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Greater Syria Meets Greater U.S.
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27 Aug 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling It was only a matter of time before Greater Syria came into conflict with Greater U.S. Bordering Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Iraq and Lebanon, Greater United States has for some time now wanted to expand its reach into Syria, as it already has into Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan and Libya. With...

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Columns of smoke rising from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood in west Damascus, in Cairo, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013.
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1967 Arab-Israeli War - part 1/6
updated 19 Aug 2013; published 07 Apr 2013
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New Arabic Dabke Music: Best 2013 Dabke Mix (Lebanese Palestinian Syrian)
updated 19 Aug 2013; published 01 Nov 2008
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1967 Arab-Israeli War - part 6/6
updated 15 Aug 2013; published 31 Oct 2008
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1967 Arab-Israeli War - part 2/6
updated 16 Aug 2013; published 15 Nov 2011
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SYRIA IN OTTOMAN TIME (سوريا في العهد العثماني) Osmanlı Suriyesi
updated 10 Aug 2013; published 19 Jun 2013
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RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, AND 19 ARAB/FOREIGN NATIONS ARE ABOUT TO WAGE WAR AGAINST ISRAEL
NSA spying row deepens after UN and EU hacking allegations
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
27 Aug 2013

The UN has not commented directly on allegations that the US National Security Agency had hacked into the internal communications of both it and the EU. Related Articles The German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Sunday that documents it obtained from Edward Snowden show the NSA secretly monitored the UN's internal video conferencing system by...

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File - As part of its day-long thematic debate on social inequality, the General Assembly held a panel discussion on “Reducing inequality: Perspectives from Civil Society”, 9 July, 2013.
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas

updated 15 Aug 2013; published 02 Jul 2013
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President Obama Tries To Limit Damage Spying Reports
updated 18 Jun 2013; published 17 Jun 2013
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Spying on guests allegations embarrassing UK
updated 10 Aug 2013; published 30 Jun 2013
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NSA bugged Brussels US spy story hits the EU
updated 01 Jul 2013; published 01 Jul 2013
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Tensions Between US and EU Threaten Trade Deal
updated 01 Jul 2013; published 01 Jul 2013
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John Kerry Responds To EU Spying Allegations
updated 29 Jul 2013; published 08 Jul 2013
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SPIES, LIES & MONEY; EU & US line up HUGE TRADE DEAL amid ESPIONAGE SCANDAL
Russia’s warning falls on deaf ears as Britain and US prepare to bomb
Full Article The Independent
27 Aug 2013

Russia warned Britain and America yesterday that they would be in “grave violation of international law” if they carried out air strikes against the Syrian regime without the approval of the United Nations. Amid growing concern at home and abroad about the legitimacy and wisdom of the UK participating in an attack on the Assad regime without UN...

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File - Russian President Vladimir Putin watched the final phase of large-scale military exercises involving Eastern and Central Military District forces at the Tsugol test ground, 17 July, 2013.
photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office

updated 19 Jun 2012; published 19 Jun 2012
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Russia : Britain stops ship carrying Russian attack helicopters to Syria (Jun 19, 2012)
updated 07 Apr 2013; published 07 Apr 2013
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Great Britain defeat Russia in Davis Cup - Dan Evans match point against Evgeny Donskoy
updated 06 Apr 2013; published 06 Apr 2013
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James Ward v Evgeny Donskoy - Great Britain v Russia Davis Cup
updated 20 Dec 2011; published 20 Dec 2011
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Empire Total War Online Battle Britain vs Russia
updated 07 Apr 2013; published 07 Apr 2013
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Great Britain v Russia Davis Cup Highlights Day Two - Doubles
updated 09 Feb 2012; published 09 Feb 2012
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Men's WFCQ 2012 - Europe III: Great Britain - Russia (0:7; 0:11: 0:7)
US gave Iraq intel in 1980s, ignored chemical attacks
Full Article Denver Post
26 Aug 2013

Photograph and cameraman take pictures on March 20, 1988 of a Kurdish father holding his baby in his arms in Halabja, northeastern Iraq. Both were killed in an Iraqi chemical attack on the city. (IRNA/AFP/Getty Images) The United States provided Iraq with intelligence on preparations for an Iranian offensive during the Iran-Iraq war even though it...

