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Officials with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency begin a second round of talks Monday with Iranian officials over the country's nuclear program, a day after Tehran cut off crude exports to British and French companies in retaliation for a new round of san
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MOGADISHU/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Life got easier for trader Siad Hussein when Somali Islamist militants pulled out the capital. He no longer pays a Jihad tax nor does he have to watch mortars kill his customers. Small mercies, Hussein said in Mogadishu's fr
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By Abdi Sheikh and Richard Lough MOGADISHU/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Life got easier for trader Siad Hussein when Somali Islamist militants pulled out the capital. He no longer pays a Jihad tax nor does he have to watch mortars kill his customers. Small mercie
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A senior U.N. nuclear official said Sunday he hoped for progress in upcoming talks
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the political agreement reached by Somalis at a national constitutional conference, saying the accord 'sets out clear steps for ending the transition and putting in place a constitutional order' in the war-sca
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2012-02-20 07:36 New York – The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday invited Somalia's leaders to engage in "full and timely implementation" of a weekend deal on the future government of the war-ravaged country. Somalia's president, the presidents
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the political agreement reached by Somalis at a national constitutional conference, saying the accord "sets out clear steps for ending the transition and putting in place a constitutional order" in the war-sca
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David Cameron will warn today that Britain faces a growing security threat from Somali-born youngsters who have been "poisoned by radicalism", as he calls for a fresh drive to rescue the east African state from the grip of terrorists and pirates. The Pri
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As the flames of the Honduran fire die down, it is not a phoenix that is arising from the ashes of Comayagua prison, but Israel. The Associated Press reported on 17 February: Israel's ambassador to Honduras, Eliau Lopes, said he planned to meet with [Hon
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Iraqi soldiers searched the exiles for almost an entire day before they left Ashraf, and they were searched again Saturday before they were allowed into Liberty. "This process is a humiliating and degrading treatment," said Bahzad Saffari, 50, a camp res
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New York - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday invited Somalia's leaders to engage in “full and timely implementation” of a weekend deal on the future government of the war-ravaged country. Somalia's president, the presidents of the br
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University of Maine marine science professor Lee Karp-Boss (sitting, right) explains part of the scientific research behind the 2 1/2-year Tara Oceans Expedition to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (sitting, second from right) and his wife, Y
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Mogadishu — Key Somalia groups have reached an agreement on a number of pending transitional government tasks, including a federal structure for a future government and representation in parliament. Delegates from the presidency, cabinet and the parliame
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The 56th Vienna Opera Ball opened with a heady mix of culture, glamour and politics in the Austrian capital on the 16th of February. The 84-year-old Roger Moore and Danish actress Brigitte Nielsen were Austrian entrepreneur Richard Lugner’s special guest
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the political agreement reached by Somalis at a national constitutional conference, saying the accord sets out clear steps for ending the transition and putting in place a constitutional order in the war-scarr
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BAGHDAD Lugging clothes, tables and whatever else they were allowed to bring, roughly 400 members of an Iranian exile group reluctantly moved Saturday from their camp in northwestern Iraq to a deserted military base outside the capital in what they call
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VIENNA: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on the countries that have not yet ratified the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty (CTBT) to sign it so it can become global law. The CTBT bans nuclear explosions on the Earth's surface, atmosphere,
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AMMAN/BEIRUT — Syrian government forces, disregarding UN condemnation, renewed their bombardment of the opposition stronghold of Homs on Saturday as a Chinese minister prepared for talks with embattled President Bashar al-Assad. Chinese Vice Foreign Mini
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