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Israel says strikes in Syria target arms for Hezbollah
JERUSALEM — With three airstrikes against Syria since January, Israel has inserted itself forcefully into the "Arab Spring's" most intractable conflict, heightening fears that Syria's civil war could spiral into a regional conflagration. The...
Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), National Government, Beirut (Lebanon), Lebanon, Defense Equipment
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U.S. policy seen as factor in Somalia famine deaths
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — It was the catastrophe everyone knew was coming yet no one seemed able to stop. According to analysts, a violent Islamist militia was partly to blame for thousands of deaths in Somalia's food crisis from 2010 to 2012,...
Tags: Terrorism, Mercy Corps, Africa, Droughts, Wars and Interventions
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U.N.: April was deadliest month in Iraq in nearly 5 years
April was the deadliest month in Iraq in nearly five years, the country's United Nations assistance mission said Thursday, tallying 712 lives lost and 1,633 people wounded in the violence. Most of those killed or injured were civilians, according to the...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, Religious Conflicts, Armed Conflicts
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Google gives a virtual nod to 'Palestine'
Google has switched the tagline on its Palestinian website, replacing the words “Palestinian territories” with “Palestine” in both English and Arabic. Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said the company consulted "a number of...
Tags: Palestinian National Authority, Google Inc., Science and Technology, Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas
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Obama has accomplished more than you think
To the writer of the laundry list of things he claims President Obama did not accomplish, let's counter with a list of things that he has accomplished and those that he is trying to accomplish: Let us not forget that President Obama inherited one of...Tags: U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Unemployment Benefits, Boynton Beach
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Opposition says Syrian forces rounding up people in Tartus region
BEIRUT — Syrian opposition groups charged Friday that government forces were continuing to round up people in a village near Syria's Mediterranean coast where an alleged massacre left scores dead. A major opposition umbrella group, known as the...
Tags: National Government, Wars and Interventions, News Agency, Bashar Assad, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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826CHI 826CHI is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students. 826chi.org Tom Acitelli Tom Acitelli is author...Tags: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rod Blagojevich, Teaching and Learning, Jack White, Health Organizations
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Kerry arrives in South Korea at a touchy time
From the Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in South Korea on Friday on an unusual diplomatic journey, traveling directly into a region bracing for a possible North Korean missile test and risking that his presence alone could...Tags: Kim Jong Un, South Korea, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, China
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North Korea, China's problem child
BEIJING — In Washington, it is said, the definition of a gaffe is accidentally saying what you really think. That may be doubly true in Beijing, as Deng Yuwen can attest. Deng, an editor at the weekly newspaper run by the Central Party School,...Tags: Communist Party of China, Political Corruption, Beijing (China), Kim Jong Un, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. slaps sanctions on Iranian businessman, companies
WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department slapped sanctions Thursday on an Iranian businessman and a network of banks and companies dealing with Tehran amid an international stalemate over Iran’s disputed nuclear program. The move targeted...
Tags: Globalization, Malaysia, Turkey, Defense Equipment, Tajikistan
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Jordan opens second camp for Syrian refugees
Jordan on Wednesday opened a second camp to shelter the increasing numbers of refugees pouring out of Syria, one day after a United Nations official warned that the regional crisis had hit “a breaking point.” About 100 Syrians arrived...Tags: Alternative Energy, Water Supply, Iraq, Refugee, North Korea
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Mailbag: Saving the Earth hardly starts with fire pits
Melville tells us in the opening lines of "Moby Dick:" "Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries — stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all...Tags: Environmental Issues, National Government, Jerry Brown, Air Pollution, Government
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