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Syrian regime troops score gains, push into strategic rebel-held town near Lebanon
Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the...Tags: Government, John Kerry, Elections, Ban Ki-moon, Rebellions
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Fears grow of clash between Israel and Syria
JERUSALEM — Fears about a possible escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday amid renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria's warnings of retaliation. After decades of relative calm along the two nations&...
Tags: Government, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Manufacturing and Engineering, Weaponry, Israel
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For Berenice Bejo and Tahar Rahim, Cannes success leads to careers without borders
Associated PressCANNES, France (AP) — The magic and glamour of Cannes can be hard to spot on a day when rain is lashing the palm trees, roiling the gray Mediterranean and pooling in puddles along the Croisette. But the world's leading film festival can transform...Tags: Christoph Waltz, Academy Awards, Entertainment, The Eagle (movie), Nuclear Power
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Syrian soldiers warned daily of sectarian dangers, defectors say
MARAAT NUMAN, Syria — Each morning, after saluting the Syrian flag and before the warplanes take off, soldiers at army bases across Syria are given political orientation. During the lectures, conscripts and career officers alike are repeatedly...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Rebellions, Free Syrian Army, Armed Forces, Science and Technology
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Women can't be president in Iran, senior cleric says
TEHRAN — Iran’s next president will not be a woman. No surprise there, but a senior religious figure, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, made it official in comments Wednesday to a group of clerics and theology students, according to the conservative...
Tags: Pakistan, Feminism, Elections, Religion and Belief, Saudi Arabia
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U.S. announces new sanctions against Syria
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions against the Syrian government Thursday, blacklisting four senior officials, a private television station that it said had colluded with Syrian authorities and an airline it accused of...
Tags: U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Television Industry, White House
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US, Turkey project united front on Syria, keeping differences behind closed doors
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark differences about how much the U.S. should intervene behind closed doors as they looked to Russia...Tags: Barack Obama, Government, John Kerry, U.S. Department of State, Al-Qaeda
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Obama says U.S. won't act alone on Syria
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday ruled out unilateral U.S. military action in Syria even if proof emerges that Syrian forces have used lethal chemical weapons. "This is … an international problem," Obama said at a White House news...
Tags: Barack Obama, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Government, Turkey, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Iran delays presidential election lineup
TEHRAN — Iranians must wait until next week to find out who will be on the ballot in next month's presidential election, a key electoral panel said Thursday, as it continued to mull the fate of two prospective candidates who have shaken up the race....Tags: Elections, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Politics, Tehran (Iran)
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Newseum wrong to honor propagandists
A museum of journalism in Washington, D.C., the Newseum plans to honor and include in the institution's Journalists' Memorial Mahmoud Al-Kumi and Hussam Salama. Both worked for Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV. Also, Basel Tawfiq Youssef of Syrian State TV and Maya...Tags: Hamas, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bashar Assad, Washington, DC, Timonium
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Obama administration to tighten pressure on Iran, aide says
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would add more sanctions on Iran in an effort to dissuade Tehran from continuing its nuclear program, but stopped short of backing tough new penalties that lawmakers are considering....
Tags: Elections, John Kerry, Bob Menendez, Politics, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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