Fox News Thailand: Iranians planned to attack IsraelisFox NewsBANGKOK – BANGKOK– Three Iranians detained after accidentally setting off explosives in Bangkok were planning to attack Israeli diplomats, Thailand's top policeman said Thursday in the first confirmation by local officials that the group was plotting …Netanyahu: International sanctions against Iran not workingHaaretzNetanyahu: Iran sanctions not workingYnetnewsMossad [...]
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Telegraph.co.uk Diplomats at UN Haggle With Russia Toward a Compromise on SyriaNew York TimesUNITED NATIONS — Security Council ambassadors on Wednesday began trying to negotiate a compromise resolution on Syria, with the bartering focused in good part on the conditions under which President Bashar al-Assad could be asked to cede power.Diplomats say progress made in [...]
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Globe and Mail UN Security Council ambassadors claim progress in talks on Syria resolutionWashington PostUNITED NATIONS — Diplomats claimed considerable progress Wednesday toward overcoming Russian objections to a UN Security Council resolution aimed at halting the violence in Syria, but demands that President Bashar Assad step aside remained a major …UN Security Council Narrows Differences [...]
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National Post More than 70 dead in Egypt's worst soccer disasterReutersBy Yusri Mohamed | PORT SAID, Egypt (Reuters) – Seventy-four people were killed and at least 1000 injured on Wednesday when Egyptian soccer fans staged a pitch invasion in the city of Port Said, in what a deputy minister called the biggest disaster in …Egypt [...]
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New York Times More than 70 Killed in Mayhem at Soccer Match in EgyptNew York TimesCAIRO — At least 73 people were killed in a brawl between rival groups of soccer fans after a match in the city of Port Said on Wednesday in the bloodiest episode of lawlessness since the ouster of President Hosni [...]
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Christian Science Monitor Egypt soccer tragedy claims 73 lives and fans rumorsChristian Science MonitorAt least 70 people died in a melee following a soccer match in Port Said, Egypt. The security failure is spawning rumors that the incident plays into the military's law-and-order appeal. By Dan Murphy, Staff writer / February 1, 2012 Egyptian fans [...]
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BBC News Egypt football violence leaves many dead in Port SaidBBC NewsAt least 73 people have been killed in clashes between rival fans following a football match in the Egyptian city of Port Said, state television reports. The deaths occurred as supporters invaded the pitch after a match between top-tier clubs Masry and …25 people [...]
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The Guardian Russia under intense pressure not to veto Syria resolution at UNThe GuardianRussia is facing intensive efforts by western and Arab governments to persuade it not to veto a UN resolution calling on Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, to surrender power and end the country's escalating crisis. Ambassadors of the 15 members of …France hopeful [...]
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CBC.ca Report shows Taliban POWs convinced of victoryCBS NewsFormer Taliban militants hold their weapons during a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi) KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban believe they will return to power after …Taliban "poised to retake Afghanistan" after NATO pulloutReutersNATO report [...]
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Globe and Mail Russia says UN must rule out Syria interventionReutersBy Steve Gutterman | MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday it would veto any UN resolution on Syria that it finds unacceptable, after demanding any measure rule out military intervention to halt the bloodshed touched off by protests against …Russia Says Resolution on Syria [...]
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