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This week in videos: A singing astronaut, ‘Arrested Development’ and horror out of Syria

In case you missed this week’s best videos, here’s a recap. Happy watching!

Posted in National
Tagged arrested developement, best videos, Charlie Rose, deer through windshield, eating heart, septa, singing astronaut, Syria, This week in videos | Reply
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Who are the Syrian Electronic Army?

Activists or regime spies? Metro interviewed a representative of the elusive network.

Posted in International
Tagged BBC, Dow, hack, International, interview, Syria, Syrian Electronic Army | Reply
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GRAPHIC VIDEO: Rebel cuts out heart of Syrian soldier and eats it

WARNING: Although this video has the most graphic content blurred, some readers may still find its contents disturbing. The video [...]

Posted in International, News
Tagged Bashar al-assad, eats, graphic video, heart, Human Rights Watch, rebel, soldier, Syria | Reply
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron arrives at the Global Investment Conference in London May 9, 2013. Credit: Andrew Winning/Reuters

UK premier David Cameron in Boston to learn about bombings

British Prime Minister David Cameron will visit Boston on Monday to learn more about the bombings after a meeting with President Barack Obama on Syria.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged Boston, boston marathon, boston marathon bombing, David Cameron, president barack obama, Syria, UK | Reply
People gather at the site of an explosion in the town of Reyhanli near the Turkish-Syrian border
Credit: Reuters

43 killed in blasts near Syrian border

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said around 20 people were killed in explosions in the southern town of Reyhanli near the border with Syria on Saturday and that the death toll may rise, with many seriously wounded.

Posted in International, News
Tagged Syria | Reply
A view of a street seen from a damaged balcony in the Khaldiyeh district in central Homs May 9, 2013. REUTERS/Yazan Homsy

Syria “likely” to have used chemical weapons, says UK

Britain said on Thursday it was “very likely” the Syrian government had used chemical weapons.

Posted in International, News
Tagged chemical weapons, International, Syria, united kingdom
Damage is seen in what appears to be a chicken farm following an air strike near Damascus May 5, 2013, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA. REUTERS/SANA/Handout

Israel says ‘no winds of war’ despite Syria air strikes

Israel played down weekend air strikes reported to have killed dozens of Syrian soldiers close to Damascus, saying they were not aimed at influencing its neighbor’s civil war but only at stopping Iranian missiles reaching Lebanese Hezbollah militants.

Posted in International, News
Tagged International, Israel, Syria
Israel's PM Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem

Israel bombs missiles bound for Hezbollah

Israel has carried out an air strike targeting a shipment of missiles in Syria bound for Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon, an Israeli official said on Saturday.

Posted in International, News
Tagged Hezzbollah, Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Syria | Reply
Smoke rises after what activists said was a missile fired by a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Deraa
Credit: Reuters

No good military options for U.S. in Syria

Despite President Barack Obama’s pledge that Syria’s use of chemical weapons is a “game changer” for the United States, he is unlikely to turn to military options quickly and would want allies joining him in any intervention.

Posted in International, News
Tagged barack obama, Syria | Reply
A member of the Free Syrian Army holds his weapon as he sits on a sofa in the middle of a street in Deir al-Zor, in this April 2, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/Files

U.S. suspects Syria used chemical weapons, wants proof

The White House said on Thursday that the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad has probably used chemical weapons on a small scale in the country’s civil war, but insisted that President Barack Obama needed definitive proof before he would take action.

Posted in International, News
Tagged chemical weapons, International, Syria
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