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OAS report breaks ground on marijuana
Latin American presidents who support decriminalization of marijuana won a big diplomatic victory in recent days when the 34-country Organization of American States issued a report that considers that option as one of several policies that might help...Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Barack Obama, Mexico, United Nations
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Chief Palestinian peace negotiator backs Kerry's efforts
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The top Palestinian negotiator with Israel on Monday threw his weight behind U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's bid to revive stalled peace talks, while describing the situation in the West Bank as apartheid worse than that...Tags: Barack Obama, West Bank, International Criminal Court, United Nations, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Niger villagers take mass public vow to end female genital mutilation
Reuters* Niger outlawed female genital mutilation in 2003 * Rate at about 2 percent from about 5 percent in late 1990s * Ceremony sponsored by government, NGOs and UNICEF By Abdoulaye Massalatchi MAKALONDI, Niger, May 16 (Reuters) - About 14,000 villagers...Tags: Health Organizations, International Organizations, United Nations, Niger, UNICEF
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1230 GMT, May 16
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - KABUL - A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans, in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in months. - - - - UNITED NATIONS -...Tags: Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria, Google Inc.
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EDITORIAL: The Benhazi scandal: Obama's buck
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewAmid rightful public anger over the planned terrorist attack on the U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, one key player in the ongoing obfuscation has been all but excused from accountability for what he said -- not to select media outlets but to a forum of...Tags: Barack Obama, Christopher Stevens, Benghazi, Susan Rice, Pittsburgh
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Reuters World News Highlights at 2045 GMT, May 15
ReutersMay 15 (Reuters) - WASHINGTON - As Republican lawmakers stepped up their calls for top Internal Revenue Service officials to resign, President Barack Obama planned to meet with Treasury to discuss how to respond to the growing uproar over the IRS's...Tags: Barack Obama, Washington, DC, European Union, Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria
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UN condemns Assad's Syrian forces, unease with rebels grows
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday condemned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and praised the opposition Syrian National Coalition, but support for the Gulf Arab-drafted declaration was less than a similar...Tags: United Nations, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad
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Communications cut between Syria and rest of the world
The Lebanon Daily StarInternet connections between Syria and all other countries were severed Wednesday for the second time in a week as rebels launched a coordinated assault on the main prison in Aleppo. While Internet may still be running inside the country, "traffic is...Tags: Prisons, Lebanon, United Nations, Government, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Syria death toll at least 80,000, says UN General Assembly president
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - The death toll in Syria from the country's two-year civil war is at least 80,000, an increase of about 20,000 since the start of the year, the president of the U.N. General Assembly, Vuk Jeremic, said on Wednesday. U.N....Tags: Civil Rights, United Nations, Bashar Assad, Human Rights
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Reuters World News Highlights 1400 GMT, May 15
ReutersUNITED NATIONS - The U.N. General Assembly is set to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution that condemns Syrian authorities and accepts the opposition Syrian National Coalition as party to a potential political transition. - - - - BRUSSELS/BERLIN -...Tags: Goodluck Jonathan, Germany, United Nations, France, Pyongyang (North Korea)
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Almost 10,000 people killed in road accidents over 22 years in Laos
Vientiane Times, Laos / Asia News NetworkVIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- Almost 10,000 people have died in road accidents in Laos over the past 22 years, according to a Lao government report this week. Despite many road safety campaigns, road accidents in Laos have continued to rise and are...Tags: National Government, Transportation Accidents, Laos, Germany, United Nations
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Tim Stretton -- Lewiston USM grad has sights set on foreign service
Sun Journal, Lewiston, MaineTim Stretton, a 2009 Lewiston High School graduate, graduated from the University of Southern Maine yesterday, May 11. One of his claims to fame was racking up a lot of college credit while in high school through Lewiston's Early College program. He...Tags: Teaching and Learning, U.S. Department of State, European Union, International Organizations, Colleges and Universities
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