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Global Voices: Ahmadis' mission of peace in an age of terror
This post has been updated and corrected. See the notes below for details.Just weeks after the terrorist bombings at the Boston Marathon, the global leader of the world’s 10-million-plus Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has brought his religion’s message of peace, public service and uplift to the faithful of Southern...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Religious Conflicts, Elections, Religion and Belief, Belief and Faith
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Boat capsizes off Myanmar; dozens missing and feared dead
NEW DELHI – A boat carrying approximately 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized late Monday off the coast of Myanmar with many of its occupants feared dead, UN officials said, as the region braced for a cyclone expected to slam low-lying areas inhabited...
Tags: Human Rights, Islam, Buddhism, Burma, Politics
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U.S. to give $100 million more to aid displaced Syrians
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is providing an additional $100 million for humanitarian aid for displaced Syrians, officials said Wednesday, bringing to $510 million the total U.S. aid commitment since the civil war began more than two years ago....
Tags: John Kerry, Politics, White House, Government, Wars and Interventions
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U.S. and Russia to seek Syria peace talks
MOSCOW — The United States and Russia agreed Tuesday to try to bring together the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad and the opposition for peace talks, signaling a potential breakthrough in long-stalled diplomatic efforts to end a bloody...
Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, Moscow (Russia), White House, Barack Obama, Russia
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Nobody died at Watergate, but it was a bigger scandal than Benghazi
Before Wednesday's hearing into last September’s attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said: “If you link Watergate and Iran-Contra together and multiply it maybe by 10 or so, you’re going to...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. Embassy, Elections, Barack Obama, Iran
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Report on Syria's chemical weapons could put fresh pressure on U.S.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- U.S. intelligence has determined that embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad deployed chemical weapons to subdue the rebellion in his country, Obama administration officials said Thursday, a disclosure that could move...
Tags: Martin Dempsey, White House, U.S. Department of Defense, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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Could Iran's presidential politicking open door to nuclear deal?
Thirty years of punishing sanctions have failed to curb Iran’s rogue behavior. Perhaps, a growing chorus of diplomats and security experts suggest, it is time for the United States to change tactics. With a presidential election in the Islamic...
Tags: Science and Technology, U.S. Embassy, Central Intelligence Agency, Nuclear Weapons, Iran
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Jordan opens second camp for Syrian refugees
Jordan on Wednesday opened a second camp to shelter the increasing numbers of refugees pouring out of Syria, one day after a United Nations official warned that the regional crisis had hit “a breaking point.” About 100 Syrians arrived...
Tags: Refugee, North Korea, Water Supply, Politics, Iraq
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North Korea demands end to U.N. sanctions before talks
North Korea insisted Thursday that the U.S. and South Korea must scrap United Nations sanctions and put an end to joint military drills before any talks on its nuclear arsenal can begin. The U.S. and South Korea have said the burden is on Pyongyang to...
Tags: Kim Jong Un, South Korea, Same-Sex Marriage, Columbia University, Barack Obama
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Iran scoffs at alleged link to Canada terror plot
TEHRAN -- Iranian officials Tuesday scoffed at the idea that an alleged terrorist plot thwarted in Canada had been guided by Al Qaeda elements in Iran. “In my 64 years of age, I have not heard anything as ridiculous as this,” Iranian Foreign...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, NATO, Bashar Assad, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Iran
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Syrian official denies allegations of chemical weapons use
BEIRUT -- A top Syrian official on Friday denied U.S. and Western charges that Syria has deployed chemical weapons against rebels fighting to overthrow the government of President Bashar Assad. “The U.S.-British and Western allegations in...
Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Rebellions, Turkey, Bashar Assad, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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White House suspects Syria used chemical weapons, seeks inquiry
WASHINGTON — The White House said for the first time that there was evidence Syria had used chemical weapons in its civil war, but administration officials called for a broader United Nations investigation and edged away from declaring Damascus...
Tags: Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Martin Dempsey, White House, U.S. Congress, National Government
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