Syria and the politicization of British foreign policy

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• Syria and the politicization of British foreign policy
• Congo's army occupies rebel positions in breakthrough
• Obama says world cannot stand by on Syria
• Bosnian Serbs welcome freed war criminal as hero
• Oil drops below $108 as US weighs Syria options
• Scant foreign support for US strikes on Syria
• Inconsistent allies: France, US mull Syria action
• Hearing postponed for foul-mouthed Pa. chief
• Ga. baby killing trial up to jury after closings
• CBS blackout dispute threatens football fans
• Iowa board votes to bar abortion pill system
• Court rules against disclosure of WH visitor list
• No surprises for Alexander and GOP incumbents
• Djokovic survives wobble to make US Open third round
• Insight: To cut natural gas costs, Chesapeake pumps up royalty deductions
• Djokovic settles down to win in 3 sets at US Open
• Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
• U.S. says world cannot let Assad get away with chemical attack
• Fox's O'Reilly: I made wrong claim about march
• Judge: Airline-merger trial to start in November
• US says Syrian chemical attack killed 1,429
• Obama says Syria chemical weapons attack threatens Israel, Jordan
• Yosemite fire blazes into US holiday weekend
• Warhawks have full attention of No. 16 Oklahoma
• Djokovic overcomes slow start to win at US Open
• Sandberg returns to Wrigley as Phillies manager
• Suriname leader's son arrested on US drug charge
• Roof collapses at James Dean's Indiana high school
• Rebels declare ceasefire in Congo
• Six dead as thousands of Mursi supporters march in Egypt
• UN's Syria samples to undergo meticulous scrutiny
• Military practice bomb lands in Md. parking lot
• Obama: US has obligation as world leader to act
• US not alone on Syria, France our 'oldest ally': Kerry
• Bale to cost Madrid 91 million euros
• Kate makes first appearance since royal birth
• Apple rolls out iPhone trade-in program in U.S. stores
• U.S. intelligence report on chemical weapons use in Syria
• Obama says he's considering 'narrow' Syria action

Syria and the politicization of British foreign policy Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:53 PM PDT (Reuters) - Syria's population - at the heart of so many proxy battles for influence - last night found itself drawn into a different kind of conflict - this time over the future of British politics. After the British Parliament's vote against action in Syria, the former Liberal Democrat leader, Lord Ashdown, tweeted that Britain is a "hugely diminished country" this morning: "In 50 years trying to serve my country I have never felt so depressed/ashamed. ...

Congo's army occupies rebel positions in breakthrough Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:49 PM PDT By Pete Jones KIBATI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - In their biggest success in a year, government troops in Congo occupied strategic hills overlooking the eastern town of Goma on Friday after rebel fighters withdrew. The M23 rebels, who have fought an 18-month uprising in the eastern borderlands of the Democratic Republic of Congo, said they quit the Kibati hills to allow an independent investigation into shelling that has killed civilians in Goma and the lakeside town of Gisenyi in neighboring Rwanda. ...

Obama says world cannot stand by on Syria Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:49 PM PDT President Barack Obama insisted Friday that war weariness cannot excuse world powers from their duty to respond to the gassing to death of hundreds of Syrian women and children.

Bosnian Serbs welcome freed war criminal as hero Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:42 PM PDT PALE, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Singing Serbian national songs and waving flags, more than 2,000 people welcomed convicted war criminal Momcilo Krajisnik home as a national hero on Friday evening.

Oil drops below $108 as US weighs Syria options Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:42 PM PDT The price of oil fell below $108 a barrel Friday as an imminent U.S. attack on Syria appeared less likely.

Scant foreign support for US strikes on Syria Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:39 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is poised to become the first U.S. leader in three decades to attack a foreign nation without broad international support or in direct defense of Americans.

Inconsistent allies: France, US mull Syria action Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:39 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — If France and the United States are ever going to move beyond French opposition to the Iraq War, this could be the time.

Hearing postponed for foul-mouthed Pa. chief Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:37 PM PDT GILBERTON, Pa. (AP) — A northeastern Pennsylvania police chief suspended for posting videos in which he fired borough-owned automatic weapons while shouting obscenities will wait a little longer to learn his fate.

