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• Foreign Fighters Enter Syria to Defend Shiites - WSJ.com May 24, 2013
  Shiite fighters, primarily from Lebanon, Iran and Iraq, are flowing into Syria to defend the al-Assad regime but more fundamentally to protect the Shiite faith from what they see as a regional Sunni onslaught. […]
• African Rebels Gird for New U.N. Forces - WSJ.com May 24, 2013
  Major Congolese and Ugandan rebel groups have widened recruitment efforts to gird for battle with incoming United Nations troops, as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the region. […]
• Siria: Ridicarea embargoului european asupra armelor ar putea fi devastator May 24, 2013
  Organizaţia umanitară Oxfam a lansat vineri un apel pentru reînnoirea embargoului Uniunii Europene asupra armelor livrate în Siria, transmite AFP."Să nu se ajungă, până la sfârşitul lunii, la reînnoirea... […]
• Regimul iranian consideră că raportul AIEA demonstrează că programul său nuclear este strict civil May 24, 2013
  Regimul de la Teheran susţine că raportul Agenţiei Internaţionale pentru Energie Atomică demonstrează „caracterul civil al programului nuclear iranian", afirmă ambasadorul iranian la AIEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh,... […]
• O anulare a embargoului european asupra armelor ar putea fi devastatoare pentru Siria | Romania Libera May 23, 2013
  Organizatia umanitara Oxfam a indemnat, vineri, la o prelungire a embargoului Uniunii Europene (UE) asupra armelor in Siria, apreciind ca o anulare a acestuia, promovata de Londra si Paris, ar putea avea "consecinte devastatoare" pentru populatia civila. "A nu prelungi embargoul UE asupra armelor la sfarsitul lunii ar fi iresposabil si ar pute […]
• How Barack Obama has tried to open up the one-sided drone war - FT.com May 23, 2013
  Since they began in November 2002, in Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia, the US has conducted approximately 425 non-battlefield targeted killings […]
• Untitled May 23, 2013
  Declaring America at a 'crossroads' in the fight against terrorism, President Barack Obama on Thursday revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret […]
• www.bbc.co.uk May 23, 2013
  President Obama defends the use of drones as a "just war" of self-defence against deadly militants, and a campaign that has made America safer. […]
• www.bbc.co.uk May 23, 2013
  Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say they have killed Hilal Molvi, a suspected militant, in a gunfight. […]
• Young Lebanese fighters leaving Syria for battle closer to home - The Washington Post May 23, 2013
  TRIPOLI, Lebanon — While the Syrian opposition urges more men to assist embattled rebels in the fight for the key town of Qusair, dozens of young Lebanese fighters are leaving Syria to join a battle closer to home Read full article >>      […]
• Weapons Sales to be Limited During Sochi Games | Olympic Coverage | The Moscow Times May 23, 2013
  The sale of air guns and explosive materials will be limited during the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said Thursday. […]
• IAEA: Iran Expanding Nuclear-Enrichment Technology May 23, 2013
  A new report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran has improved its capacity to rapidly refine uranium by installing hundreds more centrifuges. […]
• Study: Drone Strikes Unlikely To Destroy Islamist Networks May 23, 2013
  A new study says drone strikes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas are unlikely to eliminate Islamist extremist networks. […]
• Iran: IAEA report proves nuclear program peaceful | The Canadian Jewish News May 23, 2013
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