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Putin wants Russians to replace Austrians in Golan Heights

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PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin on Friday proposed that Russian peacekeepers  should replace departing Austrian troops monitoring the Israeli-Syrian ceasefire line in the Golan Heights that has been the scene of an upsurge in fighting in recent...
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Michael Jackson’s daughter hospitalised after suicide bid

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PARIS, the daughter of late pop icon, Michael Jackson, was reportedly rushed to a California hospital on Wednesday after trying to commit suicide, a family source told Agence France Presse (AFP).

A celebrity website, TMZ, also wrote that the...
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‘U.S. Congress rigged to suppress women’s rights’

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UNITED States House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal if.) has asserted that Congress is “rigged” to suppress the interests of women and keep their voices out of the discussion, a day after Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) and an all-male panel...
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Syrian army retakes Golan crossing from rebels

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Austria to quit UN force over Damascus violence

THE rebels  fighting Syrian government Thursday  briefly seized the only crossing along the Israel-Syria ceasefire line on the Golan, before regime forces recaptured it using tanks.

The...
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U.S. defends phone record sweep as ‘tool’ against terror

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obama1UNITED States (U.S.) government  Thursday explained that a top spy agency was using a “crucial tool” against terrorism by sweeping up domestic telephone records, just as new revelations on the programme sparked a swift...
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