Daily International News December 07, 2013 From VOAnews.com |
 South Africa Prepares for Mandela's Funeral, Mourning Continues South Africa is preparing for the arrival of world leaders for Mandela's funeral as huge crowds of mourners continue to converge on sites around the country to pay tribute to the anti-apartheid struggle icon More  US Defense Secretary Given Assurances on Afghan Security Deal Chuck Hagel says Afghanistan's defense minister has assured him a security pact with the United States will be signed in a 'timely manner' More  Syrian Islamists Reportedly Seize Western-Backed Rebel Bases Opposition sources say fighters from the Islamic Front, a union of six major rebel groups, took control of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) bases at Bab al-Hawa crossing on the northwestern border with Turkey late Friday night More  France Boosting Troop Presence in Volatile CAR to 1,600 The French intervention force, which had been patrolling the capital, Bangui, has begun deploying to western and northern parts of the country More  Thai PM: Government Willing to Negotiate With Protesters At least four people have been killed and many wounded in protests triggered by an amnesty bill that would have allowed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return home and avoid a two-year jail term for corruption More  Russian Official: No Deal Reached Between Ukraine, Russia Official says Ukrainian President Yanukovych and Russia's Vladimir Putin did not discuss Ukraine's membership in the union during talks Friday in the Russian resort city of Sochi More  Delegates in Bali approve pact More  Captive US Veteran Merrill Newman Returns Home Officials from the US Embassy greeted 85-year-old Merrill Newman at the airport in Beijing Saturday More  U.S. Observes Pearl Harbor Day Thousands of people gather at Pearl Harbor every year to commemorate the anniversary of the 1941 attack that launched the US into World II More  Obama Urges Congress to Extend Unemployment Benefits President Obama says extending unemployment benefits "isn't just the right thing to do for our families -- it's the smart thing to do for our economy" More |
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