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Syrian troops push back in fight on Damascus edges
Jan 30th
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BEIRUT — Syrian forces heavily shelled the restive city of Homs on Monday and troops pushed back dissident troops from some suburbs on the outskirts of Damascus in an offensive trying to regain control of the capital’s eastern doorstep, activists said. President Bashar Assad’s regime is intensifying its assault aimed at crushing army defectors and protesters, even as the West tries to overcome Russian opposition and win a new U.N. resolution demanding a halt to Syria’s crackdown on the 10-month-old uprising. Activists reported at least 28 civilians killed on Monday. With talks on the resolution due to begin Tuesday, a French official said at least 10 members of the Security Council…
Repeal of legislative immunity proposed in Arizona
Jan 21st
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PHOENIX — An Arizona senator gets in a fight with his girlfriend on a Phoenix freeway and avoids arrest. An Arkansas legislator leads officers on a high-speed chase through two counties and doesn’t get taken into custody. A Georgia lawmaker claims he couldn’t be prosecuted on a DUI charge. In each case, a little-known privilege called legislative immunity that prevents the arrests of legislators while they are in session came into play. The issue is getting a closer look in Arizona this year after a lawmaker introduced a resolution seeking to amend the state Constitution to delete wording barring the arrest of legislators during, and 15 days before, legislative sessions. Like those in…
Taliban told to compromise or risk new fight
Jan 20th
Here are the latest reports on Taliban told to compromise or risk new fight
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban must be willing to make compromises in nascent peace talks, a prominent Afghan opposition…
French forces join fight against Somali militants
Oct 24th
Here are the latest reports on French forces join fight against Somali militants
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Kenya on Sunday said that France’s navy bombed a town in Somalia near a stronghold of al-Shabab, the first confirmation that a Western military force is involved in the latest push against the Islamist militia. Thousands of people, meanwhile, fled a camp for the displaced near Somalia’s capital on Sunday, fearing an imminent clash between African Union peacekeepers and the al-Qaida-linked militants who are trying to demonstrate their strength amid an assault on two fronts. In the country’s south, others braced for fierce battles as Kenyan soldiers closed in on a militant-held town in their weeklong effort to defeat the al-Shabab group blamed for suicide bombings,…
In Kabul, Clinton urges Pakistan to step up fight against militants
Oct 20th
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday raised pressure on Pakistan to crack down on terrorists operating from its soil as the Obama administration searches for an end to the decade-old Afghan war. Making an unannounced stop in Afghanistan before continuing on to Pakistan, Clinton outlined a new strategy that U.S. officials called “fight, talk, build” — and…
Ten years on, Taliban says ‘victory is with us’
Oct 7th
Here are the latest reports on Ten years on, Taliban says ‘victory is with us’
The Taliban vowed to keep fighting until all foreign forces left Afghanistan in a statement on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the US military campaign in the country. The group's fight in the last decade, "even with scarce weapons and equipment…forced the occupiers, who intended to stay forever, to rethink their position,"…
UK capital to introduce talking trash cans in fight against litter
Sep 27th
Here are the latest reports on UK capital to introduce talking trash cans in fight against litter
In a bid to encourage people to put their litter in the trash can rather than on the street, trash cans in central London will talk, sing, burp and applaud in response to having littler dropped inside them.
Police Officer Tases Teenager in the Face to Stop a Fight [Video]
Sep 24th
Here are the latest reports on Police Officer Tases Teenager in the Face to Stop a Fight [Video]
This is outrageous. Officers in London, Ontario approached this fight this Thursday with the hope of stopping it. The response was to tase the youth in the face. In what world is that appropriate? More »
