Posts Tagged ‘violence’

Assad’s military unleashes more brutal violence on Syrian city of Homs

Syrian strongman Bashar Assad unleashed his most furious attack yet Wednesday on the rebellious city of Homs — a brutal bombardment that left dozens dead.

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US searches for strategy to halt Syria violence (AP)

Members of the Free Syrian Army train outside Idlib, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo)AP – The United States appears to be out of answers on what to do with Syria.


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Russian FM in Syria amid escalating violence (AP)

A member of the Free Syrian Army stands guard as anti-Syrian regime protesters hold a demonstration in Idlib, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a dramatic escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power, just days after diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to end the crisis collapsed. (AP Photo)AP – Thousands of Syrians waving Russian flags cheered Russia’s foreign minister as he arrived in Damascus Tuesday for talks with embattled President Bashar Assad on the country’s escalating violence.


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American embassy in Damascus may close amid persisting violence 

The State Department said Friday it “may have no choice” but to close the U.S. embassy in Damascus and remove all US personnel from the country wracked by a 10-month revolt against the regime of President Bashar Assad unless Assad’s government takes extra steps to protect the mission.

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History of Violence: Giants vs. 49ers classics

Bart Oates had been on one side of one of the biggest rivalries in the NFL and he wasn’t going to cross over without a little initiation from his former foes and new teammates.

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UN chief says Syrian president must stop violence (AP)

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, speaks during the opening session of a conference on democracy in the Arab world, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Jan. 15, 2012. Ban demanded Sunday that Syria's president stop killing his own people, and said the 'old order' of one-man rule and family dynasties is over in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP – The U.N. chief demanded Sunday that Syria’s president stop killing his own people and said the “old order” of one-man rule and family dynasties is over in the Middle East on a day when activists said 27 people died.


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At least 61 dead in northeast Nigeria violence (AP)

AP – At least 61 people have been killed during several days of fighting in northeast Nigeria between security forces and a radical Muslim sect responsible for a series of increasingly bloody attacks in Africa’s most populous nation, authorities said Saturday.

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