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                    [Title] => A look by country at the EU commitment to taking in refugees
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France and Britain on yesterday committed to take in thousands more people as the European Union struggles with its biggest refugee emergency since World War II.

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An alleged Islamic State (IS) plot to attack US subways has raised concern about the reach of the terror group, and begs the question of whether militants have the capability to hit the United States

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-27 22:30:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1363842 [Title] => US conducts fresh airstrikes against IS militants in Iraq [Summary] =>

US warplanes have conducted a fresh round of airstrikes and emergency aid drops at a new site in northern Iraq to protect civilians from offensive by the Islamic State (IS) militants, the Pentagon said in a statement late Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-31 15:00:20 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1301202 [Title] => After Crimea, wary Eastern Europe asks: who's next [Summary] =>

Broken promises of help from the West. A tragic history of Russian invasion that goes back centuries. A painful awareness that conflicts in this volatile region are contagious. These are the factors that make nations across Eastern Europe watch events in Ukraine — and tremble.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-15 00:21:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1120637 [AuthorName] => Alison Mutler and Monika Scislowska [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://imageshack.com/a/img19/1588/5ctm.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1213881 [Title] => India successfully testfires home-made, nuclear-capable Agni-V ballistic missile [Summary] =>

India Sunday successfully testfired its indigenous, nuclear-capable Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile from the Wheeler Island off the coast of the eastern state of Odisha, sources said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-15 16:05:32 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1151891 [Title] => France: Military ready to go to Syria if needed [Summary] =>

The French military is ready to commit forces to an operation in Syria if President Francois Hollande decides to do so, the defense minister said Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-30 02:22:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1759840 [AuthorName] => Sylvie Corbet and Jamey Keaten [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/7459/vsel.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 955381 [Title] => Putin: US-Russia positions on Syria don't coincide [Summary] =>

Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Barack Obama on yesterday that their positions on Syria do not "coincide" but the two leaders said during the G-8 summit that they have a shared interest in stopping the violence that has ravaged the Middle Eastern country during a two-year-old civil war.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-18 04:41:17 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390382 [AuthorName] => Jim Kuhnhenn [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/5254/6sjy.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 947690 [Title] => Fears grow of an foreign-fueled arms race in Syria [Summary] =>

Fears grew yesterday of a foreign-fed arms race in Syria as European Union nations decided they could give weapons to the outgunned rebels and Russia disclosed it has a contract to sell the Syrian government sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-29 03:16:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1371373 [AuthorName] => Jamey Keaten and Karin Laub [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 920839 [Title] => Battles continue in Syria as gov't slams Britain, France's calls for arming rebels [Summary] =>

Violent clashes and blasts continued Saturday between the Syrian troops and armed rebels in several hotspots nationwide, as Syria complained about France and Britain's calls to lift an arms embargo on opposition fighters.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-17 12:01:08 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 920425 [Title] => Syrian rebel chief: Fighters 'will not give up' [Summary] =>

The chief of Syria's main, Western-backed rebel group marked the second anniversary of the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad on Friday by pledging to fight until the "criminal" regime is gone.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-16 05:00:37 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 1497362
                    [Title] => A look by country at the EU commitment to taking in refugees
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France and Britain on yesterday committed to take in thousands more people as the European Union struggles with its biggest refugee emergency since World War II.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-07 16:08:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1374157 [Title] => News Analysis: IS subway threat raises concerns of attack on US [Summary] =>

An alleged Islamic State (IS) plot to attack US subways has raised concern about the reach of the terror group, and begs the question of whether militants have the capability to hit the United States

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-27 22:30:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1363842 [Title] => US conducts fresh airstrikes against IS militants in Iraq [Summary] =>

US warplanes have conducted a fresh round of airstrikes and emergency aid drops at a new site in northern Iraq to protect civilians from offensive by the Islamic State (IS) militants, the Pentagon said in a statement late Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-31 15:00:20 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1301202 [Title] => After Crimea, wary Eastern Europe asks: who's next [Summary] =>

Broken promises of help from the West. A tragic history of Russian invasion that goes back centuries. A painful awareness that conflicts in this volatile region are contagious. These are the factors that make nations across Eastern Europe watch events in Ukraine — and tremble.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-15 00:21:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1120637 [AuthorName] => Alison Mutler and Monika Scislowska [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://imageshack.com/a/img19/1588/5ctm.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1213881 [Title] => India successfully testfires home-made, nuclear-capable Agni-V ballistic missile [Summary] =>

India Sunday successfully testfired its indigenous, nuclear-capable Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile from the Wheeler Island off the coast of the eastern state of Odisha, sources said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-15 16:05:32 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1151891 [Title] => France: Military ready to go to Syria if needed [Summary] =>

The French military is ready to commit forces to an operation in Syria if President Francois Hollande decides to do so, the defense minister said Thursday.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Barack Obama on yesterday that their positions on Syria do not "coincide" but the two leaders said during the G-8 summit that they have a shared interest in stopping the violence that has ravaged the Middle Eastern country during a two-year-old civil war.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-18 04:41:17 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390382 [AuthorName] => Jim Kuhnhenn [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/5254/6sjy.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 947690 [Title] => Fears grow of an foreign-fueled arms race in Syria [Summary] =>

Fears grew yesterday of a foreign-fed arms race in Syria as European Union nations decided they could give weapons to the outgunned rebels and Russia disclosed it has a contract to sell the Syrian government sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-29 03:16:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1371373 [AuthorName] => Jamey Keaten and Karin Laub [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 920839 [Title] => Battles continue in Syria as gov't slams Britain, France's calls for arming rebels [Summary] =>

Violent clashes and blasts continued Saturday between the Syrian troops and armed rebels in several hotspots nationwide, as Syria complained about France and Britain's calls to lift an arms embargo on opposition fighters.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-17 12:01:08 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 920425 [Title] => Syrian rebel chief: Fighters 'will not give up' [Summary] =>

The chief of Syria's main, Western-backed rebel group marked the second anniversary of the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad on Friday by pledging to fight until the "criminal" regime is gone.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-16 05:00:37 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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