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The American Jobs Crisis
On any given day, Congress debates cutting entitlement programs versus strengthening them. Programs such as food stamps and ...UN says chemical inspection team to leave Syria Saturday
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that U.N. experts seeking to collect evidence from an apparent chemical attack in Syria that killed ...Obama says no decision yet on Syria strike
U.S. President Barack Obama says he has not yet decided on how to respond to the chemical weapons attack in Syria.Britain takes draft resolution on Syria to UN Security Council
Britain says it plans to introduce a U.N. Security Council resolution Wednesday that condemns the alleged chemical attack by Syrian forces and ...UN inspectors resume Syria chemical weapons probe
Two days after their convoy was shot at by unidentified snipers, UN arms inspectors resumed their probe into Syria chemical weapons attack ...Joe Biden: No doubt Assad regime used chemical weapons in Syria
US Vice President Joe Biden said there is no doubt that Syria\'s government was responsible for a recent chemical attack in Damascus, ...Taliban shoot dead aid workers in Afghanistan
Afghan officials say insurgents have shot and killed 12 civilians, including six aid workers working on government projects, in two separate incidents.Teenager dies of bubonic plague after eating infected barbecued meat
A Kyrgyzstan boy died from bubonic plague nine days after eating barbecued marmot, a health official said, giving assurances "there will be ...US postpones meeting with Russia on Syrian crisis
The US State Department postponed a meeting scheduled tomorrow in The Hague between senior diplomats from the United States and Russia due ...Stocks slide, oil up as Syria tensions escalate
Fears of an escalating conflict in Syria rippled across financial markets on Tuesday, sinking stocks, lifting gold and pushing the price of ...