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Monday, September 30, 2013 - 08:24
“This is totally new for us,” said U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Christopher Wallace of the Marine Wing Communications Squadron 28 (MWCS-28), stationed in Raleigh, N.C. “None of us have worked in a multinational environment before and some have never deployed at all,” said Wallace.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 08:25
The news from Nairobi over the last few days has been appalling. But, given the frequency of Al Shabaab’s grenade-throwing over the past 18 months, the attack shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise to watchers of the region. Yet, despite the magnitude of the death toll, the Kenyan government has shown a remarkable sangfroid, both in managing the crisis and taming the potential for ethnic flare-ups.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 08:36
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu denounce recent terrorist attacks and explain the commitment of the Global Counterterrorism Forum to fighting violent extremism.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 08:42
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry praises the UNSC effort to peacefully remove chemical weapons stockpiles from the Assad regime in Syria.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 08:52
Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Secretary General of the GCC, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met in New York for the third ministerial meeting of the U.S.-GCC Strategic Cooperation Forum. Issues discussed include the Syrian crisis, development in Yemen, improved relations between Kuwait and Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, missile defense in the region, and recent statements by Iranian President Rouhani.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 09:22
Judges face balancing act between demonstrating understanding during a crisis, and pressing on with trial process.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 09:24
The chairman of the rebel Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) Malik Agar said Monday that they directed the joint military command to prepare military plans in order to enhance the popular uprising and topple Bashir’s regime.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 09:26
Two rebel leaders active in Upper Nile State have reportedly abandoned rebellion against the South Sudan government and sought pardon under an amnesty initiated by President Salvar Kiir.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 09:27
Sudanese police dispersed Sunday protests in Khartoum and Port Sudan while the security service arrested a number of activists in different regions in a bid to quell protests that sparked across the country over subsidies cuts.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 09:29
At least 27 people were killed and many others injured in two separate attacks by suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Wednesday and Thursday in Nigeria's northern state of Borno, the local media reported Sunday.