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w EFTA00136302 sanctions "aimed at cutting off funds for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and warned that anyone doing business with Damascus was also at risk of being blacklisted." Assad's son, Hafez, was "among four people and 10 entities, including a Syrian army unit, targeted by Washin
al Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the crew of the USS Indianapolis — which earned 10 battle stars, including the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa, before sinking and killing 879 of its 1,195 crewmen — with participants including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel
sday imposed new sanctions "aimed at cutting off funds for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and warned that anyone doing business with Damascus was also at risk of being blacklisted." Assad's son, Hafez, was "among four people and 10 entities, including a Syrian army unit, targeted by Washin
al Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the crew of the USS Indianapolis - which earned 10 battle stars, including the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa, before sinking and killing 879 of its 1,195 crewmen - with participants including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConne
providing supplies to civilians trapped in three areas: the old city of Horns, in central Syria; the town of Darayya, about six miles southwest of Damascus; and the town of Moadamiyeh, about eight miles southwest of the capital. A relief working group has been coordinated by Valerie Amos, the United Na
rs (125 miles) away from the islands, would take the prize. The Chinese mainland is farther off, at 330 kilometers away, and the Japanese island of Okinawa even more distant, at 400 kilometers. Why then shouldn't small Taiwan take control of the five uninhabited islands and three rock outcroppings, kno
guaranteed access to U.S. markets. The Iraq War was designed to "shock and awe" that nation's ruler and to convince other opponents of the U.S., in Damascus and Tehran, especially, that they could be next. Meanwhile, it was hoped that once a pro-Western, democratic Iraq stabilized, it would give the U.
the 1960s. (In a more recent example of such irredentist escalation, scholars at a state-backed Chinese think tank_ [10]questioned Japan's claim to Okinawa [10].) Indeed, far beyond Manchuria, possible sparks already abound: from Central Asia, where booming trade with China threatens to erode Moscow's
Bibi’s idea to reopen efforts to get peace with Syria didn’t last either. Although I’d learn of this only a few years later, he’d approved a visit to Damascus by the American Jewish businessman Ronald Lauder to meet President Assad. The visit made it clear to Bibi what successive Israeli leaders had learned
e, we didn’t want to feel we’d left any stone unturned. At about 11 pm, I phoned the President and told him that we would stay until he returned from Okinawa. He was clearly pleased, and asked us to keep working in his absence. When I resisted that, saying that any substantive talks needed his involvement,
Bibi's idea to reopen efforts to get peace with Syria didn't last either. Although I'd learn of this only a few years later, he'd approved a visit to Damascus by the American Jewish businessman Ronald Lauder to meet President Assad. The visit made it clear to Bibi what successive Israeli leaders had learned
e, we didn't want to feel we'd left any stone unturned. At about 11 pm, I phoned the President and told him that we would stay until he returned from Okinawa. He was clearly pleased, and asked us to keep working in his absence. When I resisted that, saying that any substantive talks needed his involvement,
sday imposed new sanctions "aimed at cutting off funds for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and warned that anyone doing business with Damascus was also at risk of being blacklisted." Assad's son, Hafez, was "among four people and 10 entities, including a Syrian army unit, targeted by Washin
al Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the crew of the USS Indianapolis - which earned 10 battle stars, including the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa, before sinking and killing 879 of its 1,195 crewmen - with participants including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConne
Entities connected to both Damascus and Okinawa

Barack Obama
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Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Lebanon
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United States
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Bill Clinton
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George W. Bush
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Tehran
LOCATION
Tunisia
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Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Hillary Clinton
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Vladimir Putin
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Yemen
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Middle East
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Fatah
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Jerusalem
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Marc Rich
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Department of Justice
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Joe Biden
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