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Analysis: Transforming Syria's war could take more than arming rebels
ReutersWASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - - If the United States and allies genuinely want to change the course of the war in Syria, it may take considerably more than simply supplying the faltering opposition with weaponry. Western officials say they still...Tags: Israel, Weaponry, White House, Libya, Armed Conflicts
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Obama foreign policy follies befuddle right and left alike
The young Barack Obama's early enthusiasm for anti-war progressivism is well chronicled in his autobiography. Friendships with the likes of anti-war activists/bombers Bill Ayers and wife Bernardine Dohrn, poet Frank Marshall Davis, and the notorious Rev....Tags: Al-Qaeda, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Religious Conflicts, U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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FEATURE-Far from Iran election, former guerrillas lobby Washington
ReutersBy Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - For decades, an Iranian dissident group has seemed to be on the wrong side of history. Suppressed by both the Shah of Iran and then the ayatollahs who deposed him in 1979, its supporters have faced...Tags: Government, U.S. Military, Iraq War (2003-2011), George W. Bush, Politics
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DOJ, Arkansas sue Exxon over Pegasus pipeline spill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department filed a joint lawsuit with Arkansas on Thursday against oil producer Exxon Mobil Corp over the pipeline spill in March of thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude oil in a suburban neighborhood. The 95,...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Laws, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Trials, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Iraqis, Afghans who helped U.S. in wars look to Congress for resettlement
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Congress will consider legislation Friday that could ease the way for thousands of Iraqis and Afghans to resettle in the United States to escape the dangers that come with their work for the U.S. military, news outlets and nonprofit groups....Tags: Al-Qaeda, National Defense Authorization Act, Labor Legislation, Migration, Government
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US doesn't plan to take big numbers of Syrian refugees soon
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Despite the rising violence in Syria, the United States does not expect an significant influx of refugees from that country, State Department officials said Thursday. "We have brought only a handful so far, and I don't think it's going to...Tags: United Nations, Refugee, Politics, Iraq
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World watch
Brazil: The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup kicked off Saturday and will run in six cities throughout Brazil until June 30. Brazil's Ministry of Tourism estimates that the events will draw 600,000 foreign tourists and 3 million Brazilians. The soccer...
Tags: Sexual Assault, Travel Alerts, FIFA World Cup, Sports, Soccer
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ExxonMobil faces federal lawsuit over Arkansas oil spill
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and the state of Arkansas filed suit against the oil giant ExxonMobil over a March 29 pipeline rupture that spilled 210,000 gallons of oil into a residential neighborhood and waterways in the small town of...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Environmental Cleanup, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Mayflower Voyage (1620)
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Vietnamese police arrest anti-government blogger
ReutersHANOI, June 14 (Reuters) - Vietnamese police have arrested an author and blogger for posting anti-government comments online, according to authorities, the latest in a crackdown on critics of the country's Communist rulers. Pham Viet Dao, 61, was...Tags: Vietnam, Political Corruption, Government, Police Arrests, Freedom of the Press
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Former Baltimore resident named No. 2 at CIA
A former Baltimore resident and Fells Point business owner, Avril D. Haines, has been named deputy director of the CIA -- the first woman to hold the second-highest position at the agency. Haines, 43, previously worked as a White House deputy...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Fells Point, White House, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, University of Chicago
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Fugitive in 1979 Chicago slaying arrested at O'Hare
A former Chicago shopkeeper who fled the U.S. after he was charged with murdering a man who stole a can of beer from his store in 1979 was arrested Friday at O'Hare International Airport when he tried to re-enter the country to attend his grandchild's...Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Theft, Justice System, Judges, Prosecution
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Hillary Clinton, Emanuel speak at Global Initiatives conference
Tribune reporterMayor Rahm Emanuel and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave back-to-back speeches this morning to open a Clinton Global Initiative conference in Chicago that offered no new clues about whether she will run for president in 2016. In...Tags: Elections, Bill Clinton, Chicago Mayor, Hillary Clinton, Ray LaHood
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