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Chemical weapons experts in Syria to start mission
A chemical weapons disarmament team has arrived in Damascus to begin evaluating the country\'s arsenal of the banned weapons.US government shuts down, Obama blames Republicans
US President Barack Obama has blamed Republicans in the House of Representatives for a partial government shutdown, saying they are carrying out ...Save the Nobel Peace Prize from Itself
On October 11Netanyahu urges US to keep Iran sanctions in place
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday warned President Obama not to be fooled by overtures from Iran that have led the ...Syria air strike kills 16 in high school
A Syrian government air raid struck a high school in a rebel-held city in the country\'s north on Sunday, killing at least ...Students killed in Nigeria college attack
Gunmen killed at least 42 people on Sunday in an attack on a college in northeast Nigeria, a Reuters witness said, in ...42 dead, 100 missing in Nigeria river boat accident
A boat has sunk on the River Niger in central Nigeria, leaving at least 42 people dead, officials say. Rescue teams are ...UN Security Council unanimously passes Syria chemical weapons resolution
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously late Friday to require Syria to eliminate its arsenal of chemical weapons, according to media reports.Twenty dead after refugee boat sinks on way to Australia
A boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia, most of them from the Middle East, has sunk off the Indonesian coast killing at ...Syria chemical weapons inspections could begin next week
International experts will begin inspecting Syria\'s chemical arsenal by Tuesday under a plan set to be approved by the world\'s top chemical ...




