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Damascus Holds Its Breath as Syrian Civil War Reaches Its Door

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 02:11 PM PST

Damascus Holds Its Breath as Syrian Civil War Reaches Its DoorABC 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

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, talks with Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Markoullis, prior to the start of the EU foreign ministers meeting, at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. European Union foreign ministers were set Monday for a showdown over the bloc's arms embargo on Syria, while tighter sanctions on North Korea were expected to get waved through. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)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

In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 photo, Syrian Kurdish refugees makes traditional bread in a tent in the Dumiz refugee camp in northern Iraq. Syrian Kurds who fled their country's civil war have mixed feelings about a future without Bashar Assad: They hope to win autonomy if the regime falls, but fear chaos and the rise of Islamists could instead make their lives worse. (AP Photo/Karin Laub)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

Shi'ite Muslims shout slogans as they protest near the covered bodies (not in picture) of Saturday's bomb attack victims during a sit-in in QuettaQUETTA, 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

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, talks with Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Markoullis, prior to the start of the EU foreign ministers meeting, at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. European Union foreign ministers were set Monday for a showdown over the bloc's arms embargo on Syria, while tighter sanctions on North Korea were expected to get waved through. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)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

Family members of Hussein Abdullah, 22, who was killed in a car bomb attack, load his coffin onto a vehicle before transporting the coffin for burial in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. A series of car bombs exploded within minutes of each other as Iraqis were out shopping in and around Baghdad on Sunday, killing and wounding scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani)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

Residents gather at the site of a car bomb explosion in Sadr City, northeastern BaghdadBAGHDAD (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

Chuck Hagel: Trapped in political limbo.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

In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 photo, Indonesian women shout slogans during a protest demanding District Chief Aceng Fikri to step down, in Garut, West Java, Indonesia. The Supreme Court late last month recommended that the president dismiss Fikri for violating the marriage law, following a public outrage after he divorced his second teenage wife by text message just four days after their wedding. The response has been seen as a small step forward for women's rights in the secular country where most people practice a moderate form of Islam. The writings on the poster reads "Garut District Chief must step down or there will be no more virgins." (AP Photo/Kusumadireza)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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