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Thursday, December 20, 2012 Al Qaeda's Comeback In Syria By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Having seen its star wane in Iraq, al Qaeda has staged a comeback in neighbouring Syria, posing a dilemma for the opposition fighting to remove President Bashar al-Assad and making the West balk at military backing for the revolt. UN: Syria's Civil War Increasingly Sectarian France Acknowledges Brutal Algeria Rule New Agers Hope Dec. 21 Brings New Era The Happiest People On The Planet? Jewish Tombstones Found In Greece's Thessaloniki BLOG POSTS John M. Ackerman: The Newtown-Mexico Connection The NRA should be applauded for its willingness to "offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again." But the discussion should be guided just as much by the plight of Mexican children as by the fears of suburban mothers. Jack Healey: Obama: Stop Killing Innocents, Period For innocents caught in Obama's drone wars, "disappearances" come from thousands of miles in the air. The practice also brings to mind another human rights term -- "extrajudicial killings." We don't have a new word for talking about the drones, but maybe we should. John Tirman: Mourning the Children, Here and There As the father of a child, I find the Newtown massacre deeply disturbing and I hope it moves Obama to stand up to the NRA bullies. But the president has shown no such reluctance to pursue practices that result in the killing of innocent children in Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere. William K. Black: The Miraculous Turnaround in Ecuadorian Migration Under President Correa Why does the U.S. media treat Ecuador's President Rafael Correa with hostility and Italy's Prime Minister Monti with the greatest respect given Ecuador has experienced economic and social success under Correa's leadership and Italy has experienced severe failures under Monti? David Winder: Giving Birth on the Side of the Road With Two Cans of Dirty Water In the developing world only 58 percent of births are attended by a skilled assistant, such as a midwife, nurse or doctor, according to UNFPA; in Ethiopia, a shocking 90 percent of births take place without trained assistants.

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