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File - Bodies of Iranian Baseeje volunteer soldiers, are seen near the town of Halabja, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad, March 31, 1988. They were protesting against the chemical bomb attack on the town.
photo: AP / Greg English

updated 04 Dec 2012; published 04 Dec 2012
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BBC News -Kurdish Genocide - Halabja chemical weapons A chance to find the men who armed Saddam
updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
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CIA is Involved in a Gas Attack in Iran
updated 06 Apr 2013; published 05 Mar 2008
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Ahmadinejad's visit to Iraq
updated 25 Jun 2013; published 15 Jun 2013
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GGN: Iran Doesn't Care What US Thinks, Obama Africa Trip Cost $100M, More of Gaddafi $ Looted
updated 16 Jun 2013; published 03 Mar 2013
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Iran - Iraq War 1980 − 1988 (full)
updated 08 Jul 2013; published 20 Jan 2012
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Killing IRAQ قتل العراق Bombs on Baghdad
Russia: No Proof Syria Govt Behind Chemical Strike
Full Article The New York Times
26 Aug 2013

MOSCOW — Western nations that are calling for military action against Syria have no proof the Syrian government is behind the alleged chemical weapons attack, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors France,...

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Friday, March 26, 2010
photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev

updated 24 Aug 2013; published 24 Aug 2013
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August 26 2013 Breaking News USA British and French forces are preparing military strikes in Syria
updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
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US has no proof that Syria govt used chemical weapons Russia - Press TV
updated 27 Aug 2013; published 27 Aug 2013
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Russia: No proof Syrian regime behind chemical strike
updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
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Leaked Documents: U.S. Framed Syria in Chemical Weapons Attack
updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
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U.S. STAGED CHEMICAL ATTACKS IN SYRIA?
updated 21 Mar 2013; published 21 Mar 2013
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NEW NEWS : No proof that Syria used chemical arms
Fukushima operator to seek foreign advice on toxic water
Full Article Swissinfo
26 Aug 2013

Reuters August 26, 2013 - 12:06 By Antoni Slodkowski HIRONO, Japan (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, said it would invite foreign decommissioning experts to advise it on how to deal with highly radioactive water leaking from the site, and Japan signalled it may dip into a $3.6 billion...

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File - A worker checks radiations on the window of a bus at the screening point of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant at Okuma in Fukushima prefecture Wednesday, June 12, 2013.
photo: AP / Toshifumi Kitamura

updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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Fukushima leak: Japan 'working to prevent serious or fatal accident'
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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Japan upgrades Fukushima leak danger level
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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Fukushima Toxic Leak Alert Set To Be Hiked
updated 06 Aug 2013; published 06 Aug 2013
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Worse Than Expected: Fukushima Struggles To Contain Radiation Update
updated 12 Aug 2013; published 12 Aug 2013
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Fukushima: JP Gov't Creates More Agencies To Implement TEPCO's Decisions
updated 12 Jul 2013; published 12 Jul 2013
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Fukushima Rad News 7/11/13: "2013 Election: Nuclear Protest Fade"; Ibaraki Fish & High Cesium Levels
Bo Xilai trial: China prosecutors in 'no leniency' call as trial ends
Full Article Joy Online
26 Aug 2013

Prosecutors said no leniency should be shown as the trial of former top Chinese politician Bo Xilai ended. Mr Bo's crimes were serious and he had not shown remorse, the prosecution said, so leniency was not called for. Bo Xilai, meanwhile, continued to deny charges against him and said his police chief tried to defect because he was in love with...

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In this photo released by the Jinan Intermediate People's Court, former Politburo member and party leader of the megacity of Chongqing Bo Xilai, in the defendant seat listens to a testimony by former Chongqing city police chief Wang Lijun, unseen, at Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan in eastern China's Shandong province, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013.
photo: AP / Jinan Intermediate People's Court

updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
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BBC News Bo Xilai Prosecutors call for 'no leniency' as trial ends
updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
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The Trial Of Bo Xilai Is Ending
updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
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Trial of Bo Xilai ends in China
updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
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BBC News - Bo Xilai trial: Prosecution and defence give closing statements
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Trial of Bo Xilai scandal Timeline Prozessbeginn gegen den Chinesischen Ex-Spitzenpolitiker
updated 23 Aug 2013; published 23 Aug 2013
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Organ Trafficking In China: Will Bo Xilai Be The Fall Guy?
Karzai arrives in Pakistan for talks
Full Article Al Jazeera
26 Aug 2013

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has arrived in Islamabad for talks with the Pakistani officials on restarting peace process with the Taliban. It will be Karzai's first meeting with Nawaz Sharif, who took office...

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug, 24, 2013.
photo: AP / Ahmad Jamshid

updated 17 Feb 2012; published 17 Feb 2012
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Karzai In Pakistan For Challenging Summit Said: "ISI Playing the Waiting Game"
updated 26 Feb 2012; published 26 Feb 2012
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Pakistan urges Taliban to Afghan peace talks
updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
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Karzai arrives in Pakistan for talks
updated 27 Aug 2013; published 27 Aug 2013
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TOLOnews 26 August 2013 KANKASH / کنکاش ۲۶ آگست ۲۰۱۳
updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
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Pakistan to help Afghan reconciliation efforts with Talaban
updated 17 Feb 2012; published 17 Feb 2012
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Afghan leader asks for Pakistani help in peace bid
California wildfire rages in Yosemite Park
Full Article France24
26 Aug 2013

Hundreds of firefighters were deployed Sunday to protect mountain communities in the path of a massive fire raging north of the Yosemite National Park in California, as fierce winds saw flames jump from treetop to treetop. By News Wires (text) A colossal wildfire raging across the western edge of Yosemite National Park swept further into the...

