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Britain welcomes US-Russia plan for Syria CWs

Sun Sep 15, 2013 11:35:00

Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague has welcomed an agreement between Russia and the United Sates to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons.

Tribesmen bomb Yemen main oil pipeline

Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:32:25

Tribesmen have blown up Yemen's main oil pipeline in the central Maarib province, a government official said.

Obama keeps war option despite Syria chem. deal

Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:30:17

US President Barack Obama has described the deal between Moscow and Washington to identify and seize Syria’s chemical weapons as “an important, concrete step” but still left open the likelihood of using military action against Damascus if the agreement fails.

Russian plan is a godsend for Obama: Chomsky

Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:06:22

American Scientist Avram Noam Chomsky says the Russian proposal for Syria’s chemical weapons has saved the US administration from serious political defeat.

US troops join public in rejecting war on Syria: Poll

Sun Sep 15, 2013 09:57:35

US troops join American public in saying no to US President Barack Obama’s plans to bomb Syria, with 75 percent of them opposing the war.

Media banned from next Mubarak trial

Sun Sep 15, 2013 08:53:46

An Egyptian court has ordered a media blackout during the next phase of the retrial of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak due to security concerns.

Republican senators irked by US-Russia accord

Sun Sep 15, 2013 08:26:21

Top US republican senators have harshly condemned the Obama administration for deciding not to bomb Syria following its deal with Russia on Syria's chemical weapons.

Suicide bomber kills 26 in Iraq’s Nineveh

Sat Sep 14, 2013 22:46:56

At least 26 people have been killed and 45 others injured in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh.

Egypt court adjourns ex-dictator’s retrial

Sat Sep 14, 2013 22:37:09

Egyptian state television broadcast footage of Mubarak appearing in the court in a wheelchair on Saturday, but only long enough for the court to adjourn the case until Oct. 19 and ban the live televising of what is expected to be sensitive testimony.

Lavrov, Kerry agree on Syria chemical arms plan

Sat Sep 14, 2013 22:20:17

Top diplomats of Russia and the United States have announced a deal on a framework for the destruction or removal of Syria’s chemical weapons by mid 2014 on the third day of their talks on the issue.

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