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RUMSFELD: America’s LOST sovereignty

By Donald H. Rumsfeld

Slaughter of civilians denied by Assad forces

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video from Hama Revolution 2011 and accessed by AP video on Friday, July 13, 2012, purports to show families gathered around bodies of victims killed by violence that, according to anti-regime activists, was carried out by Syrian government forces in Tremseh, Syria. (AP Photo/Hama Revolution 2011 via AP video)

Syria denies use of heavy weapons in latest violence

By Albert Aji - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video from Hama Revolution 2011 and accessed by AP video, Friday, July 13, 2012, purports to show families gathered around bodies of victims killed by violence that, according to anti-regime activists, was carried out by government forces in Tremseh, Syria, about 15 kilometers (nine miles) northwest of the central city of Hama. (AP Photo/ Hama Revolution 2011 via AP video)

U.N. team investigates reported Syria massacre

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

In this citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, black smoke rises from buildings near a mosque from purported forces shelling in Homs, Syria. The Associated Press is unable to independently verify the authenticity, content, location or date of this citizen journalist image. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)

U.N. blames regime forces for Syria massacre

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Illustration: Iranian hostages by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

ALTON: Crisis brewing in Liberty

By Lord David Alton

World Briefs: Mladic trial halted due to illness

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration by U.N. Exit Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

TAUBE: Exit strategy from the United Nations

By Michael Taube

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League special envoy for Syria, meets with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, July 9, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)

Annan: Assad discusses possible Syrian transition

By Edith M. Lederer and John Heilprin - Associated Press

HOLMES: U.N. Arms Trade Treaty will harm us, let others go free

By Kim R. Holmes - Special to The Washington Times

House panel probes UN agency’s tech shipments

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

**FILE** This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network and taken July 6, 2012, purports to show Syrians during a demonstration in Idlib, Syria. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network)

Syrian military holds exercises in show of force

By Albert Aji and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

**FILE** This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network and taken July 6, 2012, purports to show Syrians during a demonstration in Idlib, Syria. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network)

Syria holds large-scale military exercises

By Albert Aji and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Soldiers from the M23 rebel group show off July 7, 2012, in Bunagana, Congo, weapons captured from government troops, who fled to neighboring Uganda a day earlier as the rebel group took control of the border town. (Associated Press)

Congo rebels seize eastern town after army flees

By Saleh Mwanamilongo - Associated Press

Jerome Sauvage

N. Korea a grim picture of deprivation

By Jean H. Lee - Associated Press

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WEISS: Sweeping religious persecution under the rug

By Deborah Weiss

Illustration: U.N. gun grabbing by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: The U.N. is coming for your guns

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

UN limits melamine in formula after China scandal

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

"What we have done here is to strip away the fiction that ... those with blood on their hands can stay in power," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said. (Associated Press)

Plan to end Syrian crisis hits standstill

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the joint special envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria, speaks during a news conference following the Action Group on Syria meeting on Saturday, June 30, 2012, in Geneva. (AP Photo/Martial Trezzini, Keystone)

Syrian opposition rejects new international plan

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press