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Canada Trimmed Russia Sanctions To Protect Business Interests

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, May 13, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Chris Wattie

By David Ljunggren and Euan Rocha

16/05/2014

OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada broke with the United States and did not impose sanctions on two key allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin because the pair had Canadian business interests, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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U.S. Says Concerned At Lack Of Progress In Iran Nuclear Talks

The United Nations headquarters building (Vienna International Centre) is pictured in Vienna, May 14, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

16/05/2014

VIENNA (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official expressed concern on Friday about a current lack of progress in negotiations between six world powers and Iran over Tehran's disputed nuclear program, speaking on the expected last day of a May 13-16 meeting.

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Yemen Says It Has Foiled Al Qaeda Attacks In Sanaa

Police troopers sit as they guard atop an armoured personnel carrier (APC) at a checkpoint in Sanaa, May 14, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

16/05/2014

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen said late on Thursday it had foiled a number of al Qaeda attacks on government, military and diplomatic premises in the capital Sanaa and arrested several suspected would-be suicide bombers.

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China Arms Giant Says Never Exported Chlorine Gas To Syria

16/05/2014

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's biggest arms maker said on Friday it had never exported any chlorine gas or cylinders to Syria after reports that chlorine gas cylinders used in a suspected toxic gas attack bore the arms giant's name, "Norinco".

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Turkish Mine Operator Says Exact Cause Of Fire Still Unclear

Riot police beat protesters during a demonstration to blame the ruling AK Party (AKP) government on mining disaster in western Turkey, in Izmir, May 15, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Can Mehmethanoglu

By Ece Toksabay

16/05/2014

SOMA, Turkey (Reuters) - The operator of a Turkish mine in which 284 people died this week and 18 remain trapped said on Friday the exact cause of a fire was still unclear but that a build-up of heat had caused a partial collapse in the plant.

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Thousands Flee Iraq Government Assault On Rebel-Held Falluja

Masked Sunni gunmen walk with their weapons during a patrol outside the city of Falluja, April 28, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Stringer

By Ned Parker, Isra' al-Rubei'i and Raheem Salman

16/05/2014

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Thousands of civilians have fled Falluja since last week after the Iraqi military intensified shelling in a new bid to crush a five-month old Sunni uprising, killing scores of people in what residents describe as massive indiscriminate bombardment.

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African Conflicts Lead To Venue Changes For Key Matches

By Mark Gleeson

16/05/2014

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Conflicts across the continent have forced an unprecedented number of competitive ties in two of Africa's leading soccer competitions to be played at neutral venues this month.

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South Africa's Strike-Hit Implats Says Violence Is "Devastating"

Lonmin workers on strike listen to President of South Africa's Association of Mine workers and Construction Union (AMCU) Joseph Mathunjwa (not in picture) as he delivers his speech at the Wonderkop stadium in Nkaneng township outside the Lonmin mine in Rustenburg, May 14, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

16/05/2014

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Impala Platinum described on Friday as "devastating" the impact on its employees of a 16-week strike at its key South African operations and said it had lost 131,000 ounces of production to the stoppage in the March quarter.

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Nigeria's President Cancels Visit To Village Of Abducted Girls

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan speaks to the media on the situation in Chibok and the success of the World Economic Forum in Abuja, May 9, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

16/05/2014

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his first visit to the village from which more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Islamist rebel group Boko Haram a month ago due to security fears, senior government sources said on Friday.

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Suspected Liberian Gunmen Seize Ivorian Village, Kill Eight

16/05/2014

ABID (Reuters) - At least eight people, including five civilians, were killed when gunmen believed to have come from Liberia seized a border village in western Ivory Coast, the parliamentarian for the area said on Friday.

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