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Source: AFP Published: May 24, 2013 01:03
UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived in the DR Congo flashpoint city of Goma on Thursday after three days of sometimes deadly fighting between rebels and government forces that ended months of calm in the volatile east of the country.
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Source: AFP Published: May 24, 2013 00:58
A friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev implicated himself and the Boston bombing suspect in an unsolved triple homicide before FBI agents killed him in a violent altercation Wednesday, local media reported.
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Source: AFP Published: May 24, 2013 00:58
Syria’s main opposition group opened key talks in Istanbul on Thursday to debate whether to agree to negotiate with the regime on ending the two-year civil war under a new US-Russia peace initiative.
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Source: Reuters Published: May 24, 2013 00:58
Islamist suicide bombers struck a barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 20 people and wounding dozens in attacks that showed armed unrest spreading across West Africa.
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Source: AFP Published: May 24, 2013 00:53
A small Ecuadoran satellite collided in orbit with the remains of a Russian rocket, but it is too soon to know how much damage it might have sustained, Quito’s space agency said Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 24, 2013 00:53
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Wednesday sent a fax to propose joint anniversary activities with South Korea to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the landmark joint declaration with South Korea, the Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday, citing a civic organization.
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Source: Reuters Published: May 24, 2013 00:53
IMF chief Christine Lagarde was questioned in court by a French magistrate on Thursday over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Source: Global Times Published: May 24, 2013 00:48
The Philippine foreign ministry said on Thursday that it will work closely with its navy and marine surveillance forces to maintain a stranded Philippine warship on the Ren’ai Reef, the comments coming after the Philippines filed complaints with the Chinese embassy in Manila over a Chinese warship’s...
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Source: Global Times-Agencies Published: May 24, 2013 00:28
China has offered to send more than 500 soldiers as part of the United Nations (UN) force seeking to contain Islamist militants in Mali in what would be its biggest contribution to UN peacekeeping, diplomats said.
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Source: Global Times-Agencies Published: May 24, 2013 00:28
China has offered to send more than 500 soldiers as part of the United Nations (UN) force seeking to contain Islamist militants in Mali in what would be its biggest contribution to UN peacekeeping, diplomats said.
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