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Afghan peace process in disarray as U.S. prepares to meet with Taliban
U.S. officials will meet with the Taliban on Thursday in a major breakthrough aimed at opening peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, as the U.S. prepares for the end of its combat involvement.
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Obama silent on US arms to Syria, praises G-8 plan
President Barack Obama is refusing to describe the type of military support the U.S. will give to Syrian rebels even as he praises a decision by world leaders at a just-completed summit to seek a negotiated peace.
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Obama: `Lives have been saved' by NSA programs
Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats.
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Turkey's 'standing man' to join ranks of icons?
The image was stark: a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister's demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central Istanbul.
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Obama: Friction in Afghan peace talks no surprise
President Barack Obama says it's no surprise that there's friction in early efforts to launch peace talks between the Taliban and Afghanistan's government.
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UK soldiers' families can sue over Iraq deaths
The families of several British soldiers killed or injured in Iraq can sue the government for failing to protect them, the country's highest court ruled Wednesday.
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Egypt Islamists blame violence on opposition
Egypt's most powerful Muslim group has blamed the secular and liberal opposition for a wave of violence over the appointment of new Islamist governors.
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Turkish official approves 'standing man' protest
Turkey's deputy prime minister gave a nod of approval to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey on Wednesday as police were questioning dozens of people rounded up in police raids.
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Zimbabwe's president goes back to court on polls
Zimbabwe's highest court says it has received an application from the president's party to delay crucial elections by at least two weeks.
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Sunni-Shiite violence hits Lebanese city of Sidon
The Lebanese city of Sidon exploded into widespread street violence Tuesday afternoon as supporters and opponents of the militant group Hezbollah traded artillery and small arms fire in response to an attack on a prominent Sunni Muslim opponent of the Shiite Muslim group, according to senior security...
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Obama: NSA programs have saved lives
President Barack Obama says lives have been saved by sweeping surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency.
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