" to complete the investigation it had started before the Aug 21 gas attack of other alleged chemical weapons attacks in the country.
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Car bombs in northern and central Iraq kill 2
The Record
Police chief Col. Hussein Ali Rasheed says a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden vehicle in the ethnically mixed town of Tuz Khormato on Wednesday, killing one bystander and wounding 27. The town is located about 200 kilometers (130 miles) north of ...
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Sep 17, 2013
Obama seeks Congress' support for Syria plan
The Record
Secretary of State John Kerry told Congress on Tuesday that the United States will closely monitor every step of the plan for eliminating Syria's chemical weapons while maintaining a credible ...
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Dutch king: say goodbye to welfare state
The Record
King Willem-Alexander delivered a message to the Dutch people from the government Tuesday in a nationally televised address: the welfare state of the 20th century is gone.
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Poll: Tough fight ahead for Merkel's coalition
The Record
With Germany's national election just days away, the latest poll suggests trouble for Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition despite her own personal popularity.
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China opens world's highest civilian airport
The Record
China has begun flight operations at the world's highest civilian airport in a bid to boost tourism and tighten political control over the country's restive west.
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Iran's top leader urges Guard to avoid politics
The Record
Iran's top leader is urging the powerful Revolutionary Guards to stay away from politics.
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Brazil looks to break from US-centric Internet
The Record
Brazil plans to divorce itself from the U.S.-centric Internet over Washington's widespread online spying, a move that many experts fear will be a potentially dangerous first step toward fracturing a global network built with minimal interference by governments.
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UN chief: New Syria resolution must be enforceable
The Record
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says a U.N. Security Council resolution that would approve a U.S.-Russia deal to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons must be enforceable.
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Egypt Muslim Brotherhood spokesman arrested
The Record
Egyptian police arrested the main English-language spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday along with other senior members of the group, all charged with inciting violence, state media and a security official said.
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Obama, Netanyahu to hold White House meeting
The Record
President Barack Obama will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House later this month.
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Virginia judge certifies ex-Bosnian guard's extradition
The Record
A former Bosnian prison camp guard living in Virginia has been certified for extradition to his native country to face war-crimes charges pending approval by the State Department.
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Libya appeals to UK for help removing weapons
The Record
Libya's prime minister has asked Britain for more help removing weapons that were left over from the collapse of Moammar Gadhafi's regime.
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Uproar as French jeweler kills thief, is charged
The Record
Outrage is growing in France over the decision to bring voluntary homicide charges against a jeweler who shot and killed an escaping robber, but the country's top security official on Tuesday urged fearful storekeepers to let justice take its course.
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Acapulco tourists stranded; Mexico death toll 47
The Record
The death toll rose to 47 Tuesday from the unusual one-two punch of a tropical storm and a hurricane hitting Mexico at nearly the same time. Authorities scrambled to get help into, and stranded tourists out of, the cutoff resort city of Acapulco.
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Spanish city seeks lottery winner who lost ticket
The Record
Somebody bought a lottery ticket in the northern city of La Coruna that won 4.7 million euros ($6.3 million) — but lost the ticket in the shop.
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African Union to debate ICC exit amid Kenya trial
The Record
An upcoming summit of the African Union will debate the possible exit of some African countries from the International Criminal Court, Uganda's deputy foreign minister said Tuesday as the trial of Kenya's deputy president proceeded at The Hague.
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Internet blocks return in Iran after brief opening
The Record
Word of the opening of Iran's blocked social media sites was spread, of course, by social media itself: in celebratory tweets and breathless Facebook posts. Hours later, the same sites Tuesday ...
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Afghan president says no rush for US security deal
The Record
Afghanistan's president said Tuesday that he was in no rush to sign a security deal with the United States, once again dashing American hopes that a pact can be quickly finalized.
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Israel calls for new pressure on Iran
The Record
Israel's prime minister on Tuesday urged the international community to step up pressure on Iran despite signs of possible flexibility from the new Iranian leadership in upcoming nuclear talks.
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Shipwrecked Concordia hauled upright off Italy
The Record
Engineers declared success Tuesday as the crippled Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled completely upright during an unprecedented, 19-hour operation to wrench it from its side where it ...
