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The Bundeswehr will remain longer than planned in Afghanistan. That the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin Friday.

How do you know if a piece of fruit just right, not yet ripe or rotting is it ? Beating, printing and smell can provide the answer, but in the future the camera of your mobile phone may offer a solution . Microsoft is working with the University of Washington with a camera that can detect details under the peel or skin .

America and Russia are putting the final touches to agreements to increase safety in the airspace of Syria. A US official made ​​known after a new round of talks.

Russian military aircraft over the last 24 hours thirty goals of Islamic State (IS) attacked in Syria. That happened 41 assault, reported the Russian Defense Ministry Wednesday .

The United States refuses to send a high-level military delegation to Moscow for talks on coordination of the fighting in Syria as proposed by Moscow . This said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to send Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to the US to agree on cooperation in the Syria crisis. By sending the head of the government , Putin underlined the importance that Russia attaches to this issue, said a spokesman for the Kremlin Tuesday .

The Washington Post Monday denounced the sentencing of its correspondent in Iran for spying as "an outrageous injustice". The American newspaper urged Iranian leaders to reverse the verdict.

The UN envoy who should organize talks to bring an end to the war in Syria, said he first hopes for a swift agreement between Russia and the United States. Which can then form the core of one or more contact group of countries, said UN envoy Staffan de Mistura Monday.

A court in Iran would have an appointment in the notorious case against Jason Rezaian ( 39 ), correspondent for The Washington Post. According to the newspaper, however, is still unclear what the verdict.

He has dark skin , dark hair and around his neck hangs a collar as slaves used to wear . Playmobil made ​​a doll that way and promptly complained a mother from Sacramento in California at the company that it was racist . German toy manufacturer defended himself by saying that it is a pirate who was once a slave.

The US military will not cooperate with Russia in Syria because the Russian strategy " tragic failure" . But Washington is ready to hold technical consultations with Moscow to try not to endanger the lives of fighter pilots from the two countries . That the US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter , Wednesday stressed.

America is about 6,000 prisoners early release to reduce overcrowding in prisons . This was reported by The Washington Post Tuesday .