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FACT CHECK: Flunking geography, history
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters didn't always get the straight goods when President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney made their case for foreign policy and national security leadership Monday night before their last super-sized audience of the...
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U.N. Peacekeepers Wrestle With Limitations
There is no "big idea" easier to pay homage to in principle, or harder to make work in practice, than the peacekeeping role of the United Nations. This is painfully clear in a new memoir by Kofi Annan, its former secretary-general. The latest failure...Tags: Bashar Assad, Iran, Somalia, Madeleine Albright, Vladimir Putin
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Syrian forces carried out war crimes, U.N. panel finds
World NowSyrian government forces and allied militias have waged a brutal campaign of murder, torture, rape and blanket attacks on Syrian civilians amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, a United Nations expert panel said.... -
Annan singles out Syrian government after Treimseh killings
World NowA day after opposition activists reported mass killings in the village of Treimseh, United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan condemned government troops for using heavy weaponry in the town, in blatant violation of the peace plan he brokered months ago.... -
Top Syrian Officials Killed, Major Blow To al-Assad's Regime
KTLA NewsA deadly attack on top Syrian officials Wednesday delivered the harshest blow yet to President Bashar al-Assad's regime, bringing the bloodshed into his inner circle, and even his family. Four top officials were killed in an explosion at a national...Tags: Bashar Assad, Leon Panetta, Al-Qaeda, Vladimir Putin, Russia
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U.N. Security Council reportedly delays Syria vote after blast
World NowThe U.N. Security Council has reportedly delayed a vote on a new Syria resolution in the wake of a bombing in the Syrian capital, Damascus, that killed at least two members of the defense leadership.... -
Russian diplomat says Assad willing to step down in 'civilized way'
World NowRussia's ambassador to France says that Syrian President Bashar Assad is ready to step down but only in a "civilized" manner. The diplomat tells French radio that Assad "accepts he has to go," an assertion immediately denied by Syrian state media.... -
U.N.'s troubled Syria observer mission gets a reprieve, for now
World NowThe United Nations observer mission in Syria was launched 10 weeks ago with high hopes and lofty intentions, featuring a contingent of unarmed personnel from more than 50 nations responsible for monitoring compliance with a cease fire that initially... -
European Union widens sanctions against Syria
World NowThe European Union adds more Syrian individuals and organizations to its sanctions list and beefs up enforcement of its arms embargo. EU countries will now stop and search any ship or aircraft in their ports, airports or territorial waters if there is... -
Sources: Obama Authorized Secret Support for Syrian Rebels
CNNWASHINGTON, DC -- President Barack Obama has signed a covert directive authorizing U.S. support for Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces, U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday. The secret order, referred to as an intelligence...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Civil Rights, Francois Hollande, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Turkey
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Kofi Annan to step down as special envoy to Syria
World NowKofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary-general who has been the point man for a failing international peace plan for strife-torn Syria, is quitting as special envoy to Syria as of Aug. 31, news agencies said Thursday.... -
U.S. hikes humanitarian aid for Syria amid urgent need for food
World NowAs the number of people fleeing from Syria surges, the United States announced Thursday it would hike its humanitarian aid to the embattled country, chipping in another $12 million to provide food, water, medicine and other necessities for the battered...
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