Ga. baby killing trial up to jury after closings Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:37 PM PDT MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A defense attorney for a man accused of fatally shooting a baby in a stroller said the investigation was flawed and police ignored other leads and suspects, while the prosecution said witnesses may have had shifting stories but video and other evidence don't lie.

CBS blackout dispute threatens football fans Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:37 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — It's one thing for a business dispute to knock out CBS programming in some three million homes during rerun season. Football season is another matter entirely, and there's little immediate cause for optimism.

Iowa board votes to bar abortion pill system Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:34 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Board of Medicine voted Friday to end a unique system in which doctors use the Internet to distribute abortion-inducing pills remotely to patients at clinics across the state.

Court rules against disclosure of WH visitor list Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that White House visitor logs for the president and most of his staff are not public information subject to disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act.

No surprises for Alexander and GOP incumbents Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:31 PM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Faced with a potentially serious primary challenger, Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander was not about to sit back and wait.

Djokovic survives wobble to make US Open third round Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:28 PM PDT Top seed Novak Djokovic survived a first-set wobble to defeat Germany's Benjamin Becker 7-6 (7/2), 6-2, 6-2 and reach the US Open third round on Friday.

Insight: To cut natural gas costs, Chesapeake pumps up royalty deductions Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:26 PM PDT By Ernest Scheyder SAYRE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - As the natural gas industry struggles to cope with depressed prices, Chesapeake Energy Corp has begun shifting a much larger share of transportation and marketing costs to the owners of Pennsylvania land it leases. The largest natural gas operator in Pennsylvania's Marcellus shale formation, Chesapeake started this year to take much heavier deductions from royalty checks it sends landowners to help pay to gather, compress, market and transport natural gas, in most cases cutting compensation by more than half. ...

Djokovic settles down to win in 3 sets at US Open Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:25 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic faced two set points early in his second-round match at the U.S. Open.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

U.S. says world cannot let Assad get away with chemical attack Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:23 PM PDT By Steve Holland and Catherine Bremer WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - The United States made clear on Friday that it would punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the "brutal and flagrant" chemical weapons attack that it says killed more than 1,400 people in Damascus last week. "We cannot accept a world where women and children and innocent civilians are gassed on a terrible scale," President Barack Obama told reporters at the White House. ...

Fox's O'Reilly: I made wrong claim about march Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:18 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly has apologized for incorrectly stating that no Republicans were invited to participate in a ceremony this week marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for civil rights and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

Judge: Airline-merger trial to start in November Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:57 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Friday that the government's lawsuit to block the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways will start Nov. 25, a timetable favored by the airlines.

US says Syrian chemical attack killed 1,429 Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Edging toward a retaliatory strike, President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing "limited and narrow" action against Syria as the administration bluntly accused Bashar Assad's government of launching a chemical weapons attack that killed at least 1,429 people — far more than previous estimates — including more than 400 children.

Obama says Syria chemical weapons attack threatens Israel, Jordan Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday the chemical weapons attack in Syria threatened U.S. allies Israel and Jordan and said his preference would have been for the international community to move forward on a response. While meeting with visiting leaders at the White House, Obama told reporters the United States was still in the planning process for a response to the chemical weapons use in Syria. He said he was looking at a limited action against Syria that would not involve an open-ended commitment or major military operation. ...

Yosemite fire blazes into US holiday weekend Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:13 PM PDT The wildfire which has spread into Yosemite National Park now covers over 200,000 acres, but tourists visiting on a US holiday weekend need have no concerns, officials said Friday.

Warhawks have full attention of No. 16 Oklahoma Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:11 PM PDT NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Facing a ranked opponent on the road to open the season is no big deal for Louisiana-Monroe, which has Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops concerned.

Djokovic overcomes slow start to win at US Open Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:11 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Barely 40 minutes into his second-round match at the U.S. Open, top-seeded Novak Djokovic was a point from losing the opening set. A dozen minutes later, he was in control, on his way to a straight-set victory.

Sandberg returns to Wrigley as Phillies manager Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:07 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Ryne Sandberg grinned the whole time. On a hot, sweaty day, the Hall of Famer looked cool and comfortable.

