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Syria (Arabic: سوريا ‎or سورية ), officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية السورية ), is a country in the Middle East, bordering Lebanon to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north. The modern state of Syria attained independence from the French mandate of Syria in 1936, but can trace its historical roots to the fourth millenium BC; its capital city, Damascus, was the seat of the Umayyad Empire and a provincial capital of the Mameluke Empire.

Car bomb kills eight in Syria

Source: Politics Balla   |   May 19 2013, 2:52am CDT

Car bomb kills eight in Syria
Damascus, May 19 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and 10 others wounded when a car bomb ripped through a Damascus district Saturday night, local media and activists said.
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Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan

Source: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Georgia)  |   May 20 2013, 3:35am CDT

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Middle East this week to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the w ...

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India-China consensus big stride forward: Li
India-China consensus big stride forward: Li
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Monday described the consensus reached on various issues between China and India as "a big stride forward" and called for conducting dialogue in a "mature and sensible way".
 
Three arrested after fracas near British gurdwara
Three arrested after fracas near British gurdwara
London, May 20 (IANS) Three men have been arrested after a fracas outside a gurdwara in the city of Norwich in England.
 
For the elderly in US, poetry blunts the pain of isolation
For the elderly in US, poetry blunts the pain of isolation
Chicago, May 20 (IANS) A woman in her seventies takes the microphone to recite a short poem, which, she warned the men present, was on the hazards of flirting. "Cheda na karo ate jatein raston mein, pale pad gayi to mushkil hogi" (Do not flirt with every girl who crosses your path, if she falls for you, you will have a problem).
 
 

Spate of car bombs kills dozens in Iraq

Source: Stuff.co.nz  |   May 20 2013, 3:32am CDT

DEADLY: Tribal men hold weapons as they patrol a road 100 km west of Baghdad. Attacks on Sunni and Shi'ite mosques, security forces and tribal leaders have mounted since troops raided a Sunni protest camp near Kirkuk. At l ...

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UPDATE 3-Oil above $104 on stronger equities, weaker dollar

Source: CNBC  |   May 20 2013, 3:32am CDT

* Demand growth outlook seen moderating, supply ample LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Brent crude oil held above $104 per barrel on Monday, supported by strong equity markets and a slightly lower dollar, despite a weaker outlook for fuel ...

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Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan

Source: Belleville News-Democrat  |   May 20 2013, 3:29am CDT

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Mideast this week to press the case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. str ...

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Marywood educating students from Kurdistan

Source: Scranton Times-Tribune  |   May 20 2013, 3:26am CDT

Rebin Zikhani wants to improve the health care system in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Karokh Mohammed wants to better his government. The cousins from the growing region are trying to improve their home 5,800 miles away - while at Marywo ...

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Report: 23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria

Source: FindLaw: AP News  |   May 20 2013, 3:24am CDT

BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian group that tracks the country's civil war says 23 fighters from the militant group Hezbollah have been killed in fierce clashes in a strategic town near the Lebanese border. The Britain-based Syria ...

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Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan

Source: San Diego Local News 1  |   May 20 2013, 3:24am CDT

Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there w ...

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