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In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, on Saturday, March 31, 2012, showing a Syrian boy flashes the V-victory sign during a demonstration in Idlib, Syria. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Nations pledge millions for Syrian opposition

Bradley Klapper, Christopher Torchia The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 5:13pm

ISTANBUL — A coalition of more than 70 partners, including the United States, pledged Sunday to send millions of dollars and communications equipment to Syria’s opposition groups, signaling deeper involvement in the conflict amid a growing belief that diplomacy and sanctions alone cannot end the Damascus regime’s repression.

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(RICHARD SHIRO/The Associated Press) In this Nov. 12, 2011, photo, Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, speaks at a debate in Spartanburg, S.C. The Republican presidential hopefuls are focusing on Iran as a weak spot in President Barack Obama’s foreign policy record, and they’re reviving many of the arguments that neoconservative proponents of armed intervention against Tehran lost in the latter years of George W. Bush’s presidency. “There are a number of ways to be smart about Iran and relatively few ways to be dumb, and the administration skipped all the ways to be smart,” said Gingirch at the debate.

GOP hopefuls challenge Obama on Iran

Bradley Klapper The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 8:52am

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopefuls are focusing on Iran as a weak spot in President Barack Obama’s foreign policy record, and they’re reviving many of the arguments that neoconservative proponents of armed intervention against Tehran lost in the latter years of George W. Bush’s presidency.

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(STEPHAN SAVOIA/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidates from left, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., Texas Gov. Rick Perry, businessman Herman Cain, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, partially obscured, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum participate in a presidential debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.

Campaign China-bashing obscures real problems

Bradley Klapper The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 17, 2011 - 7:48am

WASHINGTON — It’s open season on China in the Republican race for the presidential nomination, and Mitt Romney is leading the charge. Newt Gingrich and some other candidates are on his heels, painting China as the bogeyman responsible for America’s economic ills.

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AP review finds no threatened WikiLeaks sources

Bradley Klapper, Cassandra Vinograd The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 6:42pm

WASHINGTON — Federica Ferrari Bravo’s story of meeting American diplomats in Rome seven years ago hardly reads like a James Bond spy novel or a Cold War tale of a brave informant sharing secrets to help the United States.

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