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**FILE** President Obama looks through binoculars toward North Korea from Observation Post Ouellette in the Demilitarized Zone, the tense military border between the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, on March 25, 2012. With Mr. Obama is Lt. Col. Ed Taylor (right), commander of the U.N. Command Security Battalion-Joint Security Area. (Associated Press)

U.S. faces limited options on North Korea

By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

HOLMES: The failure of an idea

By Kim R. Holmes

** FILE ** U.N. peace envoy Kofi Annan speaks to the media after a meeting with Syrian National Council members in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. (AP Photo)

Diplomats: U.N. to back Annan’s Syria peace plan

By Edith M. Lederer and Peter James Spielmann - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video and released by Shaam News Network on March 15, 2012, purports to show an attack on a castle in Hama, Syria. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network via APTN)

Syrian revolt simmers outside capital

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev before their meeting at the Bulgarian Presidency building in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Oleg Popov)

Clinton calls for friends of Syria to unite

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

**FILE** Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) prays next to Syrian Grand Mufti Ahmad Hassoun (second from left) at the Al-Rawda Mosque in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, during a ceremony marking the birth of Islam's Prophet Mohammad. (AP Photo/SANA)

Chief army defector promises fight to free Syria

By Bassem Mroue and Lee Keath - Associated Press

Lebanese anti-Syrian regime protesters burn a Russian flag during a demonstration to show their solidarity with the Syrian people in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo)

Russia, China veto U.N. resolution on Syria; more than 250 killed in Homs

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, an anti-Syrian regime protester, holds a poster with caricature depicting the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 2nd left, pumping up their ally Syrian President Bashar Assad, centre, as she walks during a demonstration in Idlib Province, north Syria. Russia's deputy defense minister says Moscow will not stop arms sales to Syria. Russian state news agencies quoted Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov on Thursday as saying Russia is not violating any international obligations. Arabic on the poster reads, "free people of occupied Kfarnebel." (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Feb. 1, 2012, an anti-Syrian regime protester holds a poster in Arabic that reads, "to the Syrian freedom soldiers, our hearts are bases for you," as he walks during a demonstration in Idlib Province, north Syria. (Associated Press/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Activists say 23 dead in Syria violence

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Syrian rebels take their position behind a wall as they fire their guns during a battle with Syrian government forces in the Rastan area of Homs province in central Syria on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo)

Syrian troops move on new rebel areas near Damascus

By Lee Keath - Associated Press

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**FILE** Syrian President Bashar Assad (Associated Press)

Western effort to end Assad’s crackdown fails

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

U.N. Security Council set to consider Palestinian membership

By Anita Snow - Associated Press

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is gambling on a favorable response about statehood from the U.N. (Associated Press)

U.S. hopes to not use veto to aid Israel

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

U.S. rallies opposition to Palestinian statehood bid

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Palestinians gain ground for U.N. seat

By Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

IAEA chief Yukiya Amano (AP Photo)

U.S., allies try to report Syria to U.N. on nuke issue

By Melissa Eddy - Associated Press

U.K.’s Cameron says U.N. resolution will condemn Syria

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

HOLMES: Prejudices, double standards in Libya rationales

By Kim R. Holmes