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Gulf plan could be blank check for Syrian rebels

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
BEIRUT (AP) -- A Gulf plan to funnel millions of dollars a month to Syrian rebels - payments earmarked for salaries for the fighters - could amount to a blank check for the opposition to build up an arsenal against President Bashar Assad's forces, analysts say....

Gulf plan could be blank check for Syrian rebels

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
BEIRUT (AP) -- A Gulf plan to funnel millions of dollars a month to Syrian rebels - payments earmarked for salaries for the fighters - could amount to a blank check for the opposition to build up an arsenal against President Bashar Assad's forces, analysts say....

Gulf plan could be blank check for Syrian rebels

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
BEIRUT (AP) -- A Gulf plan to funnel millions of dollars a month to Syrian rebels - payments earmarked for salaries for the fighters - could amount to a blank check for the opposition to build up an arsenal against President Bashar Assad's forces, analysts say....

Gulf plan could be blank check for Syrian rebels

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
BEIRUT (AP) -- A Gulf plan to funnel millions of dollars a month to Syrian rebels - payments earmarked for salaries for the fighters - could amount to a blank check for the opposition to build up an arsenal against President Bashar Assad's forces, analysts say....

Gulf plan could be blank check for Syrian rebels

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
BEIRUT (AP) -- A Gulf plan to funnel millions of dollars a month to Syrian rebels - payments earmarked for salaries for the fighters - could amount to a blank check for the opposition to build up an arsenal against President Bashar Assad's forces, analysts say....

Aftershock shakes Mexico, no injuries reported

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico was shaken Monday afternoon by a strong apparent aftershock from a powerful earthquake late last month....

Bin Laden's relatives get short prison sentence

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Pakistani court sentenced Osama bin Laden's three widows and two of his daughters to 45 days in prison on Monday for illegally living in the country, ordering them deported when the sentence ends, their lawyer said....

Argentina still wants Falklands 30 years after war

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
USHUAIA, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina's president said Monday that she's asked the International Red Cross to persuade Britain to let its experts identify unknown soldiers buried in the Falkland Islands....

Syria agrees to April 10 troop pullout from cities

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- International envoy Kofi Annan told the U.N. Security Council on Monday that Syria informed him its military will complete the withdrawal of troops and heavy weapons from populated areas by April 10....

Bin Laden's relatives get short prison sentence

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Pakistani court sentenced Osama bin Laden's three widows and two of his daughters to 45 days in prison on Monday for illegally living in the country, ordering them deported when the sentence ends, their lawyer said....

W. Africa bloc imposes sanctions on Mali post-coup

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The body representing West African nations on Monday imposed severe financial sanctions on Mali, after a 72-hour deadline elapsed and the soldiers that recently seized power failed to fully restore constitutional order....

Russia: Siberian plane in crash not de-iced right

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's civil aviation chief says the plane that crashed Monday into a snowy field in Siberia, killing 31 people, appears to have been improperly de-iced, but he said there was no indication that negligence had caused the crash....

Hungarian president resigns in plagiarism scandal

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Hungarian President Pal Schmitt resigned Monday because of a plagiarism scandal regarding a doctoral dissertation he had written 20 years ago on the Olympics....

Myanmar's Suu Kyi hopes victory is dawn of new era

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's victory in parliamentary elections is the biggest prize of her political career. But the weekend vote for only a few dozen legislative seats may have sown the seeds of something far more significant - the possibility her party could sweep the next balloting in 2015 and take control of Myanmar's government....

Myanmar's Suu Kyi hopes victory is dawn of new era

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's victory in parliamentary elections is the biggest prize of her political career. But the weekend vote for only a few dozen legislative seats may have sown the seeds of something far more significant - the possibility her party could sweep the next balloting in 2015 and take control of Myanmar's government....

Hungary parliament accepts president's resignation

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Hungary's parliament has accepted the resignation of President Pal Schmitt, who announced he was stepping down after losing his doctorate in a plagiarism scandal....

Euro unemployment spikes to record 10.8 percent

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
LONDON (AP) -- Unemployment in the 17 countries that use the euro hit its highest level since the currency was introduced back in 1999, official figures showed Monday, adding to fears that the region is in recession....

Euro unemployment spikes to record 10.8 percent

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
LONDON (AP) -- Unemployment in the 17 countries that use the euro hit its highest level since the currency was introduced back in 1999, official figures showed Monday, adding to fears that the region is in recession....

Euro unemployment spikes to record 10.8 percent

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
LONDON (AP) -- Unemployment in the 17 countries that use the euro hit its highest level since the currency was introduced back in 1999, official figures showed Monday, adding to fears that the region is in recession....

Ukraine allows Tymoshenko's treatment outside jail

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:28
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Jailed former premier Yulia Tymoshenko will be allowed to leave prison to be treated for a back condition at a Ukrainian hospital, prosecutors said Monday as the government appeared to bow to Western pressure....