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Obama arrives in Israel for Shimon Peres memorial service

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 08:11:57 GMT2016-09-30T08:11:57Z

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- President Barack Obama flew to Israel Friday to pay his respects to Shimon Peres, the former leader whose six decades of work shaping this tiny nation into a powerful and industrious force generated tremendous respect from Obama....

Russia fighting in Syria for a year, still at odds with US

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 07:23:40 GMT2016-09-30T07:23:40Z

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A year after Russia waded into the war in Syria, aiming to flex its national security muscles and prop up beleaguered Syrian President Bashar Assad, Moscow appears no closer to one of its military goals: getting the U.S. to coordinate combat operations in the civil war. And prospects of a diplomatic resolution seem dim....

Families of US personnel ordered to leave Congo amid unrest

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 02:41:05 GMT2016-09-30T02:41:05Z

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department is halting most official U.S. government travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo and ordering family members of U.S. government personnel to leave the country....

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