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• Damascus Holds Its Breath as Syrian Civil War Reaches Its Door
• EU ministers reject arming Syrian rebels
• Kurdish refugees have mixed feelings about Syria
• Families of dead British soldiers begin legal challenge
• Pakistan Shi'ites demand protection from militants
• EU foreign ministers discuss ending war in Syria
• Al-Qaida in Iraq claims deadly Baghdad attack
• Iraq's al Qaeda wing claims Baghdad blasts
• Arms vendors turn to cyber security as sales drop
• Why the Hagel filibuster is a serious mistake for Republicans
• The Note's Must-Reads for Monday February 18, 2013
• Social media gives Indonesian women new voice
• Lindsey Graham and Hagel Make Nice (For Now)

Damascus Holds Its Breath as Syrian Civil War Reaches Its Door Posted: 18 Feb 2013 02:11 PM PST ABC News' Terry Moran and his team take a rare and dangerous journey into the embattled capital of Damascus — at the request of the Syrian government — for the special report:  Inside Syria: The Battle for Damascus. Damascus is quiet tonight — too quiet....

EU ministers reject arming Syrian rebels Posted: 18 Feb 2013 01:12 PM PST BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers announced Monday that they were keeping current sanctions against Syria in place for three months, rejecting attempts to alter an embargo on the country so that arms could be funneled to rebels fighting President Bashar Assad.

Kurdish refugees have mixed feelings about Syria Posted: 18 Feb 2013 11:43 AM PST DOMIZ REFUGEE CAMP, Iraq (AP) — Syrian Kurds who fled their country's civil war have mixed feelings about a future without Bashar Assad: They hope to win a measure of autonomy after the fall of the regime, but fear chaos and the rise of Islamists could instead make their lives worse.

Families of dead British soldiers begin legal challenge Posted: 18 Feb 2013 10:19 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Relatives of British soldiers killed in Iraq began a legal challenge against their government on Monday, saying they could have survived had the army provided them with better equipment to protect themselves. The families of three soldiers killed by road-side bombs while patrolling in armoured vehicles between 2005 and 2007 believe their deaths represented a breach of their right to life under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The Ministry of Defence disagrees, saying soldiers who died in combat in Iraq did not fall under the ECHR provision. ...

Pakistan Shi'ites demand protection from militants Posted: 18 Feb 2013 06:57 AM PST QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Thousands of Pakistani Shi'ites furious over a sectarian bombing that killed 89 people protested on Monday, demanding that security forces protect them from hardline Sunni groups. The attack, near a street market in the southwestern city of Quetta on Saturday, highlighted the government's failure to crack down on militancy in nuclear-armed Pakistan just a few months before a general election is due. ...

EU foreign ministers discuss ending war in Syria Posted: 18 Feb 2013 04:14 AM PST BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers are wrestling with the divisive issue of whether to ease the arms embargo against Syria so military aid can be funneled to the rebels fighting President Bashar Assad.

Al-Qaida in Iraq claims deadly Baghdad attack Posted: 18 Feb 2013 02:03 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Al-Qaida's local franchise in Iraq has claimed responsibility for car bombings that killed at least 37 people in mostly Shiite areas of Baghdad.

Iraq's al Qaeda wing claims Baghdad blasts Posted: 18 Feb 2013 01:03 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Iraqi wing claimed responsibility on Monday for car bomb blasts that killed 28 people in Shi'ite Muslim districts in Baghdad, saying it was taking revenge for perceived state repression of Sunni Muslims. The al Qaeda affiliate Islamic State of Iraq and other Sunni Islamist groups oppose Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shi'ite-led government which they say discriminates against the country's Sunni minority. Once at the heart of the insurgency against U.S. ...

Arms vendors turn to cyber security as sales drop Posted: 18 Feb 2013 12:36 AM PST STOCKHOLM (AP) — The world's largest arms vendors are expanding in the cybersecurity sector as austerity measures weigh on sales of traditional weapons, a Swedish peace research institute said Monday.

Why the Hagel filibuster is a serious mistake for Republicans Posted: 18 Feb 2013 12:17 AM PST Good job, GOP. You just handed Obama a public-relations gift

The Note's Must-Reads for Monday February 18, 2013 Posted: 17 Feb 2013 11:58 PM PST The Note's Must-Reads are a round-up of today's political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com Compiled by ABC News' Carrie Halperin and Jayce Henderson PRESIDENT OBAMA / IMMIGRATION ABC News' Ted Hesson: "Leaked...

Social media gives Indonesian women new voice Posted: 17 Feb 2013 11:32 PM PST JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A judge being interviewed for a Supreme Court job jokes that women might enjoy rape. A local official takes a 17-year-old second wife, then quickly divorces her by text message.

Lindsey Graham and Hagel Make Nice (For Now) Posted: 17 Feb 2013 11:43 AM PST Lindsey Graham and Chuck Hagel seem to have made nice for the time being. Graham said on Fox News Sunday this morning that Hagel wrote him a letter denying ever connecting the State Department to the Israeli Foreign Minister's office. It was alleged that Hagel made the implication that the Department was merely an extension of the Israeli office while speaking at Rutgers University in 2007. It was a serious point of contention during Hagel's marathon confirmation session with the Senate a few weeks ago. "He did not recall saying that," Graham said on Sunday. "He disavows saying that. ...

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