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A Teacher Uses Red Pens To Help Students And Syria
Bunnell High School, Stratford CTRed Pens, everyone has used them, especially teachers. But one teacher takes their love for red pens to a whole different level. This teachers name is Dylan Connor. Mr. Connor is a Latin teacher at Bunnell High School in Stratford...Tags: Schools, Entertainment, The Happiest News!, Music, Education
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Ambassador to Syria keeps profile low in Bolton Hill
When the violence in Syria began spinning out of control last year, the Obama administration made the unusual decision to bring its ambassador to the troubled country home.
And for Ambassador Robert Ford, coming home has long meant returning to...Tags: Government, Benjamin L. Cardin, Mount Vernon, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Johns Hopkins University
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Mitt Romney to Talk About Arming Syrian Rebels in Speech
CNNMitt Romney will seek to bolster his foreign policy credentials in a major speech Monday, two weeks before the GOP presidential nominee takes part in a presidential debate focused on security. In his remarks, set to take place at the Virginia Military...Tags: Government, Trade Policy, Mitt Romney, Libya, Wars and Interventions
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Obama Confronts Iran, Syria in U.N. Address
CNNUnited Nations -- Embroiled in his campaign for re-election, President Barack Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday in a sweeping speech meant to honor slain Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, confront Iran and Syria, and...Tags: Government, Sean Penn, Political Systems, Democracy, Francois Hollande
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U.N. Team Inspects Site Of Reported Syrian Massacre
CNNFor the first time since a reported massacre there, U.N. observers on Saturday entered the Syrian town of Tremseh, where opposition activists say more than 200 people were killed. The violence took place Thursday, on what may have been the single...Tags: Charity, Activism, White House, Free Syrian Army, Armed Conflicts
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Sources: Obama Authorized Secret Support for Syrian Rebels
CNNWASHINGTON, DC -- President Barack Obama has signed a covert directive authorizing U.S. support for Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces, U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday. The secret order, referred to as an intelligence...Tags: Government, Charity, Human Rights Watch, Francois Hollande, Free Syrian Army
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Poor neighborhood in Aleppo is focus of battle for Syria
ALEPPO, Syria — The car slams to a halt in front of the rebel field hospital on Shariyeh Street in the Salahuddin neighborhood, and a young man, his white pants drenched with blood, is carried haphazardly inside. But there is no doctor here....
Tags: Aleppo (Syria), Bashar Assad, Hospitals and Clinics, Rebellions, Blood Transfusion
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WikiLeaks Releases 2.4 Million Syria E-mails
CNNLONDON -- WikiLeaks said Thursday it has begun publishing some 2.4 million e-mails from Syrian politicians, government ministries and companies dating back to 2006. The e-mails, which are in a range of languages including Arabic and Russian, come from...Tags: WikiLeaks, United Kingdom, Sweden, Ecuador, Abusive Behavior
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Syrian Opposition Denounces U.N. Decision to Suspend Observer Mission
CNNDAMASCUS, Syria -- Syrian opposition activists slammed the United Nations on Sunday for suspending its observer mission in the nation, saying it is "unjustifiable and unacceptable" for the international community to fail to protect civilians from attacks....Tags: Government, Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, The Pentagon, CNN (tv network)
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Stop searching for an Obama Doctrine
Every few months, commentators find a new grand strategy that animates Barack Obama. First he was the antiwar candidate, because his rise in the Democratic primaries had much to do with his early and consistent opposition to the Iraq war. But even some on...Tags: The Washington Post, The New York Times, Hosni Mubarak, Democracy, Libya
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While Syria burns, Obama stands idly by
WASHINGTON — Last year President Barack Obama ordered U.S. intervention in Libya under the grand new doctrine of "Responsibility to Protect." Moammar Gadhafi was threatening a massacre in Benghazi. To stand by and do nothing "would have been a...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Turkey, Russia, Washington, DC, NATO
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McManus: A deal with the Khartoum devil?
How do you deal with a genocidal dictator who says he wants to reform? For more than a decade, Sudan has been the quintessential pariah state. Its armed forces carried out a campaign of genocide in Darfur, killing more than 300,000; its president, Omar...Tags: John Kerry, Libya, National Security, Wars and Interventions, Economic Sanctions
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