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News in Brief: September 26th, 2014

Abe Kenmore, World & Nation Editor September 26, 2014

Morlaix, France: Around 100 farmers in the French province of Brittany stormed and torched an insurance office last week, according to the BBC, to protest falling prices for their produce and the loss...

Soft power not enough for Syria

Kelli Uresti, Staff Writer February 21, 2014

Syria is making headlines not for their peace conference, but rather, for more death and destruction. The country has been in a civil war for more than three years. Assad has not met one of the deadlines...

US intervention in Syria leads to a complex quagmire

US intervention in Syria leads to a complex quagmire

Robert Pacheo, Staff Writer September 13, 2013

The drums of war beat on. War is not the answer, though it can be the solution in the correct circumstance. However, American intervention in the Syrian Civil War is not that situation. The Syrian...

Guilford community reacts to troubling Syrian situation

Renee Dehart, Staff Writer September 13, 2013

For over two years, the active Syrian government has been at war with opposing rebel forces. Escalating hostility has pushed millions of refugees to flee the country. On Aug. 21 the violence intensified...

News in Brief

Rishab Revankar, World and Nation Section Editor September 6, 2013

Key West, Florida On Sept. 2, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad completed a historic 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida. Nyad, age 64, became the first swimmer to ever swim the straight without the assistance...

Brief updates on tragedies domestic and abroad

Katy Andrews and Anthony Harrison, Staff Writers May 3, 2013

Boston terrorized by violence On April 15, the Boston Marathon 2013 was interrupted by two separate bombings at the finish line. The attacks, allegedly orchestrated by brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan...

Escalation in the Syrian rebellion: United States and other countries come to aid

Alex Lindberg April 13, 2012

“The world must judge Assad by what he does, not what he says, and we cannot sit back and wait any longer,” said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Friends of Syria conference. Shortly afterwards,...

Amid divisions, Al-Qaeda exploits Syrian uprising

Bryan Dooley March 16, 2012

On Feb. 11, al-Qaeda leader Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri posted an eight-minute video urging a jihad to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “Al-Qaeda is a terrorist organization,” Zane F.  Kuseybi,...

International sanctions increase pressure on Syria

Keyla Beebe, Staff Writer January 27, 2012

In March 2011, the people of Syria began peacefully protesting President Bashar Al-Assad’s brutal and oppressive rule. Ten months, 5,000 dead civilians and over 14,000 detainees later, the people of...

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