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News briefs for Friday, May 11
Biden pushes Obama to declare gay marriage support, then offers his apologies WASHINGTON (AP) — Sorry, Mr. President. After nearly single-handedly pushing gay marriage to the forefront of the presidential campaign and inadvertently pressuring...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, UNESCO, Gilead Sciences Inc., Social Issues, Politics
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Assad's killing fields
The announcement Sunday that the U.S. will join Turkey in providing "nonlethal" humanitarian aid to Syrian opposition groups is a clear sign of the Obama administration's growing frustration with the failure of diplomatic efforts to halt Syrian...
Tags: Russia, Armed Conflicts, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Unrest, Conflicts and War, NATO
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The YouTube war
The flood of video images emerging from the besieged city of Homs and other rebellious towns in Syria have shocked the world with their depictions of President Bashar Assad's bloody crackdown on innocent civilians.
The images, nearly all of them taken...Tags: Social Media, War Crimes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Journalism, YouTube
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Syrian Opposition Denounces U.N. Decision to Suspend Observer Mission
CNNDAMASCUS, Syria -- Syrian opposition activists slammed the United Nations on Sunday for suspending its observer mission in the nation, saying it is "unjustifiable and unacceptable" for the international community to fail to protect civilians from attacks....Tags: Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Government, Feminism, Political Dissent
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McCain wants war with Syria
John McCain must have a stack of forms on his desk demanding U.S. military intervention abroad, with a blank space to fill in the name of the country he wants to attack. He supported the war against Serbia, the war against Iraq and the war against...
Tags: International Military Interventions, U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Government
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Why we're not in Syria
Last year, the Obama administration surprised the world by electing to use military force in Libya. It turned out well (damage to the rule of law aside), and it established a precedent, in some minds, for intervention in Syria -- another place where an...Tags: Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), NATO, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya, Bashar Assad
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Anthony Shadid dies at 43; New York Times foreign correspondent
Reporting from New York -- Anthony Shadid, a journalist who gave voice to those muffled by the turmoil around them — from Iraqi families enveloped in civil war to young Libyans spurred to take up arms against a dictator — died while doing just...Tags: Facebook, Iraq War (2003-2011), Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), Allergies
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Freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit visits set of 'Homeland'
World NowAs the U.S. television hit "Homeland" visited Israel this week for some location shooting, the cable series about a fictional American prisoner of war who comes home got a visit on the set from real-life captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was... -
U.N. observers evacuated from tense Syrian town after blast
World NowSix U.N. observers whose convoy was struck by a roadside bomb in northern Syria a day earlier were evacuated to their base in Hama province Wednesday, a U.N. spokesman said.... -
Clashes erupt across Syria; at least 48 reported dead
World NowClashes between Syrian government forces and the rebel Free Syrian Army erupted across the country, despite the peace plan that calls on both sides to lay down their arms.... -
Syria: U.N. monitors under attack in Idlib; none injured [Video]
World NowA team of United Nations monitors came under attack in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, according to opposition activists who spread an amateur video showing white U.N. vehicles swathed in smoke after a loud bang was heard, sending... -
Syrian rebels, regime clash in besieged city of Rastan [Video]
World NowSyrian rebels and government forces battled Monday in the town of Rastan, a rebel stronghold north of Homs that has been bombarded with heavy shelling since Sunday, wounding scores of people. Bloody videos from the embattled town showed wounded children...
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