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On the road from Damascus
Dining@LargeA church group from Damascus in Montgomery County is looking for a good restaurant recommendation in Baltimore. Here's the message that came my way: "I am trying to find a nice restaurant for a group of seniors from Damascus United......Tags: Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Amy Davis, Maryland, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Meghan Daum: What's with the 'hiker hate'?
The story of Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd, the American hikers who in July 2009 crossed the border — inadvertently, all evidence suggests — from Iraqi Kurdistan into Iran and were imprisoned for espionage, is back in the...Tags: Cat Stevens, Politics, Los Angeles Times, Tehran (Iran), Josh Fattal
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McManus: A measured U.S. response in Syria
![When pro-democracy demonstrations erupted in Syria this spring, President Obama offered Syrian President Bashar Assad one more chance to embrace reform. "He can lead that transition [to democracy] or get out of the way," Obama said in May.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-07/63109359-08194056-187104.jpg "When pro-democracy demonstrations erupted in Syria this spring, President Obama offered Syrian President Bashar Assad one more chance to embrace reform. "He can lead that transition [to democracy] or get out of the way,\" Obama said in May.")
When pro-democracy demonstrations erupted in Syria this spring, President Obama offered Syrian President Bashar Assad one more chance to embrace reform. "He can lead that transition [to democracy] or get out of the way," Obama said in May.
Now, almost...Tags: Syria, Politics, Washington (U.S. state), White House, Demonstration
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Jonah Goldberg: Taken in by 'Gay Girl'
![I'd barely followed "A Gay Girl In Damascus" until last week, when Daily Beast columnist Peter Beinart posted something to Twitter: "This is really important — this woman is a hero," with a link to a story about Amina Abdallah Arraf, a Syrian American woman and the author of the blog "A Gay Girl In Damascus." According to the story, Amina had been seized by Syrian security forces for her dissident writing.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-06/62343996-13172827.jpg "I'd barely followed "A Gay Girl In Damascus\" until last week, when Daily Beast columnist Peter Beinart posted something to Twitter: \"This is really important — this woman is a hero,\" with a link to a story about Amina Abdallah Arraf, a Syrian American woman and the author of the blog \"A Gay Girl In Damascus.\" According to the story, Amina had been seized by Syrian security forces for her dissident writing.")
I'd barely followed "A Gay Girl In Damascus" until last week, when Daily Beast columnist Peter Beinart posted something to Twitter: "This is really important — this woman is a hero," with a link to a story about Amina Abdallah Arraf, a Syrian...Tags: Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Georgia, George W. Bush, Religious Conflicts
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Could Al Qaeda be infiltrating the Syrian uprising?
World NowSuicide bombings and sophisticated attacks on key Syrian government sites have stirred fear among some Middle East analysts that Islamic extremist groups are trying to infiltrate the 14-month-old rebellion against Syrian President Bashar Assad.... -
Car bomb kills 9 in Syria amid fears of Al Qaeda links to attacks
World NowA car bomb targeting a military complex in an eastern Syrian city Saturday killed at least nine people and left dozens injured amid growing fears that Al Qaeda might be behind some of the attacks in the country.... -
U.N. observer chief says monitors alone can't end Syria violence
World NowThe head of the U.N monitoring mission in Syria warned Friday that his team of unarmed observers cannot stop the bloodshed in the crisis-torn country without sustained dialogue between the government and the opposition.... -
Syrian official denies reports of high-level assassinations
World NowSyrian Interior Minister Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ibrahim Shaar on Sunday denied reports that a rebel operation had killed him and five other high-ranked security and political officials.... -
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... -
Syrians say suicide bomber thwarted
World NowA day after twin bombings rocked Damascus, Syria's capital, killing dozens of people, state media said a suicide bomber was thwarted in Aleppo on Friday, although two smaller bombs exploded, killing one.... -
U.N. envoy condemns twin bombings in Syria; death toll at 55
World NowUnited Nations envoy Kofi Annan condemned the twin bombings that rocked the Syrian capital of Damascus, attacks that further shattered a ceasefire he has been working to save, as the death toll climbed to 55....
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