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Daily Video February 26 2016

Two-week Syrian ceasefire begins Friday

A two-week ceasefire has been accepted by fighting parties in Syria and will take effect Friday night in the nation where a four-and-a-half-year civil war has cost more than 250,000 lives and displaced millions.

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Daily Video September 30 2015

World leaders debate strategies to defeat ISIS

A meeting of world leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday discussed methods of stemming the spread of violent extremism in the Middle East.

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Daily Video September 26 2014

Obama calls for international response to Ebola

President Obama told world leaders at the United National General Assembly that the international community is “not moving fast enough” to contain the Ebola epidemic.

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