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US to provide Syrian rebels $123M more in aid

The United States is providing Syrian rebels with $123 million in new nonlethal aid that may include armor and other types of supplies that haven’t been part of the assistance package in the past.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the additional money will double the nonlethal assistance to the Syrian opposition as well as increase humanitarian aid.

Speaking Saturday in Istanbul, Kerry says the situation in Syria is at a critical moment and that the bloodshed needs to stop.

Foreign ministers from the main supporters of the rebels trying to topple the Syrian government are meeting in Istanbul over the weekend to increase pressure on Syrian President Bashar to step down.

The United Nations estimates that the fighting in Syria has killed more than 70,000 people.

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Experts: West Africa piracy takes root in Nigeria

Experts say that the growing piracy off the coast of West Africa takes root in the oil-slicked creeks of Nigeria‘s southern delta.

Speaking Saturday at a conference on piracy, the experts say the majority of the attacks happening across the Gulf of Guinea mostly happen along Nigeria‘s coast. The experts say those committing the acts likely come from the militant groups of the Niger Delta.

Freedom Onuoha, a research fellow at Nigeria‘s Center for Strategic Research and Studies, said those militants have the knowledge of the oil industry that makes it possible for them to hijack oil tankers and steal their cargo. He also said it appeared “state actors” had a role in the thefts as well.

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Sen. Ted Cruz To House GOP: ‘Stop Reading The New York Times’

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Ted Cruz SC Sen. Ted Cruz to House GOP: ‘Stop Reading The New York Times

(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has a message for House Republicans: “Stop reading the New York Times.”

Speaking Saturday at the conservative National Review Institute summit, Cruz said, “Let me give three concrete bits of advice to conservatives in Washington, and in particular let me address this to our friends in the House of Representatives, who I think for the next two years are the last bastion standing between us and oblivion,” the freshman senator told a gathering of conservatives at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

“The first thing I would urge to every Republican in the House of Representatives is stop reading the New York Times,” he said. “Cancel your subscription.”

“Listen, the media is going to tell you—I’ll sum it up, the next two years of headlines from the New York Times: ‘The Democrats Are Right,’ ‘Abandon Conservative Principles’ and ‘Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter,’” Cruz said. “Their answer—and it will be their prescription on every single fight—here is what conservatives and Republicans need to do: abandon your principles and become Democrats.”

The Tea Party favorite said the Republican majority in the House has “every bit as much mandate” as President Barack Obama does, since both were reelected in 2012, and Republicans should work in the short term to stop the agenda of the Democrats.

Read More at CNS News . By Elizabeth Harrington.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Western Journalism