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Russia against use of force in Syria resolution
The Record
Russia insisted Tuesday that a U.N. Security Council resolution governing Syria's handling of its chemical weapons not allow the use of force, but it suggested that could change if Damascus ...
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Wave of car bombs, other attacks kill 31 in Iraq
The Record
A new wave of car bombs rocked commercial streets in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, part of a series of attacks across the country that left 31 people and four attackers dead.
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Sep 16, 2013
Chemical weapons and eradication efforts worldwide
The Record
U.N. inspectors have confirmed they found "clear and convincing evidence" of a sarin nerve gas attack in Syria last month, adding urgency to moves to neutralize the country's stock of chemical weapons.
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UN confirms chemical weapons used in Syria
The Record
Careful not to blame either side for a deadly chemical weapon attack, U.N. inspectors reported Monday that rockets loaded with the nerve agent sarin had been fired from an area where Syria's ...
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Mexico sees its first village cellphone network
The Record
The communications revolution that swept the globe missed the Zapotec village of Talea de Castro high in the mountains of southern Mexico, where making any sort of call meant trudging to a community telephone line and paying what could be a day's wages for a ...
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UN: Libyan weapons being smuggled into Syria
The Record
Caches of weapons and ammunition left over from the collapse of Moammar Gadhafi's Libyan regime are being flown and shipped into Syria, a committee told the U.N. Security Council on Monday.
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New Egyptian petition: Run, General, run
The Record
A group of professionals and former army officers launched Monday a petition urging Egypt's military chief, who ousted the country's first freely elected leader, to run for president, highlighting the yearning for a strongman to take charge after nearly three ...
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13-yr-old Indian girl begins microbiology master's
The Record
In a country where many girls are still discouraged from going to school, Sushma Verma is having anything but a typical childhood.
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Wide-open Afghan presidential race kicks off
The Record
Afghanistan's presidential race kicked off Monday as election authorities began accepting the nominations of would-be candidates, the start of a wide-open race whose winner will oversee the final phases of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops amid a relentless ...
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Top policewoman shot in Afghanistan has died
The Record
A top policewoman in southern Afghanistan died early Monday after being shot by unknown attackers, months after her predecessor was also slain.
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Roadside bomb hits police bus in Egypt's Sinai
The Record
Militants in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula struck a police bus with a roadside bomb on Monday, wounding nine people and killing with a gunshot to the head a young conscript who had survived the blast, security officials said.
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Syria deal shines light on Israeli capabilities
The Record
The U.S.-Russian plan to dismantle Syria's chemical weapons is drawing attention to Israel's own suspected chemical stockpile and could raise pressure on the Jewish state to come clean about its capabilities.
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Big storms hit Mexico on opposite coasts; 33 dead
The Record
Tropical Storm Ingrid and the remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel drenched Mexico's Pacific and Gulf coasts with torrential rains Monday, flooding towns and cities, cutting off highways and ...
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Rouhani: Iran will accept any elected Syria ruler
The Record
Iran's President Hasan Rouhani says his country will accept anyone as ruler of Syria who is elected by the Syrian people, the official news agency reported Monday.
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Iran mulls Persian cat as next animal astronaut
The Record
Iran's hunt for its next animal astronaut may turn to the distinctive and locally named Persian cat, an official said Monday, in another possible step by the country's ambitious aerospace program that has also raised Western concerns about spillover military ...
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Bombs kill 5 soldiers in northern Iraqi city
The Record
Authorities say that two separate bombings have killed five soldiers in a northern Iraq city.
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Cuban Catholic bishops calls for political reform
The Record
Roman Catholic bishops in Cuba called for political reform in tandem with social and economic changes already under way, issuing their first joint pastoral letter in two decades that was presented to reporters Monday.
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New US ambassador arrives in tense Brazil
The Record
The new American ambassador to Brazil has landed in Latin America's biggest nation amid high tensions between the countries.
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Egypt: Security forces storm southern town
The Record
Security forces backed by armored vehicles and helicopters on Monday stormed a town south of Cairo that had been held for over two months by militants loyal to the ousted Islamist president, ...
