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Russian FM says Assad won't go

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's foreign minister said Saturday that Syrian President Bashar Assad has no intention of stepping down and it would be impossible to try to persuade him otherwise. After a meeting with Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.'s envoy for the

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?

By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Three days out from the end of the year, lawmakers appeared to have made little progress toward devising a compromise to keep the nation from going over the so-called fiscal cliff at the start of 2013. All eyes were on the Democratic and Republican

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?

By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Three days out from the end of the year, lawmakers appeared to have made little progress toward devising a compromise to keep the nation from going over the so-called fiscal cliff at the start of 2013. All eyes were on the Democratic and Republican

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?

By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Three days out from the end of the year, lawmakers appeared to have made little progress toward devising a compromise to keep the nation from going over the so-called fiscal cliff at the start of 2013. All eyes were on the Democratic and Republican