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Syria, Libya and the Future of NATO
Syria is repressing its own people without interference. Libya's Gadhafi is hanging on longer than expected. Is NATO ready to protect civilians for humanitarian reasons?
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenSyria is conducting repression of its own people without interference, and, in Libya, Moammar Gadhafi is hanging on longer than expected. Is NATO prepared to protect civilians for humanitarian reasons? What’s the future of the Atlantic Alliance? Also, Pakistan arrests CIA informants, and life expectancy is dropping for American women.
Banner image: Syrian refugees gather on June 15, 2011 during Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's visit to the Turkish Red Crescent camp in the Yayladagi district of the Turkish city of Hatay, two kilometers from the Syrian border. Photo: Mustafa Ozer/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesCIA Informants Arrested by Pakistan
Pakistan says reports that an Army major has been arrested for helping the CIA watch Osama bin Laden's hiding spot in Abbottabad are "totally baseless." But neighbors say he and several others have disappeared from the neighborhood. Girff Witte, Deputy Foreign Editor for the Washington Post , is in Islamabad.
Read the story8 minSyria, Libya and the Future of NATO
The government of Syria is using tanks and other weapons to quash dissent by killing its own people. The international community, so far, is standing by. The UN Security Council has not denounced the Syrian regime, and NATO is showing no appetite for intervention.
Read the story36 minLife Expectancy Lags Across the US
Life expectancy in the US is not keeping up with the rest of the world. In some parts of the country, both men and women die younger than their counterparts in Syria, Panama and Vietnam. After years of progress, the drop was the biggest since the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, though there are major differences from region to region.
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