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UN General Assembly passes Syria resolution

Syria's Assad to 'End' One-Party Rule

The proposed vote on a new constitution, which is scheduled to take place on February 26, comes after a bloody 11-month uprising against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Greece

Greece: European or Not?

There is another element to this ongoing drama – Greece’s resentment of Western Europe and the feeling that Greeks don’t feel like they are a part of Europe.
Alabama and Mississippi Republicans believe Obama is Muslim

Obama shift seeks to defuse birth-control fight

President Barack Obama, in an abrupt policy shift aimed at quelling an election-year firestorm, announced on Friday that religious employers would not be required to offer free birth control to workers and that the onus would instead be put on insurers.
U.S. Health Care

White House Announces Contraceptive Compromise

The compromise aims to tamp down ire among Catholic officials that the Affordable Care Act rule on contraception coverage would force religiously-affiliated organizations to violate church teaching.
Cricket

Scoring at Cricket with a Dutch

Where did the game of cricket begin? This question came from my friend Paul, who is from the Netherlands. He was visiting Kerala, the southernmost state of India where I was born. He came here to enjoy the hot Indian summer. But there was something hotter than the sun brewing in India at that time. It was the Indian Premier League (IPL) season.
Singer David Lee Roth (2nd R) performs with (L-R) Alex, Wolfgang, and Eddie Van Halen during a private Valen Halen show to announce the band's upcoming tour at Cafe Wha? in New York

Van Halen gets a Jump-start with Roth-fronted album

A Different Kind of Truth is a pretty ponderous name for a not very ponderous album -- Van Halen's first in 28 years with David Lee Roth as frontman. If they'd been in as cheeky a mood titling it as they were in recording it, maybe they could have gone with: 1985.

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