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December 17th, 2014

Geneva Conventions Invoke Rights of Palestinians US Blames Sony Hacking on North Korea, But Is There Evidence?
Colombia FARC Rebels Declare Indefinite Unilateral Truce South Korea Won't Conduct F-35 Fighter Maintenance in Japan: Official
Dalai Lama: China Hardliners Hold Xi Back on Tibetan Autonomy Tibetan Man Dies in Self-Immolation Protest
German Cabinet Agrees to Send Troops to Train Iraqi Kurds Congress Sets Limits on Overseas Data Collection
Congressional Hawks Vow to Block Normalization of Cuba Ties Inquiry Rejects Torture, Murder Allegations Against British Troops
Inside Iraq's 'Killing Zones' Monitor: Majority of Slain in Syrian Civil War Were Pro-Assad Fighters
US Drone Strike Kills 11, Including Pakistani Taliban Fighters in Afghanistan Airstrikes Against ISIS in Syria Plummet as Targets Dry Up
Palestine, Jordan Submit Resolution for UN Vote Rouble Rise Prompts Hopes That Russian Economic Crisis Is Easing
30 Dead and 270 Wounded From Libya Dawn's Forces in Attack on Oil Ports Pakistan Seeks Afghanistan's Help to Track Down Taliban Leaders
Obama: Go to the Movies Marco Rubio Calls Out Pope on Cuba
The Navy's Newest Toy Is a Terrifying Sharkbeast From Hell Opponent Calls for Putin's Exit as Russia Slides Into Crisis
Canada PM Says Parliament Attacker May Not Have Been Lone Wolf Iraq Kurds Launch Sinjar Offensive After Coalition Air Strikes
Haiti President Meets With Opposition Amid Unrest EU Backs Palestine: Next Stop Is the Un
Palestinians Submit Draft Resolution to Security Council Mass Funerals for Pakistan School Victims as Government Plans Response to Taliban
Palestinians Seek Arab Backing for UN Resolution Pakistan's Imran Khan Ends Sit-In After 126 Days
On Arab Uprising Anniversary, US Back to Business as Usual With Egypt's Military North Korea Almost Certainly Did Not Hack Sony
Israel Warns EU Vote on Palestine Is Damaging to Peace Iraqi Sunnis at Risk in Battle Against ISIS
Israeli Arab Media Personality Set to Join Labor Party In Diplomatic Snub, Liberman Refuses Meeting With Swedish Counterpart
US to Announce That North Korea Behind Sony Hack Bennett Mocks 'Hipsters', Left in New Election Video
PA Officials: Draft UN Security Council Resolution to Be Submitted Tonight If Obama Won't Prosecute CIA Torture, Can the ICC?
Sony Cancels Plans to Release 'The Interview' After US Cinema Chains Cancel Showings 54 Nigerian Soldiers Given Death Penalty for Mutiny
Haaretz Poll: Joint Lapid-Kahlon Ticket Would Be Largest Knesset List Cuba Initiative Could Mean Changes for Guantanamo Base
Sony Cancels 'Interview' Release After Top Theater Chains Drop Out Rubio: No Dough for US Embassy in Havana
Obama: US Re-Establishing Relations With Cuba Police Took 'Syria-Bound Girl' Off Plane on London Runway
Israel Suffers Sharp Rebuffs From Europe EU to Tighten Sanctions on Crimea in Time for Leaders Summit: Officials
Ukraine Leader Wants to Join Euro-Atlantic Security Alliance EU's Mogherini Says Detects Some 'Willingness' From Russia to Resolve Ukraine Conflict
Divided Kenyans Disagree Over Strategy to End 'Terror' Attacks The Promise for American Businesses if Cuba Sanctions Are Lifted
Meet the 'Cuban Five' at the Center of the Blockbuster US Announcement on Cuba Some Big Stock Market Winners Emerge From Obama Move on Cuba
Miami: US-Cuba Policy Overhaul Sends Shockwaves Across Miami As Easy Targets Thin, Syria Air Strikes by US Allies Plunge
Cuba's Castro Hails Prisoner Exchange With US, Praises Obama Charting a New Course on Cuba
How Obama Will Relax US Cuba Policy Texas Plumber Has 'No Idea' How ISIS Militants Ended Up With His Old Truck
Obama: US Re-Establishing Relations With Cuba LAPD to Equip Officers With Body Cameras
Australia Orders Sweeping Investigation After Deadly Hostage Siege Europe Must Stick to 'Bitter' Sanctions on Russia: German Finance Minister
Over 120,000 Pro-Assad Fighters Killed in Syria Conflict: Monitoring Group Israel, US Boycott Conference in Geneva for Palestinian Human Rights
Republicans Livid Over Cuba Talks, Call It Appeasement Americans Are Ready to End the Cuban Embargo
Viva Cigars! Easing of Cuba Trade Would Be 'Huge' How Pope Francis Helped Broker Cuba Deal
US Travel Industry Carefully Eyeing Cuba Tourism EU Court Takes Hamas Off Terrorist Organizations List
Afghanistan Violence: Taliban Kill 10 in Helmand Bank Attack Syria Conflict: 230 Bodies 'Found in Mass Grave' in Deir Al-Zour
Seth Rogen, James Franco Cancel 'Tonight Show,' 'Late Night,' Other TV Appearances After Threats Sony Tells Theaters They Can Pass on Showing 'The Interview.' Premiere Canceled.
Pakistani Army Chief Asks Afghans to Help Find Taliban Commanders Behind Massacre Key Dates in US Relations With Cuba
Cuba to Release US Spy Imprisoned for 20 Years Philippines, South Korea Eye Stronger Partnership Amid Chinese Protests
Iraq Seeks One-Year Deferral on Gulf War Reparations Insurgents Storm Bank in Afghanistan's Helmand Province
US, Cuba Exchange Prisoners, Will Normalize Relations US Approves Sale of Global Hawk Drones to South Korea
Pakistan School Attack Puts Political Wrangling Put on Hold Alan Gross Released From Cuba Prison
US Slaps Sanctions on Swiss, Dutch Companies Over Syria Dr. Never: Ron Paul on US Interventions
CIA Health Professionals' Role in Systematic Torture, Including 'Human Subjects Research' Brazil Released Its Own Torture Report This Week, and the US Is Implicated
UN Vote on Death Penalty Moratorium Puts US in Awkward Spot Hamas Removed From EU's Terrorism Blacklist
EU Court Says Hamas Should Be Removed From Terror List Geneva Conventions Invoke Rights of Palestinians
Inquiry Clears British Soldiers of Murder and Torture of Iraqis Kim Jong UN Looks to Complete Nuclear Legacy Left by Father
Drone Strike in Afghanistan Kills Four Pakistani Taliban: Official Yemeni Shiite Rebels Take Over State-Run Newspaper

December 16th, 2014

Iraq: 241 Killed, Including 150 Women Who Spurned ISIS Suitors
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