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Russia Stands in the Way of U.N. Call for Assad to Step Down
UNITED NATIONS — The tensions over the forces for change erupting across the Middle East were coming to a head here on Tuesday as Arab and Western states confronted Russia over its refusal to condemn the Syrian government for its violent suppression of popular protests. In the hours leading up to the diplomatic duel in
Libyan Dictator Moammar Gadhafi Is Dead, Libya’s Prime Minister Says
Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, the most wanted man in the world, has been killed, Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said today. The flamboyant tyrant who terrorized his country and much of the world during his 42 years of despotic rule was reportedly cornered by insurgents in the town of Sirte, where Gadhafi had been born
Israel okays 1,600 settler homes for East Jerusalem
(Reuters) – Israel’s interior minister has given final approval for a plan to build 1,600 settler homes in East Jerusalem, a project whose announcement last year during a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden caused a diplomatic rift with Washington. Theofficial announcement on Thursday of the go-ahead from Interior Minister Eli Yishai could weigh
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