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Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad pledges to stand by husband

Syria’s first lady Asma al-Assad laughed off claims she has fled the war-hit country in footage broadcast on Tuesday, saying she was standing by her embattled husband President Bashar al-Assad. The British-educated Asma has rarely appeared in public since the beginning of the conflict...

Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Alice Munro , the renowned Canadian short-story writer whose visceral work explores the tangled relationships between men and women, small-town existence and the fallibility of memory, won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. Announcing the award in Stockholm, the Swedish...

Obama's speech a model of persuasion over Syria

Sixty-one percent of Americans polled, who watched President Obama's prime-time speech, told CNN that they support his policy towards Syria. Since some surveys showed as much as two-thirds opposition to military action against Syria in the days before the speech, the poll...