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Syria protesters hurl rocks at China embassy in Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Syrian and Libyan demonstrators hurled rocks, eggs and tomatoes at the Chinese embassy in Tripoli on Monday, after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution backing an Arab plan urging Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to give up power. Armed men, who said they were from the Libyan government's Supreme Security Committee, guarded the embassy from about 50 ...
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand tours Cohoes manufacturing facility (with photos, video)
COHOES — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand lifted up a dark blue shirt, showed the American flag design on the tag and smiled as she said, “See? ‘Made in America.’” It seemed to sum up why she paid manufacturing company Precision Valve and Automation a visit Monday.
Chrysler draws praise for Clint Eastwood ad touting U.S. turnaround
Chrysler Group aired a poignant Super Bowl ad touting the Motor City's turnaround with a message that said the United States could learn from Detroit's rebound.
Anger after Russia, China block U.N. action on Syria
BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Western and Arab states voiced outrage Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power, and Washington vowed harsher sanctions against Damascus. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the veto a "travesty." It came a day after activists say Syrian forces ...
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U.S. Embassy in Syria Closed, Diplomats Evacuated
U.S. Diplomats Have Been Removed from Syria and Embassy Operations Have Been Suspended
As U.S.-Pakistani relations sink, nations try to figure out ‘a new normal’
In a call to her Pakistani counterpart this month, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated the Obama administration’s counterterrorism “red line”: The United States reserved the right to attack anyone who it determined posed a direct threat to U.S. national security, anywhere in the world. Read full article >>
US Diplomats Shuttled Out of Syria
The United States has whisked its remaining diplomats out of Syria and suspended operations at its embassy in Damascus as violence there continues to increase, U.S. officials told ABC News.