Politics Mash » World http://politics.getmash.net Your source for daily politics mash... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:15:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Russia says Assad wants dialogue; Syria keeps shelling as nations recall envoys http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/russia-says-assad-wants-dialogue-syria-keeps-shelling-as-nations-recall-envoys.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/russia-says-assad-wants-dialogue-syria-keeps-shelling-as-nations-recall-envoys.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:15:05 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/russia-says-assad-wants-dialogue-syria-keeps-shelling-as-nations-recall-envoys.html DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is “completely committed” to stopping fighting in the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday after discussions on the mounting violence.

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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/featured-advertiser-760.html/feed 0 CIA digs in as Americans withdraw from Iraq, Afghanistan http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/cia-digs-in-as-americans-withdraw-from-iraq-afghanistan.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/cia-digs-in-as-americans-withdraw-from-iraq-afghanistan.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:15:05 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/cia-digs-in-as-americans-withdraw-from-iraq-afghanistan.html The CIA is expected to maintain a large clandestine presence in Iraq and Afghanistan long after the departure of conventional U.S. troops as part of a plan by the Obama administration to rely on a combination of spies and Special Operations forces to protect U.S. interests in the two longtime war zones, U.S. officials said.

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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/cia-digs-in-as-americans-withdraw-from-iraq-afghanistan.html/feed 0 U.S. evaluating size of Baghdad embassy, officials say http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/u-s-evaluating-size-of-baghdad-embassy-officials-say.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/u-s-evaluating-size-of-baghdad-embassy-officials-say.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:15:05 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/u-s-evaluating-size-of-baghdad-embassy-officials-say.html The United States in Iraq, population 16,000, is a country within a country. It has a $6 billion budget, its own airline and three hospitals, and imports virtually all of its food. Its central fortress, otherwise known as the Baghdad embassy compound, is nearly as large as Vatican City.

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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/u-s-evaluating-size-of-baghdad-embassy-officials-say.html/feed 0 Architect of Egypt’s NGO crackdown is Mubarak holdover http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/architect-of-egypt%e2%80%99s-ngo-crackdown-is-mubarak-holdover.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/architect-of-egypt%e2%80%99s-ngo-crackdown-is-mubarak-holdover.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:15:05 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/architect-of-egypt%e2%80%99s-ngo-crackdown-is-mubarak-holdover.html CAIRO — The architect of Egypt’s crackdown on U.S.-funded pro-democracy organizations is a holdover from the cabinet of former president Hosni Mubarak who has tried for years to stymie the groups’ activities.

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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/architect-of-egypt%e2%80%99s-ngo-crackdown-is-mubarak-holdover.html/feed 0 After doubts grow, a regime backer flees Syria (AP) http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/after-doubts-grow-a-regime-backer-flees-syria-ap.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/after-doubts-grow-a-regime-backer-flees-syria-ap.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:15:04 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/after-doubts-grow-a-regime-backer-flees-syria-ap.html In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 photo, 3-year-old Ali al-Yousef, left, son of Syrian defector Younes al-Yousef sit in their apartment in Cairo, Egypt. Al-Yousef worked as a cameraman for a pro-regime TV station early in the uprising against President Bashar Assad but lost faith in government claims that the protesters were armed gangs and terrorists. He fled Syria and is now waiting in Cairo for Assad's regime to fall. The flags, background, represent the Syrian revolutionary flag. (AP Photo/Ben Hubbard)AP – Younes al-Yousef rarely goes outside in Cairo, fearful that even here someone will recognize him and word will get back to Damascus. He stays in a simple, rented apartment with his wife and children, smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee and watching TV for the latest from the homeland he fled, Syria.

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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/after-doubts-grow-a-regime-backer-flees-syria-ap.html/feed 0 Last known WWI veteran Florence Green dies at 110 (AP) http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/last-known-wwi-veteran-florence-green-dies-at-110-ap.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/last-known-wwi-veteran-florence-green-dies-at-110-ap.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:15:04 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/last-known-wwi-veteran-florence-green-dies-at-110-ap.html In this Feb. 19, 2010 photo released by the British Ministry of Defense, MOD, shows Florence Green, left, on her 109th birthday being presented with a birthday cake by LAC Hannah Shaw on behalf of the RAF at her home in King's Lynn, east England. Florence Green, the world's last known veteran of World War I, has died at the age of 110, the care home where she lived said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sac Chris Hill/MoD, HO) NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.AP – Florence Green never saw the front line. Her war was spent serving food, not dodging bullets.

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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/last-known-wwi-veteran-florence-green-dies-at-110-ap.html/feed 0 Rio’s Olympic Preview: Erupting Manhole Covers (Time.com) http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/rios-olympic-preview-erupting-manhole-covers-time-com.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/rios-olympic-preview-erupting-manhole-covers-time-com.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:15:04 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/rios-olympic-preview-erupting-manhole-covers-time-com.html Time.com – Will the Brazilian megacity’s crumbling infrastructure spoil the World Cup and the Olympics?

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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/rios-olympic-preview-erupting-manhole-covers-time-com.html/feed 0 Cubans say U.S. embargo a failure at 50 (Reuters) http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/cubans-say-u-s-embargo-a-failure-at-50-reuters.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/cubans-say-u-s-embargo-a-failure-at-50-reuters.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:15:04 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/cubans-say-u-s-embargo-a-failure-at-50-reuters.html Reuters – The 50th anniversary of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba on Tuesday was met with little fanfare on the island, where Cubans said it was a failed policy that had succeeded only in making their lives more difficult.

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]]> http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/cubans-say-u-s-embargo-a-failure-at-50-reuters.html/feed 0 South Korea opposition party says it will repeal U.S. trade deal (Reuters) http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/south-korea-opposition-party-says-it-will-repeal-u-s-trade-deal-reuters.html http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/south-korea-opposition-party-says-it-will-repeal-u-s-trade-deal-reuters.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:15:04 +0000 admin http://politics.getmash.net/2012/02/08/south-korea-opposition-party-says-it-will-repeal-u-s-trade-deal-reuters.html Reuters – The leader of South Korea’s main opposition party, which polls say is headed for a big victory in an April election, said on Wednesday it would repeal a free trade deal with the United States if it wins control of parliament, unless the pact is renegotiated.

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