| In Syria, clashes between Arab rebels, Kurds Nov 29th 2012, 04:00 ANTAKYA, Turkey — Clashes between Arab rebels and Kurdish militants in northeastern Syria are bringing additional complexities to the already murky front lines in the country's civil war. The latest round of fighting was prompted when two Sunni Arab rebel groups with reputed links to al-Qaeda captured a border crossing with Turkey in the Syrian town of Ras al-Ayn this month. The groups succeeded in driving out forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but also drew the ire of a Kurdish militia with a presence in the area. Dozens of Arabs and Kurds have been killed in the fighting that followed. Read full article >>   |  | Fight over Susan Rice holds political risks for White House Nov 29th 2012, 01:16 The choice of a successor to Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state has turned into an unexpectedly nasty political fight that could cost the White House valuable goodwill with Republicans. Republican opposition to presumptive front-runner Susan E. Rice did not fade after the election, as White House officials and her supporters had predicted. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, did not win any public GOP support after meeting with two Republican senators Wednesday, her second day of unusual face-to-face sessions intended to blunt critiques of her role in explaining the fatal Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Libya. Read full article >>   | | Afghan women caught between modernity, tradition Nov 29th 2012, 00:41 KABUL — Just before she leapt from her roof into the streets of Kabul, Farima thought of the wedding that would never happen and the man she would never marry. Her fiance would be pleased to see her die, she later recalled thinking. It would offer relief to them both. Read full article >> | |
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