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Obama to push for transparency in face of threats

May 23, 2013
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Obama to push for transparency in face of threats

FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. will refocus its attention on homegrown terror threats against Americans, President Barack Obama will say in a Thursday speech that is forecast as skimpy on any new sweeping policies.…

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Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech

May 23, 2013
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Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech

FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. will refocus its attention on homegrown terror threats against Americans, President Barack Obama will say in a Thursday speech that is forecast as skimpy on any new sweeping policies.…

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Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears

May 22, 2013
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Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears

A tent is erected near the scene of an attack in Woolwich southeast London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. A British official says a violent attack near a London barracks is being investigated as a possible terrorist act. Police said two men attacked another man on Wednesday. One man is dead and two others were injured.…

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Vier Todesopfer in Machatschkala – Bombenanschlag erschüttert russische Region Dagestan

May 21, 2013
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Vier Todesopfer in Machatschkala – Bombenanschlag erschüttert russische Region Dagestan

Vier Menschen sind bei einem Anschlag in der russischen Unruheregion Dagestan ums Leben gekommen. In der Regionalhauptstadt Machatschkala waren zwei Autobomben explodiert. In Moskau wurde derweil nach Behördenangaben ein anderes Attentat verhindert.Bei einem Doppelanschlag in der russischen Kaukasusrepublik Dagestan sind am Montag mindestens vier Menschen getötet und mehr als 40 weitere verletzt worden. „Zwei Autos…

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Chinese premier visits India to boost ties

May 18, 2013
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Chinese premier visits India to boost ties

About two dozen members of Shiv Sena, a Hindu right-wing political party, burn an effigy of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang as they demonstrate near India's Parliament, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier headed to India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as…

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Schwäbische Zeitung: Kommentar – Syrien ist nah

May 12, 2013
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Schwäbische Zeitung: Kommentar – Syrien ist nah

12.05.2013 | 21:15 Schwbische Zeitung: Kommentar - Syrien ist nah | Ravensburg (ots) - Die trkische Regierung hat am Wochenende sehr schnell einen Schuldigen fr die Anschlge in Reyhanli ausgemacht. Vermutlich stecke einer der syrischen Geheimdienste dahinter, erklrte der Auenminister in Ankara. In kriegerischen Zeiten bleiben Besonnenheit und Genauigkeit am schnellsten auf der Strecke. Doch…

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Ostsee-Zeitung: Kommentar zum Bombenanschlag in der Türkei

May 12, 2013
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Ostsee-Zeitung: Kommentar zum Bombenanschlag in der Türkei

12.05.2013 | 19:02 Ostsee-Zeitung: Kommentar zum Bombenanschlag in der Trkei | Rostock (ots) - Wem ntzt es, wenn zwei Autobomben in der trkischen Stadt Reyhanli Dutzende Menschen in den Tod reien? Das syrische Assad-Regime ist natrlich verbittert ber Ankara. Der einstige Verbndete untersttzt inzwischen die Rebellen. Das Attentat also ein Racheakt? Die neo-osmanische Regierung unter…

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Pakistanis go to polls as 16 killed in attacks

May 11, 2013
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Pakistanis go to polls as 16 killed in attacks

Pakistani women line up to enter a polling station and cast their ballots, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday to vote in a historic election pitting a cricket star-turned-politician against an unpopular incumbent and a two-time prime minister, but twin bombings killing nine people and…

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Pakistanis go to polls as 22 killed in attacks

May 11, 2013
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Pakistanis go to polls as 22 killed in attacks

Pakistani women line up to enter a polling station and cast their ballots, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday to vote in a historic election pitting a cricket star-turned-politician against an unpopular incumbent and a two-time prime minister, but twin bombings killing nine people and…

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Pakistanis go to polls as 9 killed in bombings

May 11, 2013
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Pakistanis go to polls as 9 killed in bombings

A Pakistani voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, May 11, 2013. Despite a bloody campaign marred by Taliban attacks, Pakistan was holding historic elections Saturday pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister once exiled by the army and an incumbent blamed for power blackouts and…

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