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ANALYSIS-Despite Israeli strikes, US still wary of Syria air defenses
ReutersBy Phil Stewart and Peter Apps WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Israeli missiles breached Syria's vaunted air defense system over the weekend, but that offered little comfort to U.S. military planners weighing the risks of any intervention against President...Tags: Libya, Defense, Aircraft Carriers, Washington, DC, Military Equipment
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Syria's sectarian civil war endangering Shi'ite shrines
Reuters* Iran denounces reported desecration of Damascus-area shrine * Says attack could trigger wider sectarian conflagration * Radical Sunni rebels targeting "pagan" Shi'ite holy sites * Hezbollah warns of big consequences if Shi'ite mausoleum hit May 8...Tags: Human Rights Watch, Tehran (Iran), Religious Conflicts, Iran, Bashar Assad
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WRAPUP 5-U.S., Russia seek new Syria peace talks; rebels sceptical
Reuters(Adds EU arms ban moves, Internet outage ends, edits) * US, Russia bury differences to push for Syria peace talks * Not clear warring parties will readily agree to negotiate * Threat of conflict spilling over has alarmed world powers * Kerry says...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Iran, Al-Qaeda, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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South Sudan rebels force army from eastern base and town
Reuters* Rebels, army clash in South Sudan's east * Unrest has hampered plans for oil exploration By Hereward Holland JUBA, May 8 (Reuters) - South Sudanese rebels have seized a military base and town after clashing with the army in the east, in an escalation...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Sudan, United Nations
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In Pakistan's Baluchistan, death squads and rebels overshadow vote
Reuters* Nationalist party seeks end to "death squads" * Decision to contest polls angers insurgents * Sectarian groups attack candidates By Katharine Houreld QUETTA, Pakistan, May 8 (Reuters) - Naimatullah Gichki prays his party can win Saturday's...Tags: Human Rights Watch, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Iran, Organized Crime
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WRAPUP 3-U.S., Russia push for rapid talks to end Syria carnage
Reuters* US, Russia bury differences to push for Syria peace talks * Not clear warring parties will readily agree to negotiate * Threat of conflict spilling over has alarmed world powers * Kerry says without deal Syria could simply break apart By Arshad...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Iran, Vladimir Putin, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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WRAPUP 4-U.S., Russia seek new Syria peace talks; rebels sceptical
Reuters(Adds further Syrian opposition comment) * US, Russia bury differences to push for Syria peace talks * Not clear warring parties will readily agree to negotiate * Threat of conflict spilling over has alarmed world powers * Kerry says without deal...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Iran, Al-Qaeda, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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U.S. turns over troubled dam project to Afghanistan
KAJAKI, Afghanistan — After struggling for more than a decade to upgrade a huge hydroelectric plant in a volatile region that saw heavy American losses in fighting with the Taliban, the United States is trying a new approach: Let the Afghans take...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, Renewable Energy, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Manufacturing and Engineering, Stanley A. McChrystal
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Syrian opposition says 42 soldiers killed in airstrikes
BEIRUT — A Syrian opposition group said Monday that more than 42 soldiers were killed and 100 others remained unaccounted for in reported Israeli airstrikes Sunday outside Damascus, providing the first unofficial accounting of casualties in attacks...
Tags: Military Equipment, Israel, Armed Conflicts, Armed Forces, Government
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WRAPUP 1-US, Russia push for rapid talks to end Syria carnage
Reuters* US, Russia bury differences to push for Syria peace talks * Not clear warring parties will readily agree to negotiate * Threat of conflict spilling over has alarmed world powers * Kerry says without deal Syria could simply break apart By Thomas...Tags: Iran, Vladimir Putin, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), John Kerry, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011)
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Obama's red line on Syria gets squiggly
The hawks are squawking. Congressional conservatives and the right-wing media are blasting President Barack Obama for going soft on the Syrians. The president insists there is a "game-changing" red line the Syrian government will have crossed if it is...
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Bashar Assad, Entertainment Events
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Israeli attack exposes Assad's air defence weakness - rebels
Reuters* Israelis hit air defences overlooking Damascus * Anti-aircraft defences "could not do anything" - rebel * Elite Assad troops take heavy casualties - opposition By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, May 7 (Reuters) - It was too late when air raid sirens...Tags: Israel, Government, Armed Conflicts, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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