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Libya rebels in Tripoli, Gadhafi defenses collapse
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of the Libyan capital on Monday after their lightning advance on Tripoli heralded the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's nearly 42-year regime. Scattered battles erupted, and the mercurial...Tags: International Law, Politics, Italy, Misrata (Libya), Transportation Accidents
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U.S. helicopter shot down, killing 30 US troops, 8 Afghans
Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. Military, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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White House confirms use of chemical weapons in Syria
The government in Syria has used chemical weapons in that country’s civil war, killing at least 100 to 150 civilians, the White House said Thursday in an announcement that left unclear what the U.S. response would be. Small-scale attacks using...Tags: G8, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bashar Assad
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Obama authorizes military support of Syrian rebels
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has authorized sending weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time, U.S. officials said Thursday, after the White House disclosed that the United States has conclusive evidence President Bashar Assad's government used...Tags: White House, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Barack Obama
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Getting U.S. weapons to Syria rebels will take weeks
WASHINGTON — Delivering weapons and ammunition to beleaguered Syrian rebels will take weeks, White House officials acknowledged Friday as the administration's decision to supply arms set off a debate about how far, and how fast, President Obama's...
Tags: Washington, DC, U.S. Military, Susan Rice, Vladimir Putin, Human Rights
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Poll: Assad crossed the 'red line,' what should we do?
A top national security official revealed Thursday afternoon that U.S. intelligence services has made a "high-confidence assessment" that Syrian government forces -- and only those forces -- have used chemical weapons. According to Ben Rhodes, a deputy...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Wars and Interventions, National Security Agency
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Arming Syria's rebels
Having determined that the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad has used chemical weapons against his opponents in the country's bloody two-year civil war, the Obama administration is now reportedly preparing to send lethal military aid to rebel...Tags: U.S. Military, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bashar Assad, Weaponry
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White House: Arms to Syrian rebels due 'in the weeks to come'
WASHINGTON- -The White House said Friday that it will take weeks to deliver weapons and ammunition to Syrian rebels despite the rising death toll in the civil war and pleas for speedy assistance from anti-government forces. The United States has created...Tags: G8, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Al Arabiya (tv network), Muammar Gaddafi
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U.S. says Syria used chemical weapons, will send arms to rebels
WASHINGTON — The White House declared Thursday that Syria had crossed a "red line" by using chemical weapons in that country's civil war, and in response, U.S. officials said, President Obama had authorized sending arms to some rebel groups. The...
Tags: Washington, DC, U.S. Military, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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As Syria humanitarian crisis grows, donors are in short supply
WASHINGTON — Facing a growing humanitarian crisis, Oxfam, the international relief agency, set a goal in January of raising $53 million to aid victims of Syria's brutal civil war. So far, Americans have contributed $150,000. Oxfam isn't alone....Tags: Natural Disasters, Oxfam America, Religion and Belief, Politics, U.S. Military
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In the Syrian city of Homs, no reprieve from battle
HOMS, Syria — The grizzled veteran of Syria's civil war was confident of victory, but he didn't underestimate his rebel adversaries dug in just a few hundred yards away in an adjoining corner of the Old City. "They have trained snipers and they're...
Tags: Politics, Armed Forces, Wars and Interventions, Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Syrian rebels reportedly raid Shiite village
BEIRUT -- Syrian rebels burned homes and killed civilians in a sectarian rampage targeting Shiite Muslims in a village in eastern Syria, activists and officials said Wednesday. The rebel attack on Hatla, in eastern Deir Elzur province, resulted in...Tags: Religion and Belief, Politics, Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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