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Colombian drug trafficker Daniel Barrera, described by the country's president as "most wanted". is captured over the border in Venezuela.

Marines offloading USAID supplies in Haiti, 2008 USAid shuts down Russia operation

The US Agency for International Development is shutting down its operations in Russia on orders from the government in Moscow.

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Louis Simpson, pictured in 2003 US poet Louis Simpson dies at 89

Louis Simpson, a Pulitzer-winning poet whose work explored the darker side of middle-class life in the suburbs, dies at his New York home aged 89.

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Capturan en Venezuela al narcotraficante colombiano Daniel "El Loco Barrera"

El presidente de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, dio a conocer la captura de Daniel Barrera Barrera, conocido por su alias El Loco Barrera. Agradeció al gobierno de Venezuela. La operación contó con el apoyo de la CIA y el MI-6.

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习近平在北京与帕内塔举行会晤

中国国家副主席习近平星期三(9月19日)在北京人民大会堂会见了美国国防部长帕内塔。

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العفو الدولية: دمشق تستهدف المدنيين عمدا لتعاطفهم مع المعارضة

جاء في تقرير جديد صدر عن منظمة العفو الدولية المعنية بحقوق الإنسان ان الغارات الجوية وعمليات القصف المدفعي العشوائية التي يشنها الجيش السوري تؤدي إلى مقتل وتشويه وترويع المدنيين في مناطق في أدلب وحماة، وتعتبر بمثابة جرائم حرب.

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دیدار اشتون با وزرای خارجه ۱+۵ پس از مذاکره با جلیلی

کاترین اشتون، مذاکره کننده ارشد هسته ای گروه ۱+۵ هفته آینده به نیویورک سفر می کند تا درباره دیدار "غیررسمی" روز سه شنبه با سعید جلیلی، همتای ایرانی خود رایزنی کند.

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