 Insurgent attacks across Iraq kill at least 24
BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgent attacks across Iraq, including a suicide bombing targeting a Shiite wedding party, killed at least 24 people Thursday, authorities said. Attacks have been on the rise in Iraq... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) Chicago Sun-Times
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 Obama's thick red line on Syria
A year ago President Barack Obama gave a speech saying that if the Assad regime used chemical weapons, that would cross a red line and change his calculations. Has that red line now been crossed? The... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) BBC News
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 Ancient Harbor's Massive Fortifications Found On Israeli Coast, Scientists Say
Archaeologists say they have discovered massive fortifications on the coast of Israel that may have protected an Assyrian artificial harbor during the Iron Age more than 2,700 years ago. Researchers... (photo: WN / Marzena J.) Huffington Post
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 A 'Liberated' Democracy to Die For
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Even democracies need liberated, that is, to be truly set free from traditional constraints and socially engineered mindsets steeped in years of... (photo: AP / Grace Kassab) WorldNews.com
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 Syria: Call For 'Force' If Chemicals Proven
France is seeking a reaction with "force" if a massacre in Syria involving chemical weapons is confirmed, its foreign minister has said. "If it is proven, France's position is that there must... (photo: AP / Local Committee of Arbeen) Skynews
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 House arrest for ex-leader Mubarak
The announcement came hours after a court ordered Mubarak be released for the first time since he was first detained in April 2011, a move threatening to further stoke tension in a deeply divided... (photo: AP) London Evening Standard
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 Syria: UN Security Council wants 'clarity' over alleged chemical attack
The UN Security Council has said it was necessary to clarify an alleged chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of Damascus on Wednesday but stopped short of explicitly demanding a UN investigation... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas) The Daily Telegraph
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 Mistrust between U.S., Syrian rebels hinders military aid
August 21, 2013 -- Updated 1722 GMT (0122 HKT) Washington (CNN) -- The Obama administration is likely to come under new pressure to take more decisive steps in Syria following opposition claims that... (photo: AP / Media Office Of Douma City) CNN
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 Mubarak, Egypt's 'Pharaoh', ordered freed from jail
CAIRO (Reuters) - When President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in a 2011 revolt and later jailed, Egyptians who rose up against him hoped he would be a convict for life, or executed. However, an Egyptian... (photo: AP / Mohammed al-Law) Baltimore Sun
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 UK to urge UN on Syria 'gas attack'
Britain will press the United Nations to act after reports that hundreds of people have been killed in chemical and air strikes in Syria, William Hague has said. Estimates of death tolls vary widely,... (photo: AP / Raad Adayleh) Belfast Telegraph
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