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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday broke off crucial security talks with the United States, angry over the name given to a new Taliban office in Qatar that is meant to facilitate peace negotiations. The ongoing Afghan-US talks must reach an agreement if Washington is to maintain soldiers in Afghanistan after a NATO combat mission ends next year. Karzai’s decision to suspend the talks threatens to wreck US efforts to start a dialogue with the Taliban, which President Barack Obama had welcomed as an important step towards ending 12 years of war. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Taliban claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four American troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the US on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war in the country. The deadly attack underscores the challenges ahead in trying to end the violence roiling Afghanistan through peace negotiations in Qatar with militants still fighting on the ground. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Edward Snowden would not be given preferential treatment if he were to apply for asylum in Hong Kong, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. “We would prioritise older cases,” said Nazneen Farooqi, a protection officer at the UNHCR office in Hong Kong, at a press conference on Wednesday ahead of World Refugee Day on Thursday. Farooqi added that she was speaking hypothetically as the UNHCR has a strict policy to neither confirm nor deny the existence of an individual asylum claim. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying. The House Intelligence Committee hearing provided a venue for officials to defend the once-secret programs and did little probing of claims that the collection of people’s phone records and Internet usage has disrupted dozens of terrorist plots. Few details were volunteered. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Erin Cunningham, on June 18th, 2013 The fashion mogul tells the New York Post that the reality kinda-star torpedoed his popularity with the socialite set.
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview and called them transparent — even though they are authorised in secret. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview and called them transparent — even though they are authorized in secret. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An Afghan police chief survived a suicide car bomb attack on his convoy that wounded three officers early on Monday, officials said. It was the latest apparent attempt on a commander’s life in an intense Taliban assassination campaign. Broken glass and the charred remains of the bomber’s car were strewn in a main road in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah after the attack. Helmand provincial Police Chief Mohammad Nabi Elham sustained only minor injuries when the car bomber struck as he was on his way to his office at about 7am. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> British Prime Minister David Cameron says leaders gathering on Monday for the G8 summit in Northern Ireland should reach speedy agreement on trade and tax reforms, and draw inspiration from the host country’s ability to resolve its own stubborn conflict. Speaking hours ahead of the summit’s official opening at a lakeside golf resort, Cameron said he expects formal agreement to launch negotiations on a European-American free trade agreement. He said a pact to slash tariffs on exports would boost employment and growth on both sides of the Atlantic. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, on June 16th, 2013 Violence has spiked in Iraq, with the death toll rising to levels not seen since 2008. Nearly 2,000 have been killed since the start of April.
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By , on June 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The powerful National Defense Commission headed by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un issued a statement through state media proposing high-level talks to ease tensions and promote peace and security on the Korean Peninsula. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Britain has stepped up efforts to let India join an influential global body controlling nuclear exports, a move that would boost New Delhi’s standing as an atomic power but which has faced resistance from China and other countries. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> At least 25 people were killed in troubled southwest Pakistan yesterday when militants blew up a bus carrying women students and attacked a hospital treating survivors. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By SALMAN MASOOD, on June 15th, 2013 Militants set off two bombs in Quetta, the provincial capital, and destroyed a national monument associated with the country’s founder.
Continue reading Attacks in Baluchistan Province Shake Pakistan
By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan police official says bomb on women’s university bus kills 11 in southwest. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Iran’s reformist-backed presidential candidate surged to a wide lead in early vote counting on Saturday, a top official said, suggesting a flurry of late support could have swayed a race that once appeared solidly in the hands of Tehran’s ruling clerics. But the strong margin for former nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani was not yet enough to give him an outright victory and avoid a two-person runoff next Friday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A menu at a conservative political fundraiser likens a dish to Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s intimate anatomy. A radio host asks her on-air if her partner is gay. Mud-slinging is nothing new in politics, but a no-holds-barred election campaign in Australia is plumbing depths seldom seen. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Tom Sykes, on June 14th, 2013 Is there a bombshell behind Rupert Murdoch’s divorce?
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By , on June 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> President Barack Obama has authorised sending US weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time, a US official said on Thursday after the White House said it has proof that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against opposition forces fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 13th, 2013 
Thousands of children have been killed in unrest in Syria since March 2011, according to a new UN report on children and armed conflict.
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Afghan President Karzai suspends US talks after Taliban office row
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday broke off crucial security talks with the United States, angry over the name given to a new Taliban office in Qatar that is meant to facilitate peace negotiations. The ongoing Afghan-US talks must reach an agreement if Washington is to maintain soldiers in Afghanistan after a NATO combat mission ends next year. Karzai’s decision to suspend the talks threatens to wreck US efforts to start a dialogue with the Taliban, which President Barack Obama had welcomed as an important step towards ending 12 years of war. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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