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RED RIVER ORTHODOX: ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND NORTH DAKOTA St. Daniel the Stylite
One of the saints commemorated today is St. Daniel the Stylite. A life of this fifth century saint may be found here: http://orthodoxwiki.org/Daniel_the_Stylite In 2005, the journal Road to Emmaus i...
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Activists: At least 16 civilians, including children, 'massacred' in central Syria 
Syrian activists blamed pro-government gunmen in a rebel stronghold recaptured by the government in the embattled central city of Homs.
By Bassem Mroue , March 12, 2012
Annan ends trip to Syria with no peace deal, but optimistic for future
International envoy and former U.N. chief Kofi Annan left Syria Sunday without a deal to end the bloody year-old conflict as regime forces mounted a new assault on rebel strongholds in the north.
By Zeina Karam , March 11, 2012
U.S. hopes for UN resolution on Syria dim behind Russian resistance
The Obama administration's hopes for a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an end to violence in Syria dimmed Friday as Russia continued to object to language it believes is biased against the government in Damascus, U.S. officials said.
By Edith M. Lederer and Matthew Lee , March 09, 2012
Kerry: Timing not right for U.S. move against Syria
U.S. Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said this morning that there are stark differences between Syria and Moammar Gadhafi's Libya and that Syria's Bashar Assad has stronger air defenses.
By Associated Press , March 08, 2012
Talk of U.S. military in Syria divides Congress
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the nation's top military leader delivered a sober assessment today of Syria's sophisticated air defenses and its extensive stockpile of chemical weapons in a strategic reality check to the demand for U.S. military action to end President Bashar Assad's deadly crackdown on his people.
By Donna Cassata , March 07, 2012
McCain: Obama too soft on Syria; U.S. should take lead on airstrikes
VIDEO: Watch at bottom of articleFrom the Senate floor today, U.S. Sen. John McCain said the United States has a moral and strategic obligation to force out Syrian President Bashar Assad and his loyalists. The Arizona Republican said the Syrian government's slaughter of unarmed civilians has likely resulted in war crimes and that its neighbors in the region will intervene militarily, with or without the U.S.
By Laurie Kellman , March 05, 2012
Saudia Arabia Foreigh Ministers says Syrians have right to defend themselves
Saudi Arabia said Sunday that Syrians have a right to take up arms to defend themselves against the regime and accused the Damascus government of "imposing itself by force," as concerns mounted over a humanitarian crisis there.
By Aya Batrawy and Ben Hubbard , March 04, 2012
After days of delays the Red Cross begins giving aid to Syria's Homs
Red Cross teams began handing out food and blankets in central Homs province on Sunday after days of delays, helping families who fled the besieged neighborhood of Baba Amr and took shelter in nearby villages.
By Ben Hubbard , March 04, 2012
Bodies of 2 foreign journalist turned over by Syrian officials
The bodies of two foreign journalists who were killed in shelling while trapped inside a besieged district in the central Syrian city of Homs have left Syria late Saturday on board a French plane to Paris, the Polish Foreign Ministry said.
By Albert Aji , March 03, 2012
Fresh assault on Homs as Red Cross seeks access
Syrian forces launched a fresh assault on Homs today as the Red Cross pressed forward with efforts to deliver badly needed aid to thousands of people stranded in a besieged neighborhood despite warnings from regime troops of land mines and booby traps.
By Zeina Karam , March 03, 2012
Syria blocks Red Cross convoy from ex-rebel enclave
Humanitarian conditions in the former rebel stronghold of Baba Amr have been described as catastrophic, with extended power outages, shortages of food and water, and no medical care for the sick and wounded. Still, Syria blocked a Red Cross convoy from delivering badly needed food, medical supplies and blankets.
By Zeina Karam , March 02, 2012
Syria activist video: Slain U.S. journalist Colvin buried in Homs
A video posted online by Syrian activist shows what it says is the burial of American journalist Marie Colvin, who was killed last week in a rocket attack in the central city of Homs.
By Associated Press , March 01, 2012
Syrian rebels retreating from besieged Homs district
Syrian rebels retreated Thursday from a neighborhood in Homs that they had held for months, saying they were running out of weapons and humanitarian conditions were catastrophic after almost four weeks of government bombardment. The army promptly moved in, a government official said.
By Zeina Karam , March 01, 2012
Spanish reporter escapes Syria to Lebanon
A Spanish journalist who was trapped in Homs escaped to Lebanon Wednesday as the government threatened a new offensive to "cleanse" a rebel-held neighborhood of the besieged Syrian city.
By Ben Hubbard , February 29, 2012
2 wounded Western journalists escape from Syria
Syrian rebels spirited a British photographer who had been trapped in the opposition stronghold of Homs out of the country today after he was trapped for days under fierce government shelling that killed 13 of those trying to save him, an activist group said.
By Bassem Mroue and Ben Hubbard , February 28, 2012
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