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President Obama Signs Executive Order To Stop Technology From Enabling Atrocities
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A GPS device. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons.
Sometimes used in mass killings.
Read more...Shelling Resumes in Syria Despite Ceasefire Agreement
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Syrian forces shelled Homs Saturday on the third day of a "ceasefire."
Read more...Syrian Troops Will Not Withdraw Despite Agreement To Peace Plan
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Troops will remain until peace arrives to the cities now plagued with unrest.
Read more...Syria Accepts Terms Of UN Peace Proposal
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Envoy to the United Nations Kofi Annan, here in 2009. (World Economic Forum/Creative Commons)
Annan's proposal called for dialogue without ousting Assad.
Read more...Syria's "Marie Antoinette" Faces Sanctions
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Her secret for coping with the country's crisis: Shopping.
Read more...Human Rights Watch Denounces Syrian Opposition Tactics
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Say regime's "brual tactics" do not justify recent shift in strategy.
Read more...Russian Troops Reportedly Arrive In Syria
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A Russian "anti-terror" tank has reportedly arrived on Syrian soil.
Read more...Assad Regime Loyalists Demonstrate In Support On Uprising Anniversary
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Recent anti-regime demonstrations, like this one in Homs March 4, have sparked a military crackdown. (Freedom House/Flickr)
Some forcibly bussed in.
Read more...President Assad Meets With Kofi Annan As Violence Continues
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Assad attributed the continuing violence to "armed terrorist groups."
Read more...Syrian Opposition Regime Says It's Too Late To Talk
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Kofi Annan called for peace in Syria (Wikimedia Commons)
Syrian opposition forces reject talks between president and U.N. envoy, calling it pointless.
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