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Arab League to send more monitors to Syria as protesters level criticisms

The Arab League has said it will send more monitors to Syria in an effort to ensure the government is living up to its commitments to end violence against protesters. Meanwhile, protesters say the monitors who are already there are being misled and are ineffective.

Syrian Rebels Facing Defeat in Key City of Homs

Global Politics

The Growing Danger of Reporting from Syria

Conflict & Justice

Syria Close to ‘All Out War’

Global Politics

Stories from Syrian Refugees

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Inside Homs, Flashpoint of Syrian Unrest

The Arab League gave the Syrian government 24 hours to admit international monitors or face serious economic sanctions on Thursday. After the deadline passed at 6:00AM Eastern time, the league decided meet on Saturday to discuss how to proceed. At least 51 people are said to have been killed in violence across the country on […]

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Libyan rebels extend surrender deadline for Sirte

Conflict & Justice

Fighters in Libya are giving loyalists in Sirte, the birthplace of Col. Moammar Gadhafi, until this weekend to surrender. BBC correspondent Paul Wood filed this report while on the road to Sirte.

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Pro-Gadhafi fighters put up resistance in Sirte

Global Politics

Colonel Gadhafi’s fighters are still putting up fierce resistance at his compound in Tripoli, and making sporadic attacks elsewhere in the capital and other areas of the country. Paul Wood, from our partner the BBC, joins us.

Afghans Speak About Possible US and NATO Troop Withdrawal

We continue our conversation on President Obama’s announcement tonight on his plan for withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan, including how many troops will be returning home and when, and whether or not this will signal the end of the  Afghanistan  War. The BBC’s Paul Wood is in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and has been speaking with […]

Afghanistan’s Child Recruits Tell Their Story

BBC correspondent Paul Wood visited children in Afghanistan who were tricked into becoming suicide bombers, before they were arrested by coalition authorities. Children as young as eight say that they were told that they wouldn’t die if they carried out an attack. We hear their voices.

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