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Syrian forces fire on funeral in Damascus, kill 1 (AP)

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun speaks to the media in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012.  Jun said China was 'extremely concerned' about the escalation of the crisis in Syria. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)AP – Syrian security forces fired live rounds and tear gas at thousands of people marching Saturday in a funeral procession that turned into a protest in Damascus, killing at least one person, activists said. It was one of the largest demonstrations in the capital since the 11-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad began.


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Syrian forces fire on funeral process in Damascus (AP)

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun speaks to the media in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012.  Jun said China was 'extremely concerned' about the escalation of the crisis in Syria. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)AP – Syrian security forces fired live rounds and tear gas at thousands of people marching Saturday in a funeral procession that turned into a protest in Damascus, activists said. It was one of the largest demonstrations in the capital since the 11-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad began.


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ABC News, Univision may combine forces

ABC News and Univision are in talks to create a new all-news channel that would compete with the established powerhouses of CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, according to multiple reports Monday.

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Activists: Syrian forces bombard restive city (AP)

Syrians stand near the body of a man local residents say was an activist who was tortured to death by the Syrian government and dumped by the side of the road in Idlib, northern Syria, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. The commander of rebel Syrian soldiers said Sunday there is no choice but to use military force to drive President Bashar Assad's regime from power as fears mounted that government troops will escalate their deadly crackdown on dissent after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution aimed at resolving the crisis. (AP Photo)AP – Government forces shelled the central Syrian city of Homs on Monday, striking a makeshift medical clinic and residential areas and killing at least 17 people in the third day of a new assault on the epicenter of the country’s uprising, activists said.


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HRW says Syrian forces target children (AP)

In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, an anti-Syrian regime protester, holds a poster in Arabic that reads, 'to the Syrian freedom soldiers, our hearts are bases for you,' as he walks during a demonstration in Idlib Province, north Syria. Russia's deputy defense minister says Moscow will not stop arms sales to Syria. Russian state news agencies quoted Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov on Thursday as saying Russia is not violating any international obligations. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOAP – Syrian forces have detained and tortured children as young as 13 as the government tries to crush an uprising that began nearly 11 months ago, Human Rights Watch said Friday as fresh clashes erupted between regime troops and rebels in the country’s south.


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Panetta: US ground forces would be cut by 100,000 (AP)

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta outlines the main areas of proposed spending cuts during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, Jan., 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP – Pentagon leaders outlined a plan Thursday for absorbing $487 billion in defense cuts over the coming decade by shrinking U.S. ground forces, slowing the purchase of a next-generation stealth fighter and retiring older planes and ships.


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Analysis: Gingrich forces GOP into grueling debate (AP)

Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich arrives with his wife Callista during a South Carolina Republican presidential primary night rally,  Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich took a giant step Saturday toward becoming the Republican alternative to Mitt Romney that tea partyers and social conservatives have been seeking for months.


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