William Burns

William Burns

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  11 Afghan landmine clearers abducted

  Unidentified kidnappers have abducted 11 Afghans working in a U.N.-affiliated landmine clearing program in the east of the country, officials said ... 

• Kosovo turns to US for help in talks with Serbia

  Kosovo has urged the United States to support its position as it engages in talks with Serbia about how much control Serbs living in Kosovo's north ... 

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  Syria talks end in Geneva without solution

  International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Friday that Russia seems as determined as the United States to end Syria's civil war, but that he doesn't ... 

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  Syrian rebels seize key air base, activists say

  Syrian rebels and Islamic militants overran a major military air base in the north Friday and, buoyed by the victory, intensified their offensive on ... 

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  Russia: West should consider Assad's proposals

  Syrian President Bashar Assad's proposals for ending his country's civil war should be taken into account by the international community, Russian ... 

• UN diplomat: New talks on Syria possible next week

  The president of the U.N. Security Council said Thursday there are important developments in efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the 21-month war ... 

• Correction: Bahrain-Security Summit story

  In a story Dec. 8 about a security summit in Bahrain, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister Prince ... 

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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 ... 

• 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 ...