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Syrian President Bashar Assad made it clear in an interview with the Argentine newspaper El Clarin that he was not resigning.
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()The Syrian president also left no room for his departure. "The captain of a ship doesn't flee when faced with a storm," he said during an interview with an Argentine newspaper.
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U.S. lawmakers say Russia's actions could set back efforts to stop the conflict in Syria.
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May 16, 2013 The U.S. will soon begin to open combat positions to women. That's already the case in Israel, where women say it is an important step but doesn't guarantee full equality. The military's upper echelons remain male-dominated.
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May 15, 2013 Ali Abdulemam was perhaps the most prominent online activist in Bahrain when he went into hiding in March 2011 to avoid arrest. He recently escaped the Gulf nation and made his first public appearance in more than two years on Wednesday.
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Teaching The Rules Of War In Syria's Vicious Conflict()
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