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Syria says United States lying on chemical weapons use BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's foreign ministry said the United States was lying about chemical weapons use to give it an excuse to intervene in the country's two-year-old civil war. "The White House...relied on fabricated information in order to hold the Syrian government responsible for using these weapons, despite a series of statements that confirmed that terrorist groups in Syria have chemical ...
June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Dirk: NBA 'never going to get rid of' flops Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki doesn't see the point in attempting to rid the game of flopping -- at least the moves used to help sell a foul call "a little bit."
June 15, 2013 - ESPN
Panama's boom helps drive Nicaragua canal dreams Curundu used to be a warren of ramshackle wooden houses and reeking open sewers, one of Panama City's most notorious refuges for street gangs and drug dealers.
June 15, 2013 - Fox News