DARAA, Syria — Nearly 11 months ago, protests against local authorities began in this small southern town and spread to become an uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad that engulfed Syria. Read full article > >
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DARAA, Syria — Nearly 11 months ago, protests against local authorities began in this small southern town and spread to become an uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad that engulfed Syria. Read full article > >
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BP must cover some but not all of oil rig owner Transocean’s liabilities for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge rules.
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BP must cover some but not all of oil rig owner Transocean’s liabilities for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge rules.
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BP ordered to share spill damages
BP must cover some but not all of oil rig owner Transocean’s liabilities for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge rules.
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BP ordered to share spill damages
Saudi Arabia’s Gulf allies joined Riyadh on Tuesday in pulling out of an Arab League monitoring team to Syria, risking the collapse of a mission whose presence has not halted more than 10 months of violence.
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CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A fight among inmates armed with makeshift knives, clubs and stones left 31 people dead in a prison in a drug-plagued state in northern Mexico, authorities said. Another 13 prisoners were wounded in the brawl in the penitentiary in the Gulf Coast city of Altamira, Tamaulipas state’s Public Safety Department said in a statement. Read full article > >
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The aircraft carrier John C. Stennis supported ground troops in Afghanistan as scheduled after being warned not to re-enter the Persian Gulf.
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Work as Usual for U.S.S. John C. Stennis After Warning by Iran
Iran escalated its war of words with the United States on Tuesday with a warning to Navy ships to stay out of the strategic Strait of Hormuz , remarks that rattled commodities markets and helped send oil prices soaring. The latest in a series of provocative statements by Iranian leaders was delivered by the Iranian armed forces commander, Gen. Ataollah Salehi, who appeared to threaten a U.S. aircraft carrier that steamed out of Persian Gulf waters last week. Read full article > >
TEHRAN — Iran’s army chief on Tuesday warned a nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf, as Iran’s navy ended 10 days of tense war games in the Persian Gulf. The U.S. Defense Department promptly rejected the warning. Gen. Ataollah Salehi, the commander of the Iranian armed forces, lauded Iran’s defensive skills and lashed out against the USS John C. Stennis and its battle group. The carrier and its accompanying ships left the strategic Persian Gulf last Thursday, their departure filmed by Iranian drones. Read full article > >
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Iran warns U.S. carrier not to return to Persian Gulf
The official news agency IRNA said the missile test was carried out on Monday on the final day of 10 days of maneuvers in the Persian Gulf.
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Iran Tests Naval Cruise Missile
It was the kind of year that made a person look back fondly on the gulf oil spill . Granted, the oil spill was bad. But it did not result in a high-decibel, weeks-long national conversation about a bulge in a congressman’s underpants . Which is exactly what we had in the Festival of Sleaze that was 2011 . Remember? There were days when you could not escape The Bulge . At dinnertime, parents of young children had to be constantly ready to hurl themselves in front of their TV screens, for fear that it would suddenly appear on the news in high definition. For a brief (Har!) period, The Bulge was more famous than Justin Bieber . Read full article > >
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Dave Barry’s Year in Review: The 2011 Festival of Sleaze
Iran has test-fired a medium-range missile during military exercises in the Gulf, state media report.
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In birthplace of Syria’s uprising, a fragile military control
Monday, February 6th, 2012In birthplace of Syria’s uprising, a fragile military control
Monday, February 6th, 2012Prison fight in northern Mexico leaves 31 inmates dead; 13 injured
Friday, January 6th, 2012Work as Usual for U.S.S. John C. Stennis After Warning by Iran
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