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US journalist James Foley kidnapped in Syria during dangerous year - CBS News Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:20:07 GMT

CBS News
US journalist James Foley kidnapped in Syria during dangerous year
CBS News
We begin the year 2013 remembering their sacrifice and with the sober recognition that every day journalists risk their lives to bring home news from conflicts across the globe from Afghanistan to Mexico and from Syria to Somalia. We believe the work ...
American Missing for Months in SyriaDaily Beast
American journalist missing in SyriaUSA TODAY
American journalist abducted in SyriaCNN International
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UN's Syria death toll jumps dramatically to 60000-plus - CNN Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:56:33 GMT

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UN's Syria death toll jumps dramatically to 60000-plus
CNN
(CNN) -- The overall death toll in devastated Syria has surpassed an estimated 60,000 people, the United Nations said Wednesday, a dramatic figure that could skyrocket as the civil war persists. To put it in perspective: 60,000 people is roughly the ...
Syria Death Toll At 60000, UN Human Rights Office SaysHuffington Post
UN says Syria death toll has passed 60000Aljazeera.com
Violence intensifies in Syria, UN says 60000 killed in prolonged conflictXinhua
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What's next for Syria in 2013? - CNN Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:45:56 GMT

What's next for Syria in 2013?
CNN
(CNN) -- Syria's civil war has been grinding on for nearly two years now, resulting in the deaths of more than 60,000 people, according to estimates from the office of the U.N. Human Rights Commissioner. More than 500,000 Syrians have sought refuge in ...

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UN: Analysis suggests 60000-plus killed in Syria - USA TODAY Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:12:17 GMT

Voice of America
UN: Analysis suggests 60000-plus killed in Syria
USA TODAY
Ben Hubbard and Frank Jordans, Associated Press 7:06p.m. EST January 2, 2013. CommentsShare. syria. Free Syrian Army fighters fire at enemy positions during heavy clashes with government forces in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo. (Photo: Abdullah ...
Syria Air Strike Hits Gas Station, Dozens KilledVoice of America
WRAPUP 3-UN lifts Syria death toll to "truly shocking" 60000Reuters
'Many killed' in Syria fuel station airstrikeAljazeera.com
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After Assad, is strict Islamic rule ahead for Syria? - USA TODAY Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:57:20 GMT

Foreign Affairs
After Assad, is strict Islamic rule ahead for Syria?
USA TODAY
ALEPPO, Syria — The voice of Islamist groups is growing louder in Syria as a number of Syrians in the battleground province of Aleppo are expressing increasing interest in establishing a government that leans toward a strict Islamic state. Analysts ...
Syria on track to become Islamic stateWashington Times

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More Than 60000 Have Died in Syrian Conflict, UN Says - New York Times Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:10:56 GMT

New York Times
More Than 60000 Have Died in Syrian Conflict, UN Says
New York Times
GENEVA — More than 60,000 people have died in Syria's 22-month-old civil war, the United Nations' human rights chief, Navi Pillay, said on Wednesday, expressing dismay at the findings of an analysis that far exceeds previous estimates of casualties.

Data Dive Reveals 15000 New Victims of Syria War - Wired Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:08:47 GMT

Data Dive Reveals 15000 New Victims of Syria War
Wired
The world already believed Syria's civil war to be monstrous, with nearly 45,000 slain. But when the United Nations plunged into the disparate databases cataloging the victims, it discovered there had been an awful oversight. The true death toll was ...

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Philippine port operator pulls out of Syria - Inquirer.net Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:11:36 GMT

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Philippine port operator pulls out of Syria
Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines – A Philippine container port operator has decided to pull out of Syria and withdrew all its Filipino workers from a key port due to increasing dangers from the country's civil war, company officials said Wednesday. The withdrawal ...

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Syria unrest has killed 60000, says UN - BBC News Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:24:47 GMT

BBC News
Syria unrest has killed 60000, says UN
BBC News
More than 60,000 people have been killed since Syria's uprising began in March 2011, the UN has said. A study commissioned by UN human rights commissioner Navi Pillay collated data from seven different sources, and concluded that there had been ...

Israeli special forces under cover inside Syria - WND.com Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:59:58 GMT

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Israeli special forces under cover inside Syria
WND.com
Israeli special forces continue to operate inside Syria to track the country's nonconventional weapons as well as any such weapons that may be in possession of the rebels, according to informed Middle Eastern intelligence sources. The sources confirmed ...

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