Syria Steps Up Crackdown After Failed U.N. Motion
By ANTHONY SHADID
BEIRUT, Lebanon — With efforts in the United Nations failing, the Syrian government pressed on with its crackdown as some opposition leaders said force was their only option.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — With efforts in the United Nations failing, the Syrian government pressed on with its crackdown as some opposition leaders said force was their only option.
CAIRO — The move is part of a politically charged investigation into the foreign financing of nonprofit groups that has shaken the 30-year alliance between the United States and Egypt.
ATHENS — Greece’s efforts to secure a second, €130 billion international bailout and avoid a default next month stalled on Sunday.
WASHINGTON — Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, who served two deployments in Afghanistan, says the Pentagon is not telling the whole truth about how the war there is going.
BAMAKO, Mali — After fighting for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, Tuareg rebels helped themselves to some of his weapons and returned to Mali to continue a longstanding rebellion.
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WASHINGTON — In ending its combat role in Afghanistan a year earlier than expected, the United States will rely more on special forces that hunt insurgent leaders and train local troops, officials say.
MUNICH — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to reassure Europe on Saturday that the United States was not abandoning its partners across the Atlantic.
WASHINGTON — Officials are looking for a way to remove President Bashar al-Assad from power, but to do so the United States may have to move beyond diplomatic efforts.
JOHANNESBURG — A party appeals panel upheld the five-year suspension of the firebrand youth leader Julius Malema from the African National Congress Youth League.
DENVER — Colorado officials say a long-disputed national rule is a poor fit for the state’s wilderness, so they have proposed an alternative, angering conservationists.
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