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    World Reacts to Attack in Syria

    Grisly videos of dead children and people gasping for breath are reportedly evidence that Syria's al-Assad regime attacked a neighborhood near Damascus yesterday using chemical weapons. The big question is whether UN weapons inspectors will be allowed to go to the scene. Colum Lynch is UN correspondent for the Washington Post .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Grisly videos of dead children and people gasping for breath are reportedly evidence that Syria's al-Assad regime attacked a neighborhood near Damascus yesterday using chemical weapons. The big question is whether UN weapons inspectors will be allowed to go to the scene. Colum Lynch is UN correspondent for the Washington Post.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Kerry Cavanaugh

      editorial writer at the Los Angeles Times

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

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      Colum Lynch

      Foreign Policy Magazine

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Is China's Communist Party Putting Itself on Trial?
    1. 0:00World Reacts to Attack in Syria You’re reading this
    2. 8:20Is China's Communist Party Putting Itself on Trial?
    3. 44:11The Reclusive Preacher Who Holds Sway over Turkish Politics
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