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Russia says Syria will attend peace conference
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad's government has agreed "in principle" to participate in a U.S.- and Russian-sponsored peace conference aimed at ending the violence in Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday. Moscow learned of the...
Tags: Istanbul (Turkey), Bashar Assad, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Moscow (Russia), Turkey
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Israelis, Palestinians say chances low for Kerry's peace effort
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 while the top American diplomat...
Tags: Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestine, Politics, Government
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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: Benjamin Netanyahu, George W. Bush, Government, Iran, Condoleezza Rice
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Kerry downplays government advances in Syria ahead of talks
AMMAN, Jordan — U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Wednesday downplayed recent battlefield advances by Syria's military, saying they do not signal that the government of President Bashar Assad is gaining the upper hand against rebel forces...
Tags: White House, Bashar Assad, Rebellions, National Government, Politics
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Kerry downplays Syria government's gains
AMMAN, Jordan — Recent battlefield advances by the Syrian military against U.S.-backed rebels are "very temporary" and do not signal that the government of President Bashar Assad is gaining the upper hand, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said...
Tags: White House, Bashar Assad, U.S. Congress, Rebellions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Kerry pursues Mideast peace a bite at a time
RAMALLAH, West Bank –- Secretary of State John Kerry nibbled away at a Mideast peace plan Thursday, taking time off from a busy political schedule to drop in to a West Bank restaurant for some regional specialties. After meeting with Palestinian...
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian National Authority, West Bank, Russia, Mahmoud Abbas
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The Week Ahead: Myanmar mends, Africa ascends, cinema celebrates
Architect of exiting autocracy invited to the White House Monday, May 20 -- Myanmar President Thein Sein’s visit to Washington symbolically celebrates his nation’s embrace of democracy and the rule of law after half a century of...
Tags: Movies, African Union, Elections, Django Unchained (movie), Burma
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U.S.-Russia 'reset' thwarted by Syrian war, spy scandal
Just when it seemed that Russia was poised to collaborate with Western powers on a new peace mission for Syria, a spy scandal has erupted to revive Cold War-era mistrust and division. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State...
Tags: Bashar Assad, Benjamin Netanyahu, NATO, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Human Rights
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U.S. diplomat accused of recruiting for CIA in Russia
MOSCOW — Russian authorities detained an American diplomat accused of attempting to recruit a Russian intelligence officer into the CIA, the Federal Security Service said Tuesday. Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third secretary of the American Embassy...
Tags: Terrorism, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), FBI, Human Rights, Anna Chapman
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Obama administration to tighten pressure on Iran, aide says
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would add more sanctions on Iran in an effort to dissuade Tehran from continuing its nuclear program, but stopped short of backing tough new penalties that lawmakers are considering....
Tags: Petroleum Industry, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Elections, Iran's Nuclear Program, Tehran (Iran)
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John Kerry's brother, Cameron, to be acting Commerce secretary
WASHINGTON -- Cameron Kerry will serve as acting Commerce secretary starting June 1, joining his brother, Secretary of State John Kerry, in President Obama's Cabinet. Cameron Kerry, who has been general counsel at the Commerce Department since 2009,...
Tags: Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, John Bryson, Rebecca Blank, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Syria's Assad dubious of U.S.-Russia peace initiative
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad has expressed skepticism that a planned U.S.-Russian peace conference could help stop the bloodshed in his country, according to an interview published Saturday in an Argentine newspaper. The Syrian leader...
Tags: Bashar Assad, Terrorism, Moscow (Russia), Taliban, Government
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