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OPEC Deal Falls Apart After Saudi Arabia and Iran Disagree on Terms of the Agreement

Iran’s oil sales continue to rise in the face of Saudi calls to cut production Saudi Arabia-Iran Tensions Ignite OPEC Worries | CNBC Saudi demands that Organization of Petroleum Exporting PEC members, including Iran, cut oil production directly contradict an agreement reached earlier this year in Algiers with the Islamic Republic of Iran according to […]

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News Headlines for May 10, 2015: Afghan Leaders Shocked by Civil Protests, Raul Castro Likes the Pope, Russia and China Sign Internet Pact

Counting the Cost – Russia and China: Strategic allies? Egyptian mummy scheme discovered, Nepal earthquake family members trapped in Qatar, Stone-Age Englanders practiced cannibalism Afghan Religious Leaders Shocked by Civil Rights Protests in Kabul Raul Castro, Leader of Cuba: “The Pope’s so impressive, I may return to church.” UK Scientists Discover Some Egyptian Mummies Nothing […]

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News Headlines April 26, 2015: Climbers Trapped on Everest, New Land Near Japan, Egypt to Fight ISIS, Putin Accuses US of Aiding Caucuses Groups

Hit by Avalanche in Everest Basecamp 25.04.2015 from YouTube account Jost kobusch Climbers Trapped on Mount Everest Following Earthquake Growing Desperate New Land Rises from Sea Near Japan Yazidi Girls Having Secret Abortions After Being ISIS Sex Slaves Egyptian Army Masses to Begin Operations in Eastern Libya Against ISIS Britain’s Wealthiest Double Fortunes During Recession […]

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News Headlines May 13, 2013

The SATs Cancelled in South Korea in First-Ever Ban of Entire Nation Due to Cheating Concerns Czech President Reportedly Drunk During Ceremony Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto Says WWII-Era ‘Comfort Women’ Were Necessary The Taliban Ends Anti-Polio Vaccination Stance The United Nations Promotes Edible Insects Personal Information Leak Reported in Europe Are Egypt, Turkey, and Tunisia […]

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French Forces Harry Islamist Militants in Mali

France deployed Mirage fighter jets to bomb Islamist militants in Mali in an action authorized by the United Nations (UN) and backed up by a coalition of African nations. France is also receiving logistical support from the United States (US) and the United Kingdom(UK). French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said: There were (airstrikes) last night, there are now and there will […]

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Libyan Leader Mohammed Magarief Vows to Disband Libya’s Independent Militia’s

Libyan leader Mohammed Magarief vows to disband Libya’s independent militia’s in an effort to centralize Tripoli’s power according to a report from the BBC.

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Over 50 Arrests Made in Libyan Consulate Attack

Approximately 50 arrests in connection with the attack on the United States Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, were initiated by the Libyan government according to Libya’s President Mohamed Magariaf in an interview on Sunday with “Face the Nation.” President Magariaf claims the attack was undertaken by foreigners and that it was a calculated assault yet this claim is […]

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Libya Unstable After the Departure of Qaddafi

While the hated dictator Muammar Qaddafi is dead and gone, the people of Libya still suffer as instability deepens and eastern Libya increasingly acts semi-autonomously in a movement led by former Libyan army officer Idris al-Rahel. The region’s top tribal leaders convened in Benghazi to plan a unilateral move toward statehood with only a loose […]

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Vladimir Putin Wins China’s Confucius Prize for Keeping World Peace.

China’s version of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Confucius Peace Prize, was awarded to current Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for his efforts at keeping world peace. The former Russian president beat out German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Yuan Longping, an “agricultural scientist.” The prize’s administration is overseen by an association under the control of […]

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The Rise of Qatar: How a Tiny Emirate in the Middle East is Turning the Arab Spring to Its Advantage.

Qatar is probably best known in the west as the home of media outlet Al Jazeera and perhaps secondly as a less grand, Dubai-esque sheikdom in the Middle East. Recent events in the Middle East such as the uprising against Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the fall of Qaddafi in Libya and the toppling of Mubarak […]

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