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U.S. vows $45 million in aid to Syrian rebels

Assad said to be moving chemical weapons

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: September 29, 2012 at 5:48 a.m.

DAVID KARP
Credit: AP
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Arab League head Nabil Elaraby at a Friends of Syria gathering Friday in New York.

The Obama administration moved Friday to rally Syria’s opposition with pledges of $45 million in new nonlethal and humanitarian assistance as the administration and other world leaders lamented the failure of diplomatic efforts to push Syrian President Bashar Assad from power.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hosting talks Friday with other Western nations and allies in the Middle East in an effort to get better cooperation among groups who oppose Syria's President Bashar Assad. (By AP)
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