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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, standing left, gives a pair of Idaho potatoes as a gift for Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the start of their meeting at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Paris, France, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. Kerry is in Paris on a two-day meeting on Syria to rally international support for ending the three-year civil war in Syria. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Syrian peace talks yield potato diplomacy

By LARA JAKES - Associated Press

US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, with with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and U.N-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, center, on stage following the conclusion of their joint news at the US Ambassador's residence in Paris, France, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. Kerry is in Paris for meetings on Syria to rally international support for ending the three-year civil war in Syria. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Kerry claims partial ceasefire could be in the works for Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks at a banquet for rocket scientists in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in this image made from video. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)

KELLNER: ‘Failed’ states among most dangerous lands for Christians

By Mark A. Kellner

In this Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center, AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian rebel groups battled one another Monday for control of a provincial capital, part of a vicious round of score settling targeting an al-Qaida affiliate that gained stature fighting President Bashar Assad but alienated many by imposing strict Islamic law. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

First batch of chemical weapons taken out of Syria

By Diaa Hadid and Mike Corder - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Middle East involvement has poor returns

By our readers

** FILE ** This Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009, file photo shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Va. ship readied for Syria weapons disposal

Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, pauses while speaking before a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before a meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. Kerry said that finding peace between Israel and the Palestinians is not "mission impossible." (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Obama admin to hold firm in pursuit of neutrality amid ‘global rebalancing’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Lebanese gather at the site of a car bomb explosion in a stronghold of the Shiite Hezbollah group at the southern suburb of Beirut Thursday. (Associated Press)

Bombings, killing in Lebanon become common as Syrian fighting expands

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times