William Burns

William Burns

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  US, Syria opposition disagree over terrorist label

  The U.S. and the head of the new Syrian opposition coalition being feted at a conference in Morocco Wednesday publicly disagreed over designating a ... 

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  Syria's civil war spills into Lebanon, 4 dead

  Syria's civil war spilled over into neighboring Lebanon once again on Sunday, with gun battles in the northern city of Tripoli between supporters and ... 

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  US envoys say no 'pivot' away from Mideast

  American envoys challenged assertions Saturday that Washington seeks to diminish its role in Middle East affairs, insisting U.S. political ties and ... 

• Bahrain: Shiite clerics must 'prohibit' violence

  Bahrain's Shiite religious leaders must more forcefully denounce violence as a key step to ease the kingdom's 22-month uprising, the country's crown ... 

• Senators: US gets access to Libya attack suspect

  The Tunisian government will allow the United States access to a suspect in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, two senators said ... 

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  Pussy Riot members face tough life in penal colony

  It's a far cry from Stalin's gulag, but the guiding principle of the Russian penal colony -- the destination of two members of punk band Pussy Riot ... 

• UN: Nuclear terrorism threat hasn't diminished

  The U.N. nuclear chief warned Friday that the threat of nuclear terrorism has not diminished, saying a key risk is that terrorists could detonate a ... 

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  Azerbaijani ax killer's pardon raises war fears

  Shortly before dawn, an Azerbaijani on an English course in Hungary crept into the room of a fellow student from arch-enemy Armenia. In a frenzy of ... 

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  OSCE decries Azerbaijan-Armenia tensions

  International negotiators say Azerbaijan's pardoning of a military officer who murdered an Armenian officer has harmed attempts to establish peace ... 

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  Egypt's president reconvenes dissolved parliament

  Egypt's Islamist president fired the first volley Sunday in his battle with the nation's powerful generals, calling on the Islamist-dominated ... 

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  Egypt: President orders dissolved parliament back

  Egypt's Islamist president fired the first volley in his war with the powerful generals on Sunday, calling on the Islamist-dominated parliament to ... 

• US assures Egypt Islamist leader of partnership

  A senior U.S. official says President Barack Obama has assured Egypt's Islamist president of America's commitment to a "new partnership" with the Arab ... 

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  Egypt president to visit Saudi on 1st foreign trip

  Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi will travel to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday on his first official trip abroad since being sworn in, a move suggesting ... 

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  Egypt's president orders probe of protester deaths

  Egypt's new president appointed a fact-finding committee to investigate the killing of protesters since the outbreak of last year's popular uprising ... 

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  Russia denies discussing Syria's post-Assad future

  Russia's foreign minister said Friday that Moscow isn't discussing Syria's future without President Bashar Assad as Washington has claimed, in the ...