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Friday, January 31, 2014 (2014x23)

Uitzenddatum: Jan 31, 2014

2014/01/31 Headlines: U.S. Accuses Syria of Stalling on Chemical Weapons Deal; Report: Syrian Authorities Razed Neighborhoods to Punish Civilians; Thai Protesters Blockade Buildings Housing Ballot Papers Ahead of Election; Iraq: More Than 900 Killed in January; Report: Road Project That Symbolized U.S. Success in Afghanistan Is Falling Apart; Navy Expert on Cyberweapons Tapped to Lead NSA; State Dept. Report Said to Favor Keystone XL Oil Pipeline; Shell Drops Plans to Drill in the Arctic This Year; Latin American, Caribbean Leaders Declare "Peace Zone" in the Region; U.S. to Seek Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect; California Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman to Leave Congress After 4 Decades; NYC Mayor de Blasio Drops Appeal of Stop-and-Frisk Ruling; Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Tapped for U.N. Post; Protesters Demand Justice for Slain Transgender Woman Islan Nettles; Wage Hike for Federal Contractors to Exclude Disabled Workers; Report: Top GOP Advisers Helped Redskins Football Team with Bid to Keep Name; "NATO 3" Trial Continues amid Claims of Police Entrapment; West Virginia Official: Citizens Breathing Formaldehyde Due to Chemical Spill; Scarlett Johansson Leaves Oxfam Post After SodaStream Dispute; Migrating Monarch Butterfly Population in Mexico Drops to Record Low