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UN forum offers new details on depth of Syria disaster
The State Department announced Tuesday that Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Europe and the Middle East next week, with the Syrian crisis figuring high on his agenda.
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Opinion: Myanmar's urgent human rights need: citizenship for 'the Roma of Asia'
Myanmar (Burma) has a long way to go on human rights. An issue that demands immediate attention is a crisis involving a sizable ethnic and religious group, the Rohingya – one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. This stateless people deserve citizenship and tolerance.
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Russia: West is 'openly instigating' Syrian civil war
In a statement on Wednesday, Russian officials accused Western powers of doing nothing to end the conflict in Syria, saying they were instead instigating it.
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Syria has 'chosen the path of war', says U.N. (+video)
Without a peace to monitor, U.N. peacekeepers will leave Syria by August 24. Diplomats will meet at the United Nations in New York on Friday to discuss next steps.
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UN ends observer mission in Syria, but isn't giving up
A small civilian office will replace the observer mission, and former Algerian foreign minister Lakhdar Brahimi has reportedly agreed to replace Kofi Annan as Syria envoy.
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Airstrikes kills over 40 in northern Syria, watchdog group says
According to Human Rights Watch, the attacks destroyed a whole residential block in the town of Azaz. Free Syrian Army facilities might have been the target of the Syrian air force.
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Most of Syria out of Assad's control, says ex-PM
In his first public speech since his defection last week, Syria's former prime minister Riyad Farid Hijab said Assad's 'regime is on the verge of collapse.' In the meantime, the United Nations is attempts to provide aid to the people of Syria and Iran provides training to some of Assad's troops.
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Syria's ex-Prime Minister: Regime on the verge of collapse (+video)
Riad Hijab speaks out for the first time since he fled Syria to Jordan. He said that morals are down in the Assad regime and that there are cracks in the military.
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Terrorism & Security As Syrian government gains ground in Aleppo, it loses its people (+video)
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta's warnings that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad risks losing his country because of his brutal tactics appear to be panning out.
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Pakistan to push out Afghan refugees
Pakistan has hosted Afghan refugees for more than 30 years – one of the longest-running refugee problems in the world – but will cancel their status as 'refugees' by the end of the year.
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Syrian refugees huddle in Lebanon: 30 people, one candle, and no food
One of 30 Syrian refugees sharing a tiny house says many charity workers have visited but never returned. They are among thousands displaced by a Syrian crackdown on a belt of towns near Lebanon.
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Terrorism & Security Russia says it won't offer asylum to Syria's Assad
But that doesn't mean that President-elect Vladimir Putin will soften Russia's opposition to intervention in Syria, as the US had hoped.
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Chinese envoy to press Syria for cease-fire
China's special envoy to Syria is expected to press authorities for a cease-fire to end the country's crisis. Beijing is opposed to any foreign intervention there.
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Terrorism & Security Humanitarian aid arrives in Homs, Syria, as international pressure builds
Even China and Russia – Syrian allies – have joined the international push for humanitarian relief amid Assad's harsh crackdown.
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Somali Islamists ban aid groups, renewing famine concerns
Somalia's Islamist insurgency banned Western aid agencies from its territory, raising concerns that famine could return to parts of the northeast African nation.
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Kenya's Somalia operation hits at humanitarian aid
Kenya's military is having battlefield success against Somali militants Al Shabab, but it is hindering access for humanitarian aid groups in the midst of worst famine in 30 years, aid groups say.
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Somalia's Islamists appear divided on blocking famine aid
The leadership of Al Qaeda-inspired Al Shabab claims there is no famine and that aid groups have 'hidden agendas.' But the group's field commanders appear more receptive to outside help.
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UN aid chief: If Libya's fighting continues, the country will run out of food
Fighting, particularly in Misratah, has interrupted the supply lines that provide Libya with food, fuel, and other essentials. Meanwhile, Tripoli sees heaviest bombings in weeks.
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Misrata emerges as deadly test of NATO clout in Libya
The NATO-led coalition taking on Muammar Qaddafi's forces in Libya are trying to show they can be effective without the US in a leading role. But so far, they've been able to do little to stop the humanitarian crisis in rebel-held Misrata.
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As Libya's conflict deepens, nations weigh long-term options
After another day of clashes between Qaddafi forces and antigovernment rebels, the UN called for an end to the progovernment troops’ “indiscriminate” violence.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 11/08
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