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Shipwrecked luxury liner Concordia wrested off Italian reef
The Record
Using a vast system of steel cables and pulleys, maritime engineers on Monday gingerly winched the massive hull of the Costa Concordia off the reef where the cruise ship capsized near an ...
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Verona hosts event to honor vets
Verona-Cedar Grove Times
The Veterans Fair will take place on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Verona Community Center, located at 880 Bloomfield Ave.
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Sep 15, 2013
24 dead as Tropical Storm Manuel, Hurricane Ingrid batter Mexico
The Record
Tropical Storm Manuel swept onto Mexico's Pacific coast Sunday while Hurricane Ingrid swirled offshore on the other side of the country, as heavy rains and landslides caused at least 24 deaths ...
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Iran and UN discuss getting more aid to Syria
The Record
The U.N. humanitarian chief met with officials with Iran's government, calling Sunday on the unwavering backer of Syria's government to provide more humanitarian assistance to civilians caught in that country's civil war.
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Bombings kill 58 in south and central Iraq
The Record
A wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 58 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities on Sunday, another bloody reminder of the government's failure to stem the surge of violence that is feeding sectarian tensions.
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Italy: OK to right shipwrecked Costa Concordia
The Record
Authorities have given the final go-ahead for a daring attempt Monday to pull upright the crippled Costa Concordia cruise liner from its side in the waters off Tuscany, a make-or-break ...
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NJ lawmakers, Syrian community largely relieved by deal on chemical arms
The Record
News of a diplomatic deal in which Syria would relinquish its chemical weapons and avoid American airstrikes drew cautiously optimistic reactions Saturday from members of the state’s congressional delegation and on the Syrian American community around New Jersey.
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Sep 14, 2013
Funeral bombing, other attacks kill 25 in Iraq
The Record
A suicide bomber attacked a funeral Saturday in northern Iraq attended by members of an ethnic minority, part of a series of assaults that killed at least 25 across the country, officials said.
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Syrian opposition elects interim prime minister
The Record
The main Western-backed opposition group in Syria has elected an interim prime minister as it seeks to firm up its standing as a viable political alternative there.
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Fidel Castro applauds Russian proposal on Syria
The Record
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has published an article applauding a Russian-backed proposal to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons. The U.S. and Russia reached agreement Saturday ...
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US, Russia reach agreement on Syria weapons
The Record
After days of intense negotiations, the United States and Russia reached agreement Saturday on a framework to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons by mid-2014 and impose U.N. penalties ...
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Veterans find bicycling a way to focus on now
The Record
For retired Marine Edgardo Gonzalez-Chacon, cycling is a way to focus on the good. After three deployments to Afghanistan, during which he suffered injuries from improvised explosive ...
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Sep 13, 2013
Syrian rebels skeptical of chemical weapons deal
The Record
Syria's main opposition group in exile was "deeply skeptical" Friday about Damascus signing an international treaty banning the production and use of chemical weapons, saying a U.N. resolution was needed to enforce compliance.
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37 dead in fire at Russian psychiatric hospital
The Record
A pre-dawn fire swept through a Russian psychiatric hospital Friday, killing 37 people, officials said. Authorities had long warned that the mostly wooden building dating to the 19th century ...
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EU ministers haggle over progress on banking union
The Record
Europe's finance ministers are working against the clock to solve the thorny but crucial issue of agreeing on further reforms to strengthen the region's banking sector.
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Philippine president warns rebels to end standoff
The Record
Philippine officials negotiated Friday with Muslim rebels who were holding more than 100 people hostage, as President Benigno Aquino III warned that his government won't hesitate to use force ...
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Police say explosives found in Cambodia's capital
The Record
Police in Cambodia's capital said they have found explosive devices near a park where the opposition plans to hold a rally Sunday to protest recent election results.
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India's opposition party names PM candidate
The Record
India's main opposition Hindu nationalist party on Friday named a controversial Hindu ideologue as its candidate for prime minister if it wins national elections next year.
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UN: 6.6 million children under 5 died last year
The Record
Childhood death rates around the world have halved since 1990 but an estimated 6.6 million children under the age of 5 still died last year, the U.N. children's agency said Friday.
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Kenyan court acquits UK terror suspect of robbery
The Record
A Kenyan court has acquitted a British man of robbery charges stemming from a 2008 attack on a police post that allowed him to escape from police custody.
