Syria Disarmament Pace Advances as 54 Percent Shipped or Destroyed
The joint UN and OPCW mission led by Sigrid Kaag says 54 percent of Syria's declared chemical agents have been removed or eliminated. Delays persist amid civil war, with missed Feb 5 deadlines and two storage sites still inaccessible near Latakia. Rocket attacks have targeted Latakia port area as the inspections continue.
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Syria
Sigrid Kang
Joint Mission
United Nations and Organization For the Prohibition of
Bashar al-Assad
Damascus
Kaag
Syrian Arab Republic
Assad
Mediterra
Nean
Latakia
Obama targets Putin allies with personal sanctions
President Obama expands sanctions to Putin inner circle, including Yuri Kovalchuk and Bank Rossiya, Gennady Timchenko, Arkady and Boris Rotenberg, and aides, as Russia consolidates Crimea. EU adds 12 officials, postpones Sochi summit. Merkel cites legal limits. Russia retaliates with U.S. sanctions warning. EU eyes broader energy and trade impact discussions ensue.
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Barack Obama
Crimea
Vladimir Putin
Putin
Russia
Black Sea
Ukraine
U.S
Kremlin
Yuri Kovalchuk
Rossiya
Gennady Timchenko
Arkady
Boris Rotenberg
KGB
St Peters
Burg
Foreign Ministry
United States
European Union
Brussels
Sochi
Angela Merkel
European Commission
Uruguay agrees to take detainees from Guantanamo Bay
President Jose Mujica announced Uruguay will take five Guantanamo detainees for two years as part of U S talks to close the facility. He said Obama asked several countries and Uruguay agreed for human rights reasons after discussions with Raul Castro and delegates visiting the detention center.
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Uruguay
United States
U.S
Guantanamo Bay
Jose Mujica
Obama
Mujica
Barack Obama
Busqueda
Cuba
Raul Castro
Detention
Guantanamo
Reid orders inquiry into CIA breach of Senate panel computers
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid backs Senator Feinstein in accusing the CIA of spying on panel staffers as they prepared a report on harsh interrogation methods. He orders a forensic review of computers used by Senate Intelligence staff, warning of constitutional violations and a breach of congressional oversight.
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U.S. Senate
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CIA
Senate
Harry Reid
Reid
Eric Holder
Reuters
Nevada
Dianne Feinstein
United States
California
Democratic Committee
Barack Obama
Feinstein
U.S
Edward Snowden
Republican Committee
Obama
Justice Department
New Jersey teen scales 1 World Trade Center spire
Justin Casquejo 16 of Weehawken entered the 1 World Trade Center construction site by slipping through a fence and then climbed to the rooftop via scaffolding and elevators. He faces misdemeanor trespass charges and up to a year in jail.
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1 World Trade Center
Justin Casquejo
Weehawken
N.J
Joseph Dunne
Port Authority of
New York and
One World Trade Center
Freedom Tower
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