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Nawaz Sharif may give Pakistan-India relations a boost
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Indian-Pakistani relations, for years fraught with tension, appear on the surface to have received a boost from the stunning electoral comeback by former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Since Sharif's decisive...
Tags: Pervez Musharraf, Islamabad (Pakistan), New Delhi (India), Manmohan Singh, Newspaper and Magazine
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Hezbollah leader affirms support for Assad in Syria
BEIRUT — The leader of the militant group Hezbollah on Saturday aligned his powerful movement squarely behind the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad and vowed victory against Syrian rebels, whom he assailed as proxy warriors for the West...
Tags: Michel Suleiman, Bashar Assad, Rebellions, Israel, Wars and Interventions
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Ryan Crocker says U.S. is fumbling on Iran's nuclear program
WASHINGTON — Ryan Crocker has long been viewed as America's indispensable diplomat in the Muslim world. President George W. Bush named him ambassador to Iraq in 2007 to rescue a failing policy, and four years later, President Obama dispatched him to...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Pakistan, George W. Bush, U.S. Congress, Richard Lugar
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Air marshal whistle-blower fired in 2006 claims big win in court
Two years after 9/11, federal Air Marshal Robert MacLean turned whistle-blower. He revealed to MSNBC reporters that the government planned to remove armed security officers from long-distance passenger flights to reduce hotel expenses despite reports...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Al-Qaeda, Transportation Security Administration, Laws, MSNBC (tv network)
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Syria activists look to a grave for evidence against Assad
WASHINGTON — The hunt for proof that Syrian government forces used banned chemical weapons may come down to a rotting corpse exhumed late last month from a makeshift cemetery near Damascus. The grave diggers — a Syrian doctor and several...
Tags: Turkey, Ban Ki-moon, Bashar Assad, U.S. Congress, U.S. Embassy
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Syria ready to join peace conference, Russians say
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad's government has agreed “in principle” to participate in a U.S.-Russian sponsored peace conference aimed at ending the violence in Syria, Russia officials said Friday. Russian Foreign Ministry...
Tags: North Korea, Turkey, Politics, Istanbul (Turkey), Bashar Assad
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U.S. effort for Mideast talks elicits praise, reservations
JERUSALEM — Wrapping up his fourth Holy Land trip in three months, Secretary of State John F. Kerry voiced optimism Thursday that his low-profile campaign to relaunch U.S.-brokered peace talks is making headway. But although the top American...
Tags: John Kerry, Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush, Israel, Government
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Obama orders review of guidelines on investigating reporters
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Thursday he was troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may "chill" investigative journalism and said he had asked Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. to review Justice Department guidelines for going after...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Journalism, Laws, Freedom of the Press, Media Industry
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Fox News CEO Roger Ailes blasts administration, praises his team
Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes sent a memo to the channel's staff critical of the Obama administration in the wake of revelations that the Justice Department was probing phone and email communications by Fox News reporter James Rosen and described him as a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Journalism, Roger Ailes , Freedom of the Press, Media Industry
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Obama's drone limits may bolster ties with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Obama's commitment to scaling back the use of unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists could pave the way for improved relations between the United States and Pakistan, analysts and political leaders said...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Islamabad (Pakistan), Military Equipment, Johns Hopkins University, Afghanistan
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Two activist groups accuse Wal-Mart of unfair labor practices
The day after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. named a former advisor to President George W. Bush to head its corporate and government affairs division, two activist groups filed complaints accusing the retail behemoth and its suppliers of poor labor practices....
Tags: Career and Workplace, White House, Politics, JC Penney Company Inc., Health and Safety at Work
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Obama's restrictions on drone program welcomed in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Obama’s commitment to scaling back the use of unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists could pave the way for improved relations between the United States and Pakistan, analysts and political leaders...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Islamabad (Pakistan), Pakistan, China, Government
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