Posts Tagged ‘closes’
US closes Syrian embassy as diplomacy collapses (AP)
AP – The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus Monday in a dramatic new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power as diplomatic efforts to resolve one of the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring collapsed.
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US closes embassy in Syria capital (AP)
AP – The U.S. closed its embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday in a dramatic escalation of pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power, just days after diplomatic efforts to end nearly 11 months of bloodshed collapsed at the United Nations.
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Stock market closes out its best week since 2009 (AP)
AP – An early rally fizzled on the stock market Friday but still left the Standard & Poor’s 500 index up 7.4 percent for the week, its biggest gain since March 2009.
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Storm closes hundreds of schools across Northeast (AP)
AP – Hundreds of schools across the Northeast were closed Monday after an unseasonably early storm dumped up to 30 inches of heavy, wet snow that snapped power lines and left utilities struggling to restore service to millions of customers.
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Coast Guard closes part of Mississippi River (AP)
AP – The Coast Guard closed the swollen Mississippi River north of New Orleans on Tuesday, halting cargo vessels on the nation’s busiest waterway in the latest effort to reduce pressure from rising floodwaters.
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Coast Guard closes stretch of Mississippi (AP)
AP – The Coast Guard closed a stretch of the swollen Mississippi to barge traffic Friday in a move that could cause a backup along the mighty river, while police farther south in Memphis went door to door, warning thousands of people to leave before they get swamped.
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