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Lebanon: 16 killed in clashes over Syria
CNN:Clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad left six more people dead in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, Lebanon's state news agency said.
Sources: CNN, The Boston Globe, Fox News, NY Times, Washington Post.
Iran president denounces aide's disqualification from election
LA Times:President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to ask Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to intervene. Ex-President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, also disqualified, won't...
Sources: LA Times, The Boston Globe, MSNBC, Huffingon Post, CNN...
In Britain, terrorism suspected in man's hacking death
LA Times:Two assailants slashed their victim to death near a military barracks in Woolwich, in southeast London,...
Sources: LA Times, The Boston Globe, CBS News, Washington Post...
Kerry downplays Syria government's gains
LA Times:In Jordan for talks with the pro-opposition Friends of Syria bloc, he calls Bashar Assad's military advances 'very temporary.
Sources: LA Times, Washington Post, CBS News, ABC News, USA Today...
Fourth American fatality by U.S. drones disclosed
LA Times:The news that the secret program's accidental death toll is higher raises new questions as President Obama...
Iran Pushes Ahead With Nuclear Plant That Worries West
NY Times:Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that could offer it a second way of producing material for a nuclear bomb, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday.
Sources: NY Times, CBS News, Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, LA Times...
Prostitutes gunned down in Pakistan's Balochistan
CNN:Gunmen shot dead five people, including four prostitutes, in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province Thursday...
Memo From Jerusalem: Israel Is Drawn Into Syria’s Turmoil
NY Times:Israelis are asking what their options are, as if they feel it has become impossible to avoid deeper involvement...
Sources: NY Times, CNN, Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Fox News...
Germany and Britain Push to List Hezbollah as a Terror Group
NY Times:A day after Britain’s announcement, Germany also said it supported listing the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, a move that could hurt its fund-raising.
Sources: NY Times, Huffingon Post, Fox News, CNN, The Boston Globe.
Sophia Bush
Heartbreaking ... RT @cnnbrk: Police confirm that the man killed near a military barracks in London was a soldier. on.cnn.com/187DAlZ
Anne-Marie Slaughter
RT @abumuqawama: U.S. Fears the Fighting in Syria Might Spill Over Into Lebanon, Kerry Says, via @nytimes nyti.ms/10Uy26L
Jon Snow
Excellent NYT piece on the harrowing environmental realities beyond the war and tensions around Yemen and Syria: nyti.ms/YYb2X1
Why Did Lois Lerner Take the Fifth?
James Taranto
Wall Street Journal Opinions
Perhaps to protect herself from Obama, James Taranto writes.
Taking Note: Lois Lerner Takes Fifth Rather Than Discuss I.R.S.
David Firestone
NY Times Opinion
Lois Lerner asserted her 5th Amendment rights when asked to discuss why conservative groups were subjected to extra scrutiny.
Editorial: Another Chilling Leak Investigation
The Editorial Board
NY Times Opinion
A Fox News reporter accused of conspiring with a leaker was just doing his job. His case is an example of how the Obama administration lacks respect for a free press.
Assault on First Amendment needs to stop
Mike Cavender
Fox News Opinions
The Obama administration has pursued more leak investigations under the Espionage Act of 1917 than all other administrations before it.
Remove the PKK From the Terror List
David L. Phillips
Huffingon Post Blog
President Barack Obama and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a daunting agenda when they met at the White House last week. The Syria crisis was top of the list.