Category Archives: Power

  1. The United Nations Security Council in session, September 24, 2009

    Security Council Votes to Urge Assad to Step Down (Live)

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    A United Nations resolution aimed at ending the violence in Syria was likely to meet a Russian veto on Saturday.

  1. Presidents Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and Bashar al-Assad of Syria in Damascus, May 10, 2010

    Russia Warns Syria Resolution “Path to Civil War”

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    Nearly everyone has deserted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad but Russia. Why is the Kremlin standing by his side?

  1. The guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill anchors in Manila Bay, the Philippines, May 15, 2011

    Philippines, United States Explore Military Cooperation

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    The next step in thwarting China’s rise as a regional power prompts the United States to revisit an old alliance.

  1. Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum participates in a Republican Party presidential debate hosted by NBC News in Tampa, Florida, January 23, 2012 (Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)

    Republican Chastises Obama’s Latin America Policy

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    Rick Santorum accused the president of “siding with the Marxists” in Central and South America.

  1. Mohamed Saad al-Katatni, the speaker of the Egyptian parliament, greets another lawmaker of the Muslim Brotherhood, Cairo, January 23, 2012 (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)

    Power Sharing Agreement Looms in Egypt

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    The Muslim Brotherhood will likely ally with the liberal Wafd Party while the army continues to set foreign policy.