Tag: united
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U.N. Syria envoy says downing of Russian jet ‘did not help’ peace process
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Turkey’s downing of a Russian jet near the Syrian border earlier this week risks harming the Syrian peace process, the United Nation’s top Syria diplomat said on Friday, speaking in Stockholm. “It certainly did not help… there is a likelihood of it complicating this,” U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said about political…
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Broad smiles and enduring spirit at Holocaust survivors’ beauty contest
By Amir Cohen HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – To the strains of Madonna's “Vogue”, the 13 women with a combined age of about 1,050 strutted down the runway cautiously, hindered only slightly by walking sticks and the odd dodgy hip. The third annual Holocaust survivors' beauty pageant, honoring women who lived through the concentration camps and…
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States With the Biggest Heroin Problem
America has been fighting a war on drugs for decades, and the fight continues to this day. The primary target of today? Heroin. No other drug has risen in popularity more. In the past decade, heroin overdoses in the United States have skyrocketed, and the trend is showing no signs of slowing down.
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Suspended FIFA chief Blatter in hospital-lawyer
Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter, his federation mired in a corruption crisis, is in hospital for medical checks but should be discharged soon, his U.S. lawyer said on Friday. Later, however, Blatter's U.S. based lawyer Richard Cullen issued a statement saying: “Because there have been media inquiries, I am announcing that President Blatter is in…