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Firefighter A.J. Tevis watches the flames of the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013.
photo: AP / Jae C. Hong

updated 24 Aug 2013; published 24 Aug 2013
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Scorched Earth : Raging fast moving Wildfire spreads into Yosemite National Park (Aug 23, 2013)
updated 24 Aug 2013; published 24 Aug 2013
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Raw:Huge wildfire spreads to Yosemite
updated 25 Aug 2013; published 25 Aug 2013
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California wildfire edges in on Yosemite National Park
updated 23 Aug 2013; published 23 Aug 2013
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Raw: Massive 'Rim' Fires Rage Near Yosemite
updated 24 Aug 2013; published 24 Aug 2013
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California governor declares state of emergency as wildfire rages
updated 23 Aug 2013; published 23 Aug 2013
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Extreme Weather Yosemite Wildfire Triples in Size, Endangers San Francisco
Syria agrees to UN chemical weapons investigation
Full Article New Straits/Business Times
26 Aug 2013

DAMASCUS, Syria: Syria agreed Sunday to a U.N. investigation into last week's alleged chemical weapons attack outside Damascus - a deal a senior White House official dismissed as "too late to be credible," saying the United States has "very little doubt" President Bashar Assad's forces used such weapons. The hardening of the U.S. position came as...

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Syria agrees to UN chemical weapons investigation.
photo: AP / Samer Husseini

updated 23 Aug 2013; published 23 Aug 2013
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Syria War: President Obama on Syria Chemical Attack "big event of grave concern"
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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Calls for action over Syria attacks NEW
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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[WARNING GRAPHIC] Syrian Rebels 1,300 Killed with Chemical Weapons | Gas Attack in Syria
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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Syrian Rebels: '1,300 Killed in Gas Attack' | 'Chemical Weapons Attack' in Syria
updated 23 Aug 2013; published 23 Aug 2013
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Obama's Syrian options
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
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Syria ready for UN to investigate chemical arms

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LONDON (Reuters) - Any strike by the United States and its allies on Syria will probably aim to teach President Bashar al-Assad - and Iran - a lesson on the risks of...
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CIA Director-nominee Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, John Brennan, second from left, shakes hands with the president's choice for Defense Secretary, former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, second from right, as the president, center, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, where he made to announcement. At left is Acting CIA Director Michael Morell, at right is current Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
United States Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says American forces are now prepared for any action ordered by President Barack Obama to strike at the Syrian regime. Speaking to the BBC during a visit to Brunei, Mr Hagel said: "We are ready to...
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Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, about the situation in Syria.
Secretary of State John Kerry says there is "undeniable" evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria, with intelligence strongly pointing to Bashar Assad's government, and "this international norm cannot be violated without...
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Palestinian mourners carry the body of one of three slain Palestinian during their funeral procession, at the Qalandia refugee camp, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013.
JERUSALEM — Palestinians warned Monday that newly restarted peace talks could be derailed after a deadly clash between Palestinian refugees and Israeli security forces. Three Palestinians were shot and killed at the Kalandia refugee camp near...
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to U.S. Embassy staff in Doha, Qatar
SYRIA: The stock market sagged Monday after the Obama administration ratcheted up pressure against Syria. Secretary of State John Kerry said there was "undeniable" evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria last week, and suggested...
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010
The stock market sagged Monday after the Obama administration ratcheted up pressure against Syria. Secretary of State John Kerry said there was "undeniable" evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria last week, and suggested the...
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FILE -- In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech at an Iftar dinner with political and religious figures in Damascus, Syria. A U.N. team that is supposed to investigate an alleged deadly chemical attack near the Syrian capital Damascus last week left their hotel Monday, as President Bashar Assad denied his troops used chemical weapons during the fighting in the rebel-held suburb. Assad told Russia's Izvestia daily, in an interview published Monday, that the accusations that his troops used chemicals were responsible were "politically motivated."
As war rhetoric escalates, Syria’s President, Bashar Al-Assad has mounted a robust counterattack — rejecting that his forces used chemical weapons and warning that the U.S. will suffer a historic defeat in case it launches a military...
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	Even as U.S. hands over fight to Afghans, some troops still take fire
COMBAT OUTPOST WILDERNESS, Afghanistan — For weeks, the fierce duel playing out in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan between U.S. and insurgent artillery crews had been decidedly one-sided – deadly only for the Taliban. With better...
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