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Syria defiantly denies killings, U.N. condemns attack
Syria on Sunday strongly denied allegations that its forces killed scores of people — including women and children — in one of the deadliest days of the country’s uprising, but the U.N. Security Council after an emergency session...
Tags: Bashar Assad, Russia, Massacres, Activism, Murder
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Syrian diplomats around the world are expelled
Associated PressGovernments around the world expelled Syrian ambassadors and diplomats Tuesday, an unusual, coordinated blow to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime following a gruesome massacre that the United Nations said involved close-range shootings of...Tags: Vladimir Putin, United Kingdom, U.S. Department of State, Valero LP, Government
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U.N.'s Assad: Syrian acceptance of peace plan a key first step
Associated PressU.N. envoy Kofi Annan said Tuesday he has received the backing of both Syria and China for his plan for a negotiated end to the bloody Syrian conflict. Annan believes Syria’s acceptance of the peace plan is an important first step which now needs...Tags: Istanbul (Turkey), Syria, Government, Russia, Turkey
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A season for peace and nonviolence
It began 12 years ago as a grass-roots movement. Events were created to help educate the public in nonviolent ways of communicating and connecting. Most of the public had never heard of the practice of nonviolence, but as soon as Gandhi or Martin...Tags: Human Interest, Elections, Martin Luther King Jr., United Nations, Al Gore
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U.S. and Russia to seek Syria peace talks
MOSCOW — The United States and Russia agreed Tuesday to try to bring together the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad and the opposition for peace talks, signaling a potential breakthrough in long-stalled diplomatic efforts to end a bloody...Tags: Peace Negotiations, Hillary Clinton, Bashar Assad, Barack Obama, Government
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BACKHOE-ATM ROBBERY Police: 3 tried to steal Md. ATM with backhoe POTOMAC, Md. (AP) — Police in Montgomery County are looking for three people who they say tried to remove an ATM machine from a Potomac bank using a backhoe. Police say the thieves...Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Delaware State University, Barack Obama, Judaism, Democratic Party
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Dalai Lama to speak to sold-out crowd of 15,000 at University of Maryland's peace lecture
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The Dalai Lama will deliver a lecture to a sold-out crowd of 15,000 at the University of Maryland in College Park. The university says the Tibetan spiritual leader will speak Tuesday. He will deliver the annual Sadat...Tags: Education, Nelson Mandela, Dalai Lama, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Comcast Center (arena)
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U.N. names veteran envoy to 'impossible mission' in Syria
World NowThe United Nations named veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi to the daunting task of trying to bring peace to war-torn Syria, with the French chairman of the Security Council conceding that the envoy was being sent on an "impossible mission."... -
Syrian government agrees to temporary cease-fire
World NowResponding to international peace efforts, Syria said Thursday its forces would observe a cease-fire from Friday to Monday, the period of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.... -
Syria clashes persist despite holiday truce
World NowBEIRUT -– Despite the beginning of a cease-fire Friday in observance of the Eid Al-Adha holiday, there have been reports of clashes in northern Syria and shelling in various parts of the country. Three people were killed in the Damascus suburb of... -
Syrian regime, rebels agree to cease-fire for holiday, envoy says
World NowThe government of Syrian President Bashar Assad has agreed to a cease-fire for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha, international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said.... -
Syria peace envoy Brahimi to Assad: Time for change, not reform
World NowLakhdar Brahimi, the new international envoy responsible for seeking peace in war-ravaged Syria, said he had given President Bashar Assad a pointed message: Reform alone won't resolve the crisis....
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