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Senegalese rappers spin world news on TV program
The Record
The war in Syria isn't the easiest topic to break down in a brief newscast. But that's exactly what Senegalese rapper Makhtar "Xuman" Fall does — and throws it down in rhyme no less.
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Report: Saharan victims in grave killed in 1976
The Record
A Western Saharan organization says eight people, including two children, found in a common grave in the desert in February were victims of an extrajudicial killing by Moroccan forces.
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Iran reduces enriched uranium stockpile
The Record
Iran says it has significantly reduced its stocks of 20 percent-enriched uranium by converting it to reactor fuel.
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Clash between tribesmen in western Libya kills 11
The Record
A Libyan security official says fighting between members of two rival tribes in a southwestern town near the Algerian border has killed 11, and forced several residents to flee.
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Al-Qaida leader calls for attacks inside US
The Record
Al-Qaida's leader on Friday marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by calling on Muslims to strike inside the United States, with big attacks or small, using any opportunity they can to "bleed" America financially.
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Tropical depression threatens eastern Mexico
The Record
A new tropical depression threatens to bring flooding to parts of eastern Mexico and is expected to strengthen to a tropical storm.
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4 men given death sentences in India gang rape
The Record
An Indian court Friday sentenced to death four men for the gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal attack that riveted India, where it became a symbol of the rampant mistreatment of women and the government's ...
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Broader Syria peace talks? Chemical weapons first
The Record
The top diplomats from the United States and Russia raised hopes for reviving broader talks to end the Syrian civil war Friday, even as they showed scant progress in hurried efforts to tackle one horrific part — the chemical weapons fired on civilians. U.N. ...
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Sep 12, 2013
Afghan Taliban attack US Consulate, kill 4 Afghans
The Record
The Taliban attacked a U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan with car bombs and guns on Friday, killing at least four Afghans but failing to enter the compound or hurt any Americans.
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Kerry talks tough in Syria encounter with Russia
The Record
Striking a tough tone, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry opened swiftly convened talks with Russia on Syria's chemical weapons Thursday by bluntly rejecting a Syrian pledge to begin a ...
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Senate panel Oks measure defining a journalist
The Record
The Judiciary Committee's action cleared the way for approval of legislation prompted by the disclosure earlier this year that the Justice Department had secretly subpoenaed almost two months ...
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UN: Syria sent letter to join weapons treaty
The Record
The United Nations has received a document from Syria that is a first step toward joining the chemical weapons treaty.
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Assad: Syria to offer data on chemical weapons
The Record
Syrian President Bashar Assad said Thursday that his government will start submitting data on its chemical weapons stockpile a month after signing the convention banning such weapons.
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American jihadi slain in Somalia by rivals
The Record
An American who became one of Somalia's most visible Islamic rebels and was on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list with a $5 million bounty on his head was killed Thursday by rivals in the ...
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Belleville man completes combat training
Belleville Times
Army National Guard Pvt. David J. Williams, son of Alicia Williams of Belleville, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
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Dutch apologize for colonial killings in Indonesia
Belleville Times
The Netherlands formally apologized Thursday for mass killings committed by the Dutch military more than six decades ago in Indonesia during its former colony's fight for independence.
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Portugal court hears Madeleine McCann libel case
The Record
Lisbon court has started hearing a libel case brought by the parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann against a former Portuguese detective who published a book alleging they were involved in their daughter's disappearance.
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US agent convicted in Italy seeks pardon
The Record
The office of Italy's president says it has received a pardon request from a former CIA base chief in Milan who was convicted of kidnapping a terror suspect as part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program.
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Yemen jails 3 Saudis for illegal entry
The Record
A state security court in Yemen has convicted five Saudis of entering the country illegally but only sentenced three of them to 18 months in jail.
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Al-Jazeera launches legal action against Egypt
The Record
The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV network says it's taking legal action in international courts against the Egyptian government for closing its offices, jamming its signals and arresting its reporters.
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Assad credits Russia with chemical weapons move
The Record
Syrian President Bashar Assad says his government has agreed to surrender its chemical weapons in response to Russia's initiative and not because of the U.S. threat of attack.
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