The Syrian conflict has its roots in mostly peaceful street protests that started in March last year
(AP) BEIRUT – The U.N.’s new envoy to Syria said on Saturday that President Bashar Assad’s regime should realize that the need for change was both “urgent” and “necessary” and that it must meet the “legitimate” demands of the Syrian…
At times, they seemed to be straining for jokes to appeal to the younger crowd
(CBS) “2 Broke Girls,” CBS’ new sitcom about two down-on-their-luck waitresses at a Brooklyn diner, made its debut on Monday night. The series, from “Sex and the City” executive producer Michael Patrick King and comedienne Whitney Cummings, stars Kat Dennings…
The increased intelligence gathered is intended to help the White House decide whether its current policy of providing only non-lethal aid is enough to keep momentum building in the nearly 18-month revolt against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad
(AP) WASHINGTON – The U.S. is ramping up its presence at Syria’s Turkish border, sending more spies and diplomats to help advise the rebel forces in their mismatched fight against the better armed Syrian regime, and to watch for possible…
status, which they hope will give broad international legitimacy to the pre-1967 lines as Palestine’s border and grant them access to U.N
(CBS/AP) UNITED NATIONS – Democratic uprisings across the Arab world and the Palestinians’ bid for U.N. membership sparked excitement and hope at last year’s meeting of world leaders. But with war raging in Syria, the Palestinian application sidelined, and deadly…
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(CBS) Keith Richards. Pete Townshend. Bob Dylan. And now Neil Young. The hard rocking guitarist, soft singing harmonizer and songwriter is getting into the memoir game. According to the New York Times, Young’s book will come out in the Fall…
She gave fans lined up outside the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles a big wink
(CBS/AP) Lea Michele and Julianna Margulies shot for red-carpet fashion heights with their statement gowns at Sunday night’s Emmy Awards, but not all the fashion risk-taking paid off as theirs did. Margulies took the biggest risk in a strapless Giorgio…
“The past month witnessed large massacres and the regime was conducting wide operations to try to crush the uprising,” said Omar Idilbi, a Cairo-based activist with the Local Coordination Committees group
(CBS/AP) The U.N.’s new envoy to Syria says his mission to end the country’s civil war is “nearly impossible”. Lakhdar Brahimi’s comments on Monday came as activists said Syrian warplanes bombed the northern town of Al-Bab, killing at least 15…
Organized by two leftist opposition parties, the demonstration was one of the largest marches in the country since a moderate Islamist party swept elections last year
TUNIS, Tunisia More than 8,000 Tunisians marched Saturday through the capital denouncing violence committed by ultraconservative Islamist groups in recent months. Since the fall of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s secular dictatorship in a popular uprising a year ago,…