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Analysis: Syria's savagery will thwart reconciliation
ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian soldiers slowly stab a man to death, puncturing his back dozens of times. A rebel commander bites an organ ripped out of an enemy combatant. A young boy hacks the head off a prisoner. A soldier mutilates the genitals of a corpse....Tags: Human Rights, United Nations, Rebellions, Russia, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Syrian rebels unite to retake strategic town near Damascus
ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front have counter-attacked east of Damascus to retake a town that served as a conduit for arms from Jordan into the capital before it was seized by government forces last month, rebel...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Television Industry, Religious Conflicts, Bashar Assad
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Hundreds of armed groups hold swathes of north Syria -ICRC
Reuters* Signs government consolidating hold on Damascus * Roadblocks holding up aid, travel * Rare independent assessment of situation on ground By Tom Miles GENEVA, May 13 (Reuters) - Syria's rebels are fragmented into hundreds of armed groups who...Tags: American Red Cross, Wars and Interventions, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Rebellions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Syria blames 'murderer' Erdogan for bombings: Russian TV
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Syria's information minister has blamed Turkey's government for deadly car bombings near the Syrian border and branded Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan a "murderer", state-run Russian TV company RT reported on Monday. The bombings took...Tags: Barack Obama, David Cameron, Russia, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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WRAPUP 1-Turkey says world must act against Syria after bombings
Reuters* Turkey blames group linked to Syria for twin car bombs * Syria denies involvement * Tension in Reyhanli, death toll at 46 * Syrian opposition to consider joining conference By Jonathon Burch REYHANLI, Turkey, May 12 (Reuters) - Turkey accused a...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Government, Religious Conflicts, Bashar Assad
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Political rally in Italy to protest Berlusconi's tax fraud conviction draws cheers and jeers
Associated PressROME (AP) — Thousands of supporters of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi rallied in a northern Italian city Saturday to protest the media mogul's recent conviction by a Milan appeals court for tax fraud, cheering their hero as police in riot gear...Tags: Criminals, Entertainment, Italy, Trials, Enrico Letta
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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: Human Rights, Barack Obama, Justice and Rights, White House, Rebellions
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Egyptian Cabinet shuffle strengthens Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO -- President Mohamed Morsi reshuffled his Cabinet on Tuesday, strengthening the Muslim Brotherhood’s hold on power and angering the opposition amid Egypt’s economic turmoil and political unrest. The naming of nine new ministers...
Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Cairo (Egypt), Government, Egypt
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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: Barack Obama, Rebellions, Russia, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Thousands in Russia demand new elections, release of prisoners
This post has been corrected. See bottom for details. MOSCOW — In the biggest show of opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin since last May, thousands of demonstrators gathered Monday near the Kremlin to demand an immediate release of...
Tags: Russia, Embezzlement, Parliament, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Activism
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Russian opposition seek to revive protests against Putin
Reuters* Opposition marks anniversary of rally that turned violent * Protests have faded since peak early last year * Putin denies repression, has tightened grip on power By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW, May 6 (Reuters) - Russian protestors unfurled a huge banner...Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Moscow (Russia), Radio Industry, Parliament
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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: Human Rights, United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Bashar Assad
May 14, 2013
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May 6, 2013
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