US Warns Damascus As NATO Mulls Missiles For Turkey -- Daily Star/AFP
BRUSSELS: NATO foreign ministers were set on Tuesday to approve Turkey's request for Patriot missiles to counter any threats from neighboring Syria after the United States issued a blunt warning to Damascus against the use of chemical weapons.
Officials from the 28-member alliance meeting in Brussels have said that the US-made missiles, to be deployed along Turkey's border with Syria, would be for purely defensive purposes.
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MIDDLE EAST
US weighing military options if Syria uses WMD. Syrian sarin fear has West on alert.
Syrian leader hit by setbacks in fighting and diplomacy.
NATO weighs Turkey's Patriot missile request.
Yemen's Abyan saw 'rights catastrophe' says Amnesty. Amnesty slams Yemen military, al Qaeda for rights abuses.
Israel to advance east Jerusalem building plans. Israel defiant on settlements expansion after European condemnation.
Despite Israeli warnings, many civilians died in Gaza.
ASIA
North Korea launch plan alarms region.
North Korea divides South's presidential hopefuls in TV debate.
Vietnam condemns China's sea claims as "serious violation".
India vows to protect S. China Sea interests.
Japan campaign opens with focus on economy, nukes.
China's Xi vows to rule by law.
Typhoon hits south Philippines, 40 dead or missing: media. Typhoon Bopha hits storm-battered southern Philippines.
AFRICA
Egypt to push on with referendum despite opposition protests.
Niger's President backs Mali intervention.
Nigerian army accused of killing civilians.
Somalia: 'Al-Shabab' ambush ministers and defend Jowhar.
Libya rebel flees to UK as revolution sours for women.
Burkina Faso awaits election results.
EUROPE
Obama urges Russia to work with U.S. to extend arms pact.
15 police injured in Belfast Union flag riots.
Spain's jobless near 5 million as banks await cash.
Paying for sex: Women's groups call for EU-wide ban.
Two arrests in south-west France 'over Merah case'.
AMERICAS
No holiday photo for U.S. Speaker and U.S. President as fiscal cliff stand-off continues.
US official rejects Cuba's offer to swap contractor Alan Gross for 5 Cuban spies.
Argentina: Repsol files YPF nationalisation complaint.
Cargo ships stack up as Los Angeles port strike in 7th day.
Mexicans charged over Terrell Horne Coast Guard death.
As the world keeps getting warmer, California begins to cap carbon.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Terrorist attacks soar, deaths down from 2007 peak: study.
Challenges persist in confronting growing threat of al Qaeda in Mali.
Does a military trial for KSM make any sense? (commentary)
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
The world's commodity supercycle is far from dead.
This is HUGE: The SEC -- at last -- takes the lid off China stock scams.
Forget the fiscal cliff, but fear the looming debt crisis.
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