Suriname leader's son arrested on US drug charge Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:03 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The son of the president of the South American country of Suriname has been arrested on U.S. drug and weapon charges, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Roof collapses at James Dean's Indiana high school Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:01 PM PDT FAIRMOUNT, Ind. (AP) — A large portion of the Indiana high school where James Dean was first exposed to acting has caved in, dealing what local officials say could be a final blow to efforts to preserve the building.

Rebels declare ceasefire in Congo Posted: 30 Aug 2013 12:00 PM PDT KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Rebels entrenched in the hills above one of eastern Congo's largest cities declared a ceasefire on Friday and began retreating from the frontline, the first indication that a joint United Nations and Congolese offensive might be gaining the upper hand in the conflict.

Six dead as thousands of Mursi supporters march in Egypt Posted: 30 Aug 2013 11:56 AM PDT By Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi marched through Cairo and cities across Egypt on Friday to demand his reinstatement, in the movement's biggest show of defiance since hundreds of protesters were killed two weeks ago. Although most marches passed without major incident, a security source said there had been at least six deaths, and police fired teargas at protesters in Cairo's Mohandiseen district. ...

UN's Syria samples to undergo meticulous scrutiny Posted: 30 Aug 2013 11:55 AM PDT THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — They've endured repeated delays, unrelenting scrutiny and even snipers' bullets in Damascus. Now U.N. inspectors, who have been gathering evidence of a possible chemical weapons attack in Syria, are poised to return to the Netherlands in coming days, setting in motion a meticulous process of analyzing samples at specially accredited laboratories.

Military practice bomb lands in Md. parking lot Posted: 30 Aug 2013 11:52 AM PDT SUDLERSVILLE, Md. (AP) — An electronic failure may be to blame for a practice bomb that was dropped from a jet onto a tavern's parking lot, a Maryland National Guard official said Friday.

Obama: US has obligation as world leader to act Posted: 30 Aug 2013 11:50 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he recognizes the world and the U.S. are war-weary in the face of potential military action against Syria.

US not alone on Syria, France our 'oldest ally': Kerry Posted: 30 Aug 2013 11:44 AM PDT Secretary of State John Kerry insisted Friday the United States is not alone in its quest to punish Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime, citing the support of France, America's "oldest ally."

Bale to cost Madrid 91 million euros Posted: 30 Aug 2013 11:40 AM PDT Gareth Bale's prolonged transfer from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid is set to be finalised after the two clubs agreed a 91 million euro ($121 million, £78 million) fee for the player, Madrid sports daily AS reported on Friday.

Kate makes first appearance since royal birth Posted: 30 Aug 2013 11:38 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Cambridge has made her first public appearance since giving birth to Prince George last month, joining her husband Prince William at a running event in Wales on Friday.

Apple rolls out iPhone trade-in program in U.S. stores Posted: 30 Aug 2013 11:36 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has launched a trade-in program in its U.S. retail stores for older models of its iPhone as it gears up for the launch of a new version of the smartphone, it said on Friday. Apple will give customers a credit for their old phones to be used toward the purchase of a new model, an Apple spokeswoman said. A thriving industry exists for older versions of smartphones, especially the iPhone, on websites such as eBay and Gazelle. Even broken iPhones can fetch as much as $125 from vendors, who resell them in the United States and internationally. ...

U.S. intelligence report on chemical weapons use in Syria Posted: 30 Aug 2013 11:36 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unclassified U.S. intelligence report released on Friday by the White House concluded there was "high confidence" that Syrian forces had used chemical weapons multiple times in the last year, including the August 21 attack in the suburbs of Damascus. The intelligence gathered for the U.S. report included an intercepted communication involving a senior official intimately familiar with the attack as well as other human, signals and satellite intelligence, the four-page report said. ...

Obama says he's considering 'narrow' Syria action Posted: 30 Aug 2013 11:35 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he hasn't made a final decision about a military strike against Syria. But he says he's considering a limited and narrow action in response to a chemical weapons attack that he says Syria's government carried out last week.

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