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Clinton: US to Lift Import Ban On Burma

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 11:00 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington will take steps to lift a ban on imports from Burma in response to “continued progress toward reform” in the Southeast Asian nation. At a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Clinton told Burma’s President Thein Sein that lifting the import ban is […]

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Sudanese Presidents Reach Deal on Oil, Demilitarized Zone

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 9:45 pm (UTC-5)
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The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to set up a demilitarized border zone and resume oil exports, but left several major security questions unresolved. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir plan to sign the deal Thursday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. They held four days of talks aimed at […]

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Singer Andy Williams, Star of Records and TV, Dies at 84

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 8:10 pm (UTC-5)
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American popular singer Andy Williams, known for his easy-going style and friendly demeanor, has died after a year-long fight against bladder cancer. He was 84 years old. The Iowa-born crooner began singing with his brothers in church choirs and local radio in the midwestern U.S. before taking their act to Hollywood movies and nightclubs. Williams […]

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US Lifts More Economic Sanctions On Burma

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced the lifting of U.S. import bans on Burma in response to democratic reforms implemented by the new government there. Clinton announced the decision Wednesday after her meeting with Burma’s President Thein Sein on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. She said the […]

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Nigeria’s Senate Wants 2002 Bakassi Ruling Overturned

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 6:55 pm (UTC-5)
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The Nigerian Senate is asking President Goodluck Jonathan to appeal an International Court of Justice ruling that the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula belongs to neighboring Cameroon. The Senate’s resolution says the 2002 ruling was mistakenly based on an 1884 agreement between Nigeria’s former colonial British rulers and leaders of the Nigerian city of Calabar. But the […]

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Twin Car Bombs Target Syrian Military HQ

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Syrian rebels detonated two suicide car bombs at President Bashar al-Assad’s heavily guarded army headquarters in Damascus Wednesday, killing four security guards and sparking a gunbattle in which an Iranian journalist also died. Security video aired by Syrian state TV showed a white van driving on a busy street outside the military compound, then veering […]

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Britain Delays Abu Hamza Extradition

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
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A British court has delayed the extradition of accused terrorist Abu Hamza to the United States after he lodged a fresh appeal. The court plans to hold a full hearing next Tuesday. It did not say on what grounds Abu Hamza and another terror suspect, Khaled Al-Fawwaz, are appealing the extradition orders. The European Court […]

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Clinton Cites Al-Qaida Link to Benghazi Attack

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has for the first time explicitly linked al-Qaida’s North African branch to the attack at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Clinton told a special United Nations meeting on North Africa’s Sahel region Wednesday that al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is […]

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US, France Urge UN to Approve African Force for Mali

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 1:55 pm (UTC-5)
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The United States and France are urging the United Nations to back a West African peacekeeping force for Mali, as it struggles to oust Islamist militants from the north. Speaking at a high-level meeting at the United Nations in New York, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the region a “powder keg” the world […]

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Britain Halts Hamza Extradition

Posted September 26th, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
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A British court has halted the extradition of accused terrorist Abu Hamza to the United States, after the radical Muslim cleric filed an appeal. The court made its ruling Wednesday, but did not set a date to hear the appeal. Hamza, the former imam of a north London mosque, was jailed in Britain in 2006 […]

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