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Two suspected Boko Haram attacks kill 24 in Nigeria 27 Aug 2013 | 08:29 pm
Two attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents have killed 24 people in Nigeria's northeast in the latest violence believed to be in revenge against vigilantes, residents and officials said Tuesday.
At least six killed in Brazil building collapse 27 Aug 2013 | 08:23 pm
At least six people died and 19 were injured Tuesday when a two-storey building collapsed in Brazil's Sao Mateus, an impoverished suburb of Sao Paulo.
Saudi foreign minister says decisive stand needed against Syria 27 Aug 2013 | 08:18 pm
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said on Tuesday the international community must take a "decisive and serious" stand against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Syria opposition sees intervention 'in matter of days' 27 Aug 2013 | 08:17 pm
Syria's opposition expects a Western military intervention against President Bashar al-Assad's regime within days and has been consulted over targets, one of its officials said Tuesday.
Russia says West acting in Muslim world like 'monkey with a grenade' 27 Aug 2013 | 08:11 pm
Western countries are behaving in the Islamic world like a "monkey with a grenade," a Russian deputy prime minister said on Tuesday, as the United States and its allies mull the use of force against S...
Russian-Ukrainian volunteer corps going to Syria to fight (“Window to Russia”, Russia) 27 Aug 2013 | 08:08 pm
Plans are in the works to send a Russian-Ukrainian volunteer corps to Syria to help its leadership with the struggle against the rebels. Several thousand people have already signed up. This came in a ...
Obama has not decided on military action in Syria - US official 27 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm
US President Barack Obama has not made a decision to order military strikes against the Syrian government in response to last week's alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus, a senior administrat...
Netanyahu vows fierce retaliation if Syria attacks 27 Aug 2013 | 07:48 pm
Israel will strike back "fiercely" if Syria attacks the Jewish state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, as the US mulled military action against President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
US, Russian joint military exercise in Far East, Alaska 27 Aug 2013 | 07:38 pm
The Vigilant Eagle international exercises, in which the Russian Air Force and the North American Aerospace Defence Command are taking part and which are aimed at combating air terrorism, are about to...
Invasion of Syria would undermine geopolitical stability 27 Aug 2013 | 06:56 pm
Syria has never been so close to becoming a target of a military invasion by the USA. It appears that the decision has been made. Having determined the tactics, the USA now needs to just cross the lin...
