Posts Tagged ‘forces’
Syrian forces fire on funeral in Damascus, kill 1 (AP)
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)
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)
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)
AP – 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)
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)
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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