- U.S. floats coalition on Syria after U.N. veto
BEIRUT — The United States proposed an international coalition to support Syria’s opposition Sunday after Russia and China blocked a U.N. attempt to end nearly 11 months of bloodshed, raising fears that violence will escalate. Rebel soldiers said force was now the only way to oust President Bashar Assad, while the regime vowed to press its military crackdown.
- Guam buildup reduction refuted by U.S., Japan
HAGATNA, Guam — Within a few days of a Bloomberg news report saying the Obama administration was considering reducing the number of Marines being relocated to Guam by about half, another news agency reported out of Washington that Japan and the United Stated both denied the Bloomberg article.
- 7 killed by car bombing in Kandahar
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said.
- Iran vows to retaliate in event of attack
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will target any country where an attack against it is staged, a senior Revolutionary Guard commander warned Sunday, the latest Iranian threat tied to growing tensions over its nuclear program and Western sanctions.
- Gunny’s wife named as victim of MWTC blast
COLEVILLE, Calif. — A woman killed in a propane gas explosion outside a remote Northern California training base was the 31-year-old wife of a Marine, and a mother of two from Hudson, Iowa, military officials said late Saturday.
- Marine expeditionary unit possible in Australia
ABOARD THE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP WASP — The Navy’s top officer raised the possibility Saturday of a Marine expeditionary unit deploying to Australia on a rotational basis as part of a new agreement reached between the Pacific nation and the U.S.
- Mids routed by Lafayette, lose 15th straight
EASTON, Pa. — Nick Petkovich scored 11 points and Lafayette’s defense stifled Navy in a 62-41 win on Saturday.
- Panetta, Clinton reassure Europe on its role
MUNICH — The Obama administration on Saturday called for stepped up U.S.-European cooperation to isolate tyrannies like the Assad regime in Syria, promote democracy in the Arab World and beyond and repair damage from the global financial crisis.
- U.N.: Afghanistan civilian deaths at peak
KABUL, Afghanistan — Last year was the deadliest on record for civilians in the Afghan war, with 3,021 killed as insurgents ratcheted up violence with suicide attacks and roadside bombs, the United Nations said Saturday.
- Taliban deny leader sent letter to Obama
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan Taliban on Saturday denied that their leader Mullah Omar had written to President Obama last July.
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