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Reuters World News Highlights at 1400 GMT, May 17
ReutersLONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- BAGHDAD - At least 32 people were killed in two explosions outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in Baquba, about 50 km (30 miles) northeast of Baghdad, after Friday prayers, police and medics said. - - - -...Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), U.S. House of Representatives, Internal Revenue Service, Moscow (Russia), Kabul (Afghanistan)
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CORRECTED-WRAPUP 2-Hold Syrian peace talks soon, says U.N. chief
Reuters(Corrects dates of alleged chemical weapons incidents in paragraph 16. The Homs allegations date to December and the Aleppo reports date to March. A previous version of this story reversed the months of the two incidents.) * U.N. chief wants peace...Tags: National Government, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Moscow (Russia), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama
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WRAPUP 3-France opposes Syria conference if Iran to attend
Reuters* U.N. chief wants peace talks soon * Planned conference faces growing obstacles * Refugee numbers top 1.5 million. says U.N. By Darya Korsunskaya SOCHI, Russia, May 17 (Reuters) - France spelled out on Friday that it would oppose a peace conference...Tags: National Government, Human Rights Watch, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama
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U.N. chief appoints former Dutch minister to head Mali mission
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appointed former Dutch development minister Albert Gerard Koenders as U.N. special envoy for Mali and head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the West African country. Ban said...Tags: United Nations, Western Africa, Africa, Côte d'Ivoire
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U.N. chief Ban says must not lose momentum on Syria conference
ReutersSOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday a proposed international conference on Syria should be held as soon as possible, but that no date had yet been agreed. "We should not lose the momentum," Ban said of a U.S.-...Tags: Russia, Iran, Vladimir Putin, Bashar Assad
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Russia says Iran must take part in proposed Syria talks
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran must take part in a proposed international conference to end Syria's civil war, but that Western states wanted to limit the participants and possibly predetermine the outcome of the...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Francois Hollande, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Free Syrian Army, Iran
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EDITORIAL: DMZ peace park
The Korea Herald, Seoul / Asia News NetworkSEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN) -- Hours after an abrupt instruction from President Park Guen-hye on Tuesday, Seoul's Unification Ministry proposed talks with Pyongyang on bringing South Korean products and raw materials out of a suspended joint industrial...Tags: U.S. Congress, North Korea, Germany, Pyongyang (North Korea), Seoul (South Korea)
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U.N. condemns Assad forces, but unease grows about rebels
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly condemned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and praised the opposition on Wednesday, but a decline in support for the resolution suggested growing unease about extremism among Syria's...Tags: National Government, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iran, Bashar Assad
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Britain's Cameron: Don't let planning for Syria talks get bogged down
Reuters* U.S., Russia optimistic they can make Syria meeting happen * Some envoys concerned Syria peace conference is doomed By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday warned against allowing...Tags: National Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, France, Wars and Interventions
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UN calls for sanctions on Central African Republic rights abusers
Reuters* Seleka rebels seized power in March * UN envoy says country in state of anarchy * UN chief says too early for UN peacekeepers By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.N. envoy to the Central African Republic urged the Security...Tags: Congo, Central African Republic, Chad, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Africa
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Former Dutch minister Koenders to be named UN Mali envoy-diplomats
ReutersBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - Former Dutch development minister Gerard Koenders will be named U.N. special envoy for Mali and head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the West African country, where Islamist militants hijacked...Tags: Sudan, Mali, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations, Rebellions
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Iran defends post as chair of UN disarmament conference
Reuters* Disarmament conference deadlocked for over a decade * U.S. urges barring sanctioned states from U.N. posts * Iran says will prioritize nuclear disarmament as chair By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, May 14 (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday defended...Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Unrest, Conflicts and War, European Union, Iran, Politics
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