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May 28, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Fears Grow Of Foreign-Fed Arms Race In Syria BRUSSELS -- Fears grew of a foreign-fed arms race in Syria on Tuesday as European Union countries decided they could provide weapons to the rebels and Russia disclosed that it has signed a contract to provide Syria with sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles. Either development would significantly raise the firepower in the two-year civil war has already killed more than 70,000 people and sent hundreds of thousands fleeing the country, just as the key countries prepare for a major peace conference in Geneva that had been described as the best chance yet to end the bloodshed. Continue reading... Rescuers Pull Newborn From Sewer Pipe Teen Charges $54K Bar Tab On Dad's Credit Card Parliament Probes What MI5 Knew Before UK Soldier Attack UK Police Arrest 10th Suspect In London Soldier Slaying Toronto Mayor's Aides Quit Amid 'Crackstarter' Controversy Kenya: UK Soldier Killing Suspect Arrested In 2010 The Most Popular Country In The World Is... German Railways To Deploy Drones To Stop Graffiti LOOK: Turks Lock Lips To Protest Public Kissing Law SKorea Makes Double Jaw Surgery A Dangerous New Fad An Atheist Muslim's Perspective On The 'Root Causes' Of Islamist Jihadism And The Politics Of Islamophobia ANDREW BACEVICH Naming Our Nameless War Although Washington seems in no hurry to name its nameless war, perhaps we should jump-start the process. Let's consider some possible options, names that might actually explain what's going on. Continue reading... DR. JOSEF OLMERT John Kerry and the Middle East Peace Process: Housekeeping or Breakthrough?  Continue reading... TOM ENGELHARDT America: Still 'at War' in a Global Free-Fire Zone Another president has now assured us that someday, in a distant future, in a way that we might not even notice, we might possibly find ourselves approaching the sort-of-end of what will have been a 20- or 30-year conflict. Continue reading... ROBERT REICH Lessons From the World of Tax Avoidance: How Nations Can Negotiate With Global Capital Why should Apple have access to U.S. consumers if Apple refuses to pay its fair share of taxes to finance the infrastructure and education that Americans need to improve their living standards? Americans could buy from one of Apple's competitors instead. Continue reading... PHILIP SEIB The Obama Doctrine and Public Diplomacy President Obama speech at the National Defense University does not mark the end of the struggle against terrorism, but rather puts new emphasis on remedying the discontent that nurtures extremism. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003