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Daily International News - November 16, 2013

Daily International News
 
Daily International News
November 16, 2013
From VOAnews.com

 
Numbers of Missing in Philippines Quite Disparate Numbers of Missing in Philippines Quite Disparate
Government tally shows 1,179 people missing. However, the Philippines Red Cross says it has received 25,000 'tracing requests' More
 
Aid Workers Struggle to Reach Typhoon Victims in Philippines Aid Workers Struggle to Reach Typhoon Victims in Philippines
Aid is finally reaching some remote parts of the Philippines, while other areas remain cut off eight days after a devastating typhoon stuck, killing thousands of people More
 
Clashes Erupt in Libyan Capital After Militia Attack Clashes Erupt in Libyan Capital After Militia Attack
At least 40 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in clashes in Tripoli More
 
Syrian Army Fights for Road Needed to Remove Chemical Weapons Syrian Army Fights for Road Needed to Remove Chemical Weapons
Syrian forces go on the offensive against rebels positioned along a strategic road that is likely to be used to extract chemical weapons from the country More
 
Lavrov: Chances High for Iranian Nuclear Program Deal Lavrov: Chances High for Iranian Nuclear Program Deal
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says chances increase for a deal on the Iranian nuclear program with major points already agreed More
 
At Least 6 Killed in Afghanistan Suicide Blast At Least 6 Killed in Afghanistan Suicide Blast
Saturday's attack comes just hours after President Hamid Karzai called on Taliban to take part in the Loya Jirga assembly on Thursday to decide whether to allow some US troops to stay in Afghanistan after 2014 More
 
Pakistan Imposes Curfew in Rawalpindi After Clashes Pakistan Imposes Curfew in Rawalpindi After Clashes
Curfew follows sectarian clashes at Shi'ite religious commemoration that left at least eight Sunni Muslims killed More
 
Spokesman: Abdulla Yameen Wins Maldives Election Run-off Spokesman: Abdulla Yameen Wins Maldives Election Run-off
Yameen beats favorite Mohamed Nasheed in a close-run contest that voters hope will end nearly two years of political turmoil More
 
Britain Demands Action on Sri Lanka Human Rights Inquiry Britain Demands Action on Sri Lanka Human Rights Inquiry
British Prime Minister David Cameron says if Sri Lanka does not address international concerns over its human rights record, his country will push for a UN-led investigation More
 
Obama Lauds US Energy Efforts Obama Lauds US Energy Efforts
President Obama says the U.S. produces more oil than it buys from other countries More
 

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