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By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDYAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian forces pounded the country’s largest city, Aleppo, with military helicopters Saturday to flush out rebel forces in one of the most important battles of the 17-month-old uprising, activists said. International concern has been mounting over

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Russia considering naval bases in Vietnam, Cuba, Seychelles Turkey’s alarm grows over PKK terrorists in northern Syria From China: A piranha hunt turns into a fiasco Investors go gaga as France, Germany vow to

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: European investors cheer when ECB hints at a new ‘big bazooka’ Raul Castro accuses U.S. of attempting Libya-like overthrow Conflicting reports about fleet of Russian warships in Mediterranean Turkey threatens military retaliation against Syrian

During Thursday’s regular press briefing White House Spokesman JayCarney was asked by ABC’s White House correspondent Jake Tapper aboutthe unattributed “Anglo-Saxon” comments which drew a negative responsefrom Vice President Biden. Carney referred that question to the campaignthen offered his positive

Syrian troops and rebels sent reinforcements to the intensifying battle in the second city Aleppo, as the US said fresh defections from the regime showed President Bashar al-Assad’s “days are numbered”. Clashes raged Wednesday in Aleppo’s central Al-Jamaliya neighbourhood, near

At a VFW convention in Reno, Nevada, on Monday, Barack Obama had the gall to say, “Let’s stop playing politics with our military.” Of course, playing politics with the military is all Obama does, from using them as “photo ops” to

When President Obama sent US military forces into Libya in the spring of 2011 for a war that was supposed to last “days, not weeks,” there were major problems. Central to these problems, was the fact that he did not

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a controversial bill passed by parliament that brands NGOs who receive funding from abroad as “foreign agents”, the Kremlin said Saturday. The law, which has caused huge concern among activists who fear

With the U.N. resolution against Syria vetoed by China and Russia, Republican lawmakers in support of Syrian opposition are asking Obama to support them with military supplies. Those leaning President Assad’s way are complaining that Obama didn’t do enough to

In the wake of the instability that has followed the Syrian opposition’s recent success in Damascus and elsewhere, President Obama reached out to Russia President Putin in an attempt to find some way to avoid a larger war. In commenting on

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated PressUNITED NATIONSRussia and China again vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution Thursday threatening sanctions against President Bashar Assad’s government if it didn’t stop using heavy weapons in the escalating 16-month conflict. The 11-2 vote, with two abstentions

(AP) Syrian regime forces strike back after bombingBy BEN HUBBARDAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian forces struck back against rebels Thursday with attack helicopters and shelling in Damascus, one day after an audacious rebel attack in the capital killed three leaders of the regime

(AP) Top Muslim cleric shot dead in Russia’s TatarstanBy MANSUR MIROVALEVAssociated PressMOSCOWA top Muslim cleric in Russia’s Tatarstan province was shot dead and another was wounded by a car bomb in two attacks that local leaders said were related to

(AP) UN schedules vote on new Syria resolutionBy EDITH M. LEDERER and JIM HEINTZAssociated PressUNITED NATIONSRussia remained at odds with the U.S. and its European allies ahead of a scheduled vote Wednesday afternoon on a new Syria resolution aimed at

The situation in Syria is constantly in flux and now, it looks like a powder-keg set to explode. When fighting began, Russia and China aligned with Bashar al-Assad. Consequently, Russia sent weaponry to Syria and now they are sending ships.

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Barclay’s COO admits having rigged Libor, thought it was OK Russia accuses the West of ‘blackmail’ on Syria Germany’s Angela Merkel denies caving in on Spain’s bank bailout Barclay’s COO admits having rigged Libor,

Russia on Monday accused Western powers of using “blackmail” to get its backing for possible UN Security Council sanctions against the Syrian regime for its crackdown on the armed opposition.

Russia and China have long supported Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. And even now, as news breaks that a Syrian attack on a village in the Hama region reportedly killed 200 or more opposition members, Russia and China continue to stand

In the earliest years of the 21st century, the Oil-For-Food Program (OFF) for Iraq demonstrated the weaknesses associated with using such methods to deal with tyrants like Saddam Hussein. And by the time of Hussein’s capture and death, we knew