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US, Syrian forces wounded by unidentified fire in central Syria
Dec 13 (Reuters) - American and Syrian military personnel were injured when an unidentified attacker opened fire on their patrol in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, Syrian state news agency SANA re...
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Spanish police bust gang that used helicopters to fly drugs from Morocco
MADRID, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Spanish police said on Saturday they had broken up a criminal gang that used helicopters to smuggle hashish from Morocco, in a rare operation against aerial drug trafficking...
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US is lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash, Trump envoy says
By Felix Light and Mark Trevelyan Dec 13 (Reuters) - The United States is lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash, President Donald Trump's envoy John Coale said on Saturday after two days of talks in ...
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Alpine skiing-Germany's Aicher denies Vonn a St Moritz downhill double
ST MORITZ, Switzerland, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Germany's Emma Aicher denied American great Lindsey Vonn a downhill double in the second speed race of the women's Alpine skiing World Cup season in St. Mori...
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US, Ukraine to discuss ceasefire in Berlin ahead of European summit
By Friederike Heine BERLIN, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Germany will host U.S. and Ukrainian delegations over the weekend for talks on a ceasefire in Ukraine, ahead of a summit with European leaders and Presid...
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'Peace is not far away' says Erdogan, returning from Putin meeting
ISTANBUL, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, fresh from a meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin, said he hopes to discuss a Ukraine-Russia peace plan with U.S. President Donald Trump,...
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'Pins on a Map': How Chicago students are tracking ICE raids
By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The windowless newsroom of The Phoenix, the Loyola University Chicago newspaper, hums like an old refrigerator. A coffee pot burbles in the corner as ju...
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Inside Honduras’ election chaos: Infighting, delays, and broken systems
By Emily Green TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Weeks before Honduras' November 30 presidential election, a test run exposed deep flaws in the vote-counting system: only 36% of practice ballots were pr...
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With Fed independence in crosshairs, will Supreme Court back Trump again?
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative justices appear ready to endorse President Donald Trump's power to fire a regulatory agency official despite job prote...
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US Veterans Affairs agency plans health care job cuts, WaPo reports
Dec 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing an internal memo, Vet...
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