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Early next week, Israeli PM Netanyahu will meet Russian President Putin in Sochi for what seems to be an attempt to dissuade the latter from sending S-300 anti-aircraft batteries to the Syrian armed forces. Chances for a successful mission seem small.
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Washington -
As the war in Afghanistan winds down there are more questions than answers relating to the accomplishments in more than a decade of war. Politicians want a positive spin, to tout success, but recent revelations of corruption tell a different story.
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Updated Saturday:11.00 CET. Hundreds of Sunnis are fleeing coastal towns and villages on Syria's Mediterranean coast after reports of at least two massacres, which look very much like a plan of sectarian cleansing.
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Be warned. This is only for the truly interested, for people with time, for 'students' of anthropology, of media influence, of spin and propaganda. A Russian-made video of 43 minutes is included concerning the war in Syria. A view from the 'other' side.
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Islamabad -
Afghan Security Forces, for the most part, have taken the lead in taking the fight to the Taliban. NATO provides cover with air support and financial support. A US residual force to retain influence in the region is planned after NATO withdraws in 2014.
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While US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is in Israel today, offering refueling tankers as part of a large arms deal, Israel's National Security Council head Yaakov Amidror is in Turkey to discuss stationing Israeli fighter jets in an airbase near Ankara.
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Amid new threats of war, North Korea has warned foreigners to leave the south in order to avoid being dragged into thermonuclear war.
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Fidel Castro, the former president of Cuba, has urged North Korea to steer clear of nuclear warfare, saying that Koreans will be faced with one of the most grave risks of nuclear war since the Cuban missile crisis back in 1962.
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There are two Taliban groups with two different objectives operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mainstream media has oversimplified the situation by referring to both groups as Taliban. So what are the differences and similarities between them?
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Kabul -
If the timetable is followed, NATO troops will be out of Afghanistan in 21 months. The 11-year war has been costly in lives and money. In the search of declaring some sort of victory, efforts are underway for peace talks with the Taliban. What's next?
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