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• People Around the World Oppose Arming Syrian “Rebels”

  
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  Washingtons Blog | Americans, Britons, French, Turks Oppose War Against Syria.
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• China foreign minister’s new ride: the Mao Zedong-approved limousine

  
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  China’s foreign minister has a new ride. In a ministerial first in more than three decades, Wang Yi has chosen a locally manufactured Red Flag limousine, the same brand Mao Zedong rode to inspect parades. “Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi’s official car is a Red Flag H7 sedan,” the ministry wrote in a ...
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• UK Monitored Politicians At G20 Summit

  
  Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Authority: 640
  "Foreign politicians and officials who took part in two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 had their computers monitored and their phone calls intercepted on the instructions of their British government hosts," according to documents seen by the Guardian . "Some delegates were tricked into using internet cafes ...
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• G20 summits: GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians’ communications

  
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  London Guardian | Phones were monitored and fake internet cafes set up to gather information from allies in London in 2009.
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• G20 summit: NSA targeted Russian president Medvedev in London

  
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  London Guardian | Leaked documents reveal Russian president was spied on during visit, as questions are raised over use of US base in Britain.
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• Canada to provide $ 98.4 million in aid to Jordan

  
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  Canada will give Jordan an additional $98.4 million in aid to help the Arab country cope with the costly fallout from the worsening crisis in neighboring Syria. A statement from Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird released on Monday, after his visit to Jordan, says that "compassion for Syrians fleeing ...
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• There is no British national interest in being dragged into Syrias sectarian war

  
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  By Paul Goodman Follow Paul on Twitter . David Cameron knows that as matters stand the Commons is unlikely to vote to arm elements of the Syrian opposition.  This might be different were Barack Obama to line up behind Britain and Frances desire to arm such elements, as he eventually lined up behind them ...
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• Israel’s Netanyahu says sanctions on Iran should increase

  
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  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the international community on Sunday against easing sanctions on Iran following the election of a reformist-backed president, as the country’s nuclear efforts remain firmly in the hands of Iran’s extremist ruling clerics. See the original post: Israel’s ...
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• Iran to send 4,000 troops to aid President Assad forces in Syria

  
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  London Independent | US urges Britain and France to join in supplying arms to Syrian rebels.
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• Britain prepared for war in Syria two years before the crisis flared up, France’s former FM says

  
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  SANA | Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas said that Britain had been preparing gunmen to invade Syria two years before the crisis there flared up in 2011.
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• Tear gas and bulldozers: Istanbul riot police clear Gezi Park protest camp

  
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  RT | Police have fired water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets to clear Taksim and Gezi Park of protesters and prevent them from returning.
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• Sunday Reads: Fair Pay in Texas? Hell No. Have a Merry Christmas, Texan Style? You bet your…

  
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  Jenny on the Job plays it safe with low heels. New in WWII Posters collection. (via Jenny on the Job Steps Ahead with Low Heals | Vintagraph) Good Morning Well, I guess you can tell from the title of the post, we will start this morning by talking about the big ol’ state of Texas. This is the first link from ...
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• Cameron: No "moral equivalence" between Assad regime and the Free Syrian Army

  
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  By Harry Phibbs Follow  Harry on Twitter The Prime Ministers interview with Dermot Murnaghan was broadcast this morning on Sky News. The section on Syria was a bit tortuous as David Cameron clearly believes that arming the Free Syrian Army would be the right thing to do but is constrained from directly ...
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• Obama Caves on Syria

  
  Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Authority: 640
  Andrew Sullivan : "Well, we dont yet quite know whats in the works - but once you start arming one side of a civil war, you become part of that civil war; the other side may target you; and as this sectarian conflict deepens across the region, the US will be seen as a Sunni power fighting Shiites. I cannot think of a ...
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• North Korea Proposes High-Level Talks

  
  Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Authority: 640
  North Korea "proposed high-level talks with the United States, saying that it was ready to discuss easing tensions and eventually denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula," the New York Times reports. "The Norths proposal indicated that it was shifting to dialogue after months of bellicose language, including threats to ...
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• Iranians celebrate in streets for new president Hassan Rowhani

  
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  “Long live Rowhani,” tens of thousands of jubilant supporters chanted as security officials made no attempt to rein in crowds — joyous and even a bit bewildered by the scope of his victory with more than three times the votes of his nearest rival. Go here to see the original: Iranians celebrate in streets for ...
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• Cameron warned not to even think about military intervention in Syria

  
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  Press TV | Warned not to even think about intervening in Syria militarily at a time when his coalition government is cutting thousands of army jobs.
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• Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

  
  Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Authority: 640
  "Until we have a commander in chief who knows what he is doing... let Allah sort it out!" -- Sarah Palin, quoted by The Hill , saying the United States should not intervene in Syria.
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• Putin Stole Super Bowl Ring

  
  Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Authority: 640
  New York Post : "New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft revealed the real story behind a 2005 meeting with Vladimir Putin, during which the Russian president pocketed his Super Bowl ring, worth more than $25,000. Kraft, at the time, claimed the diamond-encrusted bauble was a gift, but he now admits Putin stole it, ...
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• Papua & security on agenda at PNG-Indonesia talks

  
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  JAKARTA GLOBE ON A THREE-DAY VISIT to Indonesia over this weekend, Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O’Neill is discussing the key issues of trade, border security and extradition. “We want to encourage further strengthening of trade and investment opportunities...
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