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WASHINGTON | US, Turkey lift sanctions imposed in case of detained pastor

WASHINGTON | US, Turkey lift sanctions imposed in case of detained pastor

WASHINGTON — Turkey and the U.S. on Friday lifted sanctions on senior government officials that had been imposed during the diplomatic standoff over the arrest of American pastor Andrew Brunson, officially ending a case that had strained relations between the two NATO members.

The Treasury Department said it was lifting the sanctions on Turkish Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gul and Minister of…

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IS group is 'Russia's greatest enemy', not US, says Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that the Islamic State group was Moscow's greatest enemy, notwithstanding the strained relations with the United States over the Ukraine conflict. "I believe IS is our greatest enemy right now," Lavrov said in an interview with Russian radio stations when asked whether he considers China, IS or NATO Russia's greatest threat. http://dlvr.it/9Vrxgz

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A senior Iranian official is in Saudi Arabia to try to repair strained relations between the regional rivals in the Gulf, Iranian media reported on Tuesday. Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian flew to the desert kingdom on Monday to meet Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal and discuss "matters of common interest", the reports said. No further information was immediately available about the trip, the first by a high-level official from Shiite Iran to Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia since Hassan Rouhani became the Islamic republic's president in August last year. "It is a step towards improving relations between Tehran and Riyadh," Iran's financial daily Donya-e Eghtessad wrote. Source: AFP

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4/6/13, #15

I don't understand this- why is it that we people grow apart from one another? I feel that yes, we learn and grow-- but can't we just be the way that we all used to be as well-- just a little bit more?

I try to always keep in touch with my childhood friends- but it seems like they never want to hang out, or even talk-- not even a hello -- or even a smile -- even though they visit every so often.

When was something like being friendly to an old friend so hard to do?