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    May 14, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Iraq still operating secret torture site, rights group says

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    A clandestine jail and alleged torture site under the control of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki continues to operate more than a year after the government ordered it shut down, Human Rights Watch claims in a report being released Tuesday....
    2. May 8, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Red Cross pleads for $27 million more for Syria crisis

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    Hoping to triple its budget to help the wounded and needy in Syria, the International Committee of the Red Cross is pleading for nearly $27 million more to address the ongoing crisis....
    3. Feb 27, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  3. News briefs: White House grant helped pay for New York Police Dept. spying on Muslims

    <span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Nostalgia rules as &lsquo;The Artist,&rsquo; &lsquo;Hugo&rsquo; dominate safe, predictable Academy Awards</strong></span>
    Nostalgia rules as ‘The Artist,’ ‘Hugo’ dominate safe, predictable Academy Awards LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nostalgia ruled at the Oscars, with the classic film homages “The Artist” and “Hugo” dominating...

    Tags: Academy Awards, Air and Space Accidents, Michel Hazanavicius , Billy Crystal, U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy

    4. Feb 25, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. As Violence Rages, Syria Holds Referendum

    BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria holds a referendum on Sunday on a new constitution, dismissed by the opposition as a charade amid an intensifying crackdown on the 11-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
    BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria holds a referendum on Sunday on a new constitution, dismissed by the opposition as a charade amid an intensifying crackdown on the 11-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. Forces loyal to Assad took the...

    Tags: Syria, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Damascus (Syria), Unrest, Conflicts and War

    5. Feb 22, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  5. Two Western journalist including American killed as Syria shells rebel stronghold Homs

    BEIRUT (AP) &mdash; A French photojournalist and a prominent American war correspondent working for a British newspaper were killed Wednesday as Syrian forces intensely shelled the opposition stronghold of Homs.
    BEIRUT (AP) — A French photojournalist and a prominent American war correspondent working for a British newspaper were killed Wednesday as Syrian forces intensely shelled the opposition stronghold of Homs. In all, 65 people were killed nationwide...

    Tags: Health, Damascus (Syria), France, Politics, Bashar Assad

    6. Jan 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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    7. Jan 24, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. U.N. returns to Somali capital Mogadishu after 17-year absence

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    U.N. returns to Somali capital Mogadishu after 17-year absence: U.N. special envoy Augustine Mahiga marked the U.N'.s return to Mogadishu for the first time since 1995....
    8. Feb 10, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Syrian doctor: 'They look at us like we are terrorists'

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    Syria, Assad, uprising, Arab Spring, doctors: In towns bloodied by the Syrian uprising, the electricity goes out, putting medicines that need to be refrigerated at risk. Wounded people fear to go to the hospital, worrying that will be arrested or...
    9. Feb 10, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Syria violence: Who is helping the wounded?

    World Now
    There are relatively few organizations at work in Syria to help those wounded in the ongoing uprising against the government of President Bashar Assad, with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent the main humanitarian group on the ground....
    10. Feb 24, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Evacuation effort underway in Homs, Syria

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    A joint mission of the international Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent has arrived in the battered Homs, Syria, neighborhood of Baba Amr, where opposition activists say weeks of shelling have killed scores and left much of the district in ruins....
    11. Mar 6, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Turkish leader calls for immediate humanitarian corridors in Syria

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    Turkey's prime minister called Tuesday for the immediate opening of paths to provide humanitarian aid in neighboring Syria, condemning the regime for its heavy hand against protesters....
    12. Mar 7, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Aid workers enter besieged Syrian neighborhood, find it abandoned

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    After being barred from the former rebel stronghold of Baba Amr for five days, a Syrian Arab Red Crescent team entered the battered neighborhood to aid and evacuate the wounded. But by the time that the aid workers got into the neighborhood in the central...
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