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Russia And US Spar Over Global Influence At UN Meeting

The Russian minister implicitly accused the U.S. of using “unsavory methods” such as mass pressure on sovereign states to promote Washington’s agenda, and promoting regime change.

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Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the start of their bilateral meeting at the 51st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich,  Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. UNITED NATIONS — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov implicitly accused the United States on Monday of violating U.N. principles

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Alaska Becomes 3rd State To Legalize Marijuana

As of Tuesday, adult Alaskans can not only keep and use pot, they can transport, grow it and give it away. A second phase, creating a regulated and taxed marijuana market, won’t start until 2016 at the earliest.

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Peter Lomonaco, co-founder of the Alaska Cannabis Club, and CEO Charlo Greene share a joint at their medical marijuana dispensary in Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska is the third state in the nation to legalize marijuana. JUNEAU, Alaska  — Smoking, growing and possessing marijuana becomes legal in America's wildest state Tuesday, thanks to a voter

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Phased Iran-US Nuclear Deal Taking Shape

The United States and Iran are shaping the contours of a deal that would initially freeze Tehran’s nuclear program but would allow it to slowly ramp up activities that could be used to make nuclear arms over the last years of the agreement’s duration.

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US Iran Nuclear Talks

US Secretary of State John Kerry, center, arrives at the hotel  prior to  a bilateral meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif  for a new round of Nuclear Talks, in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb.  22, 2015.  GENEVA  — Officials from some of the six-power talks with Iran said details still needed to be agreed on, with

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Moscow Protesters Strike Out Against Ukraine And The West

In the year since Ukraine’s transformation, anti-Western sentiment in Russia has spiked, largely over what many perceive as the West’s hand in fomenting the protests in Kiev in order to gain a foothold of control near Russia.

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Activists from Russiaís Anti-Maidan movement gather together waving various patriotic flags in central Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, to mark an anniversary of Ukraine's pro-EU protests that started on Kiev's central Independence Square, widely known as the Maidan. MOSCOW — For the thousands of Russians gathered near Red Square

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Snowden Leak: NSA Helped British Steal Cell Phone Codes

The breach gave the NSA And Britain’s GCHQ the potential to secretly monitor a large portion of the world’s cellular communications, including both voice and data.

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WASHINGTON — Britain's electronic spying agency, in cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both governments to seamlessly eavesdrop on mobile phones worldwide, according to the documents given to journalists by Edward Snowden. A story about the documents posted

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Obama Pushes Back Against ISIS Narrative

“These terrorists are desperate for legitimacy and all us have a responsibility to refute the notion that groups like ISIL somehow represent Islam, because that is a falsehood that embraces the terrorist narrative.”

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WASHINGTON — In the fight against violent extremism, President Barack Obama argues the U.S. has one thing going for it that Europe doesn't: a long tradition of warmly embracing its immigrants, including Muslims. With the Islamic State group spreading and terrorists gaining strength in the Mideast and Africa, Obama has sought to use this week's

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Obama: US At War With Those Who Have Perverted Islam

“Just as leaders like myself reject the notion that terrorists like ISIL genuinely represent Islam, Muslim leaders need to do more to discredit the notion that our nations are determined to suppress Islam,” Obama said.

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President Barack Obama pauses as he turns to walk from the stage after speaking in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House Complex in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, during the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism to highlight domestic and international efforts to prevent violent extremists and their

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