No final decision yet

Obama said, while US intelligence agencies and policy makers are struggling to decide what goals they hope to achieve by launching an attack.

point of view

Attacking Syria without proof that Assads regime did use chemical weapons is a crime against a humanity just like when the US and UK invaded Iraq and slaughtered millions of innocent civilians based on an official lie.
With the whole world watching Assad and Syria do you really think Assad would carry out a chemical attack?

Baghdad hit by new wave of deadly bomb attacks

Violence has increased in Iraq in recent months amid heightened tensions between Sunni and Shia Muslims

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Views from Russia, Jordan and Lebanon on the Syria crisis

BBC correspondents in Russia, Jordan and Lebanon give their analysis of how the conflict in Syria is being perceived in the region.

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Syria: Growing international concern over military action

There is growing international concern about military action against Syria, particularly in Russia and China.
There are also still serious questions about the legality of any military action.
Should the situation lead to international intervention - countries neighbouring Syria have begun weighing up the repercussions of a possible attack.

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How would Syria respond to military action?

David Cameron says Britain will put a resolution to the United Nations Security Council in New York today, authorising necessary measures to protect civilians in Syria from chemical weapons.
If military action goes ahead by the US and its allies, it raises the question of Syria's response.

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Syria crisis: People in Damascus 'are nervous

Syrians continue to go about their daily lives, but as Jeremy Bowen reports from the capital Damascus, people "are nervous about what the next few days will bring".

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Obama speech

President Barack Obama will make a speech from the same spot on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, at which members of the King family and veterans of the march will be present

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Obama’s Biggest Flip-Flop

2007 The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat,” Obama told the Boston Globe.

2013 The Obama Administration is on the cusp of intervening in a Syrian civil war that by all accounts does not pose an imminent domestic threat to the U.S. And Obama appears set to unilaterally authorize punitive strikes against Bashar Assad’s regime.

Intercepted Calls Prove Syrian Army Used Nerve Gas, U.S. Spies Say

American intelligence analysts are certain that chemical weapons were used on Aug. 21 -- the captured phone calls, combined with local doctors' accounts and video documentation of the tragedy -- are considered proof positive. That is why the U.S. government, from the president on down, has been unequivocal in its declarations that the Syrian military gassed thousands of civilians in the East Ghouta region. 

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2 main reasons not to Go to War in Syria

If the rebels win, it’s bad news for the U.S. Assad is no friend to the U.S. But neither are the rebel groups leading the charge against the Syrian dictator. Indeed, many of the rebel factions have strong ties to Al-Qeada. If the rebels successfully oust Assad, it’s entirely possible that they will attempt to set up a new regime that is intensely hostile to the United States. Intervention on the side of the rebels would also complicate America's already-fraught relationship with Russia, which is close with the Assad regime. 

If Assad wins, it’s bad news for the U.S. Especially if the U.S. is seen to have openly sided with the rebels. A win for Assad is a win for anti-American forces Iran, which would see its influence in the region strengthened. It’s also a win for Hezbollah, which is closely linked with Iranian extremists. With no good option, then, the U.S. is better off staying out of the conflict entirely.

Syria Where key countries stand

US

Washington has recently bolstered its naval presence in the eastern Mediterranean, prompting speculation that preparation for an attack is underway. Analysts believe the most likely US action would be sea-launched cruise missiles targeting Syrian military installations.

UK

On Monday Foreign Secretary William Hague told the BBC that diplomatic pressure on Syria had failed and that the UK, "the United States, and many other countries including France, are clear that we can't allow the idea in the 21st Century that chemical weapons can be used with impunity".

France

The day after the reports of the attack near Damascus, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called for "a reaction of force" if the use of chemical weapons was proven. He has also suggested that the UN Security Council could be bypassed "in certain circumstances".

Russia

It has sharply criticised any possibility of Western strikes on Syria, saying action taken outside the UN Security Council threatened "catastrophic consequences for other countries of the Middle East and Northern Africa".

China

China has joined Russia in blocking resolutions critical of Syria at the UN Security Council. It has also criticised the prospect of strikes against Syria.

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Se filtra video del nuevo BlackBerry Aristo Z30

El BlackBerry Aristo Z30 será puesto a la venta en el mes de noviembre y será el primer móvil BB en alcanzar las 5 pulgadas, pero aparte de esto será el smartphone con mejores especificaciones y tecnología que lance la compañía hasta la fecha. Según lo indicado, el Z30 tendrá una pantalla HD de 5 pulgadas, su procesador será un Snapdragon dual-core que correrá a 1.7GHz, dispondrá de un GPU quad-core, 2GB de RAM y 16GB de memoria que podrán ser expandidos con una tarjeta microSD. La cámara principal será de 8 megapíxeles y la frontal será de 2 megapíxeles.

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