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Syria is still not our fight
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is right to resist the mounting pressure for military intervention in Syria. Action by U.S. forces may or may not make the situation better -- but certainly could make things worse. This assessment could change, of course....
Tags: NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions
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Iran points at Syrian rebels in warning about chemical weapons
Echoing the words of President Obama, the Iranian foreign minister reportedly said Tuesday that unleashing chemical weapons in Syria would be a “red line” for Tehran. But Ali Akbar Salehi also suggested rebels were to blame for such attacks,...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House, Tehran (Iran), Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Bashar Assad
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Syria: Huge new bombing in Damascus kills at least 13
BEIRUT -- A powerful bomb exploded Tuesday in the center of Damascus, authorities said, causing dozens of casualties and marking the second consecutive day that a deadly explosion rocked the Syrian capital. The official Syrian news agency reported...
Tags: Bombings, Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Incidents, Wars and Interventions
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Obama must find the best bad option in Syria
Having vowed that any use of chemical weapons by Syria would cross a U.S. "red line" and provoke a strong American response "with enormous consequences," President Barack Obama now finds himself under increasing pressure to act, following reports by U.S....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Al-Qaeda, Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions
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Myanmar panel proposes measures to ease ethnic tensions
NEW DELHI, India -- Ever since Myanmar opened to the West, released political prisoners and allowed the opposition led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to run for office, it has been dogged by tensions among its many ethnic and religious minorities....
Tags: Human Rights Watch, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Family Planning, Justice and Rights, New Delhi (India)
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4 Iraqi soldiers killed at Sunni checkpoint
BAGHDAD — Four Iraqi soldiers were shot dead Saturday, the day after Sunni Arab tribes in the restive western province of Anbar announced that they had formed their own army to defend themselves against the Shiite-dominated Iraqi government. The...
Tags: Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Baghdad (Iraq), Islam, Armed Conflicts
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At least three allegations of chemical use in Syria
BEIRUT — Last week’s allegations from top U.S. officials that Syrian forces probably deployed chemical weapons against rebels come amid an array of disputed reports about purported chemical attacks in Syria. There have been at least three...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, National Government, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Politics
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5 questions about Syria's chemical weapons
Syria is believed to have a large stockpile of chemical weapons. U.S. intelligence agencies now suspect that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government has used small amounts of these chemicals against rebels fighting to unseat him, an assessment...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House, United Kingdom, U.S. Congress, Bashar Assad
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Smash' on NBC
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 28 - May 4, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Fix This Yard The season premiere...
Tags: CMT (tv network), Eric Schmidt, Interior Policy, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Google Inc.
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U.S. doubts on Syria lie in how sarin exposure occurred
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies unanimously agree that Syrians have been exposed to deadly sarin gas in recent weeks, but they are divided over how certain they can be that the Syrian regime is to blame, U.S. and congressional officials said...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House, United Kingdom, Defense, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Casey: U.S. should intervene in Syrian crisis
Sen. Bob Casey added his name Friday to a growing list of lawmakers urging the White House to take some form of military action against Syria in the wake of new evidence that President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. Casey,...Tags: Patrick J. Toomey, NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House, Robert P. Casey, Jr.
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Syrian official denies allegations of chemical weapons use
BEIRUT -- A top Syrian official on Friday denied U.S. and Western charges that Syria has deployed chemical weapons against rebels fighting to overthrow the government of President Bashar Assad. “The U.S.-British and Western allegations in...
Tags: Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Turkey, Rebellions, Barack Obama
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