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The Syrian president told a meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling al-Baath party that his country rejects to hold any secret peace negotiations with Israel. “The Arab peace initiative (adopted by the Arab Beirut summit 2002) stresses that establishing comprehensive peace requires full Israeli withdrawal from all the lands occupied in 1967. Syrian [...]

The Hamline prof and political analyst thinks Hillary Clinton will win in Pennsylvania by 5 or so points. “A lot depends on how well Barack Obama can mobilize Philadelphia and its suburbs and Pittsburgh,” he points out. “If the Philadelphia suburbs especially come out very strong for Obama, the margin will be even narrower. And [...]