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UN inspectors resume Syria chemical weapons probe
Two days after their convoy was shot at by unidentified snipers, UN arms inspectors resumed their probe into Syria chemical weapons attack ...Joe Biden: No doubt Assad regime used chemical weapons in Syria
US Vice President Joe Biden said there is no doubt that Syria\'s government was responsible for a recent chemical attack in Damascus, ...Taliban shoot dead aid workers in Afghanistan
Afghan officials say insurgents have shot and killed 12 civilians, including six aid workers working on government projects, in two separate incidents.Teenager dies of bubonic plague after eating infected barbecued meat
A Kyrgyzstan boy died from bubonic plague nine days after eating barbecued marmot, a health official said, giving assurances "there will be ...US postpones meeting with Russia on Syrian crisis
The US State Department postponed a meeting scheduled tomorrow in The Hague between senior diplomats from the United States and Russia due ...Stocks slide, oil up as Syria tensions escalate
Fears of an escalating conflict in Syria rippled across financial markets on Tuesday, sinking stocks, lifting gold and pushing the price of ...Two suspected Boko Haram attacks kill 24 in Nigeria
Two attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents have killed 24 people in Nigeria\'s northeast in the latest violence believed to be in ...Russia, Iran warn US against Syria strike
Russia and Iran have given fresh warning to the United States and its allies against a military intervention in Syria.UN says it will contact Washington over NSA spying report
The United Nations said on Monday it plans to contact the United States over a report that the U.S. National Security Agency ...La ONU investiga el uso de armas químicas en Siria
Los inspectores de Naciones Unidas (ONU) pasaron varias horas en el barrio de Moadamiyeh, en el suroeste de Damásco, este lunes, antes ...