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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.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenPeace 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. On this archived edition of To the Point, recorded in early December, we look at the Syrian peace talks and the battle on the ground. Also, watching a whole season of television in one week, and why dozens of photojournalists are calling the Obama White House "undemocratic."
Banner image: Free Syrian Army rebels cleaning their AK47s in Aleppo, Syria during the civil war. Photo: VOA News
In this episode
3 storiesWatching a Whole TV Season in One Week
More and more TV viewers are switching from network programs to streaming services and DVD's. The practice of watching a show's season all at one time has made "binge-watch" a runner-up to "selfie" for the Oxford English Dictionary's 2013 word of the year. How much binge-watching do we do?
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The Geneva conference that led to a nuclear deal with Iran last month also established Geneva II.
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A photojournalist covering the White House attends a lot of stage managed photo-ops, but the best photographers are still able to capture moments that show what's most revealing and human about the President and his Administration. That's hard to do when photographers are shut out of many White House news events.
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