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President Barack Obama said the U.S. has both a moral obligation and a national security interest in stopping the bloodshed in Syria, and there are no “easy answers” to resolving the civil war there.
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Israel’s airstrikes against targets in Syria undercut U.S. military warnings about the risks of using American air power against forces loyal to President Bashar al- Assad.
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The United Nations today failed to clear up conflicting claims about chemical weapons in Syria, after a former war-crimes prosecutor said there were signs that rebels, not government forces, had used sarin gas.
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The Obama administration is asking the United Nations Human Rights Council to derail Syria’s request for membership in the organization and to condemn the government’s attacks on peaceful protesters.
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Sri Lanka should probe alleged human-rights violations and war crimes that occurred during its 26-year civil war, according to a U.S.-sponsored resolution to be voted on today at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
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India stock futures rose, signaling shares may rebound after the biggest weekly loss in 15 months.
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Human-rights abuses by North Korea may constitute crimes against humanity, said Marzuki Darusman, the United Nations investigator who uncovered violations in the totalitarian state ranging from torture to arbitrary detention.
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A Moscow court opened proceedings in the tax-evasion trial of Hermitage Capital Management tax and legal adviser Sergei Magnitsky, who died in prison in 2009.
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will today seek to mend a rift with his biggest ally after it vowed to quit the ruling coalition over policy on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, undermining the minority administration.
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The largest ally in Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s coalition withdrew support over the government’s approach to alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, while signaling that a patch-up was possible if its demands were met.
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