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helicopter gunships since the anti-Assad protests began 16 months ago. Despite his claims that the violence is the work of "terrorists," President Bashar al-Assad has a lot to hide. On Thursday, Syrian troops and pro- government supporters barred the monitors from Qubeir, and the monitors were fired upon. The

ess and national competitiveness has derailed other multilateral attempts to address issues of sustainable development — from climate change at the Copenhagen summit of 2009 to the G20's attempts to deal with food security. If it ignores the politics, Rio will at best be a side show to the global scramble

ties even where the committee only sees difficulties. On Syria, for example, the report notes that 'Russia views its intervention in support of the Assad regime as a success, and it is dear that its presence in Syria presents the West with difficulty in supporting peace in the region. Russia's increa

ous Danish territory of Greenland, but, when PM Frederiksen called the suggestion 'absurd', he canceled a planned state visit to Denmark Location: Copenhagen Visitors: • No visitors scheduled This Town: • Bipartisan Reps. Ed Case and Ted Yoho speak on USIP event on U.S.-Pacific Islands engagement - 'T

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ities even where the committee only sees difficulties. On Syria, for example, the report notes that `Russia views its intervention in support of the Assad regime as a success, and it is clear that its presence in Syria presents the West with difficulty in supporting peace in the region. Russia's incre

omous Danish territory of Greenland, but, when PM Frederiksen called the suggestion 'absurd, he canceled a planned state visit to Denmark Location: Copenhagen Visitors: • No visitors scheduled This Town: • Bipartisan Reps. Ed Case and Ted Yoho speak on USIP event on U.S.-Pacific Islands engagement - 'T

e of the facts on the ground suggest so. With more than 350 killed so far, November has been the bloodiest month since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began last spring. Defections from the army, which started as a trickle, now look like a torrent. In October, the number was around 800. The best tot

A attacked the headquarters of the Air Force Intelligence Agency at Harasta near the capital Damascus. Since Hafez al-Assad, an air-force officer and Bashar's father, seized power in a coup in 1970, the AIA has been the nerve center of the regime's security system. Also this week, reports surfaced of atta

cent of the population. Thus, Syria's is a nationwide revolution against a minority regime. Almost all Syrians agree that the situation is untenable. Assad's policy of rule by massacre has few supporters outside his clan. Judging by the revolution's most popular slogan — "Assad Get Out!" — a majority may

ogress on passing major climate-change bills under Obama's watch. Thanks largely to Obama's public intervention, an agreement was reached at the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit, but in failing to impose enforceable emissions targets, the meeting was widely considered a failure. This year, Obama abandoned tough