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Syrian Peace Talks and the Battle on the Ground

Despite talks scheduled next month between Syria's government and rebels, fighting continues and there's concern that the war will finally be decided on the battlefield.

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By Warren Olney • Dec 3, 2013 • 50m Listen

Peace talks scheduled for Geneva next month would bring Syria's government together with rebel forces. But bloody fighting continues, and there's growing concern that the civil war will finally be decided not at the conference table but on the battlefield. Also, a federal judge rules that Detroit is eligible for bankruptcy. On today's Talking Point: can America's power grid survive renewable energy?

Banner image: Free Syrian Army rebels cleaning their AK47s in Aleppo, Syria during the civil war. Photo: VOA News

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