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Pope Francis in plea for poor as inauguration Mass held
Pope Francis has inaugurated his papacy at a Mass in Rome, calling on
global leaders and all the people of the world to defend the poor and
the weak.
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Baghdad hit by deadly blasts on invasion anniversary
Up to 60 people have been killed in a series of car and suicide bombings
mainly in Shia areas in and around Iraq's capital, Baghdad, officials
say.
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In the West Bank as Obama visits, a subtle escalation of violence
A mid-level army officer in the Bethlehem region, whose command covers
300,000 Palestinians and 100,000 Israelis, stood on a flat patch of
earth just above the Jerusalem-Hebron route recently and pointed to a
scythe-like bend in the road.
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Obama's Israel visit sparks letter-writing blitz in Congress
On the eve of President Barack Obama's trip to Israel, both houses of
Congress sent letters to the president praising him for the visit.
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Kerry arrives in Israel, paving the way for Obama visit
US Secretary of State John Kerry was set to arrive in Israel on Tuesday
at 5:30 p.m., some 19 hours before US President Barack Obama is
scheduled to arrive on Wednesday.
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US: 'No reason to believe' Syrian rebels using WMD
The US State Department on Tuesday said it had no reason to believe
Syrian government charges that rebels had used chemical weapons in the
country's civil war.
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Bethlehem removes historic 'Palestine' monument
The Bethlehem Municipality has removed a stone monument of historic
Palestine out of concern that US President Barack Obama would see it
during his visit.
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Ties with Netanyahu very strong, says Abdullah
Jordanian King Abdullah in a series of exclusive interviews with
American magazine The Atlantic said that his relationship with Prime
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is "very strong."
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Blair: Iraq uprising would have been 'worse than Syria'
Iraqis would have rebelled against Saddam Hussein if there had been no
invasion and it would have been "a lot worse than Syria", Tony Blair has
said.
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Cyprus overshadows EU leaders' Berlin meeting
A dinner on Monday evening (18 March) in the German chancellery with
Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, EU commission chief
Jose Manuel Barroso that should have been about Europe's competitiveness
was overshadowed.