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• The biggest stories of 2012 you never heard about
  What are the major news stories of 2012 that didn't receive enough media attention? We'll look back on the biggest stories that missed the front page and look ahead to what might dominate the headlines in 2013.The Daily Circuit, December 11, 2012
• US more concerned Syria could use chemical weapons
  The White House says it is increasingly concerned that the beleaguered regime in Syria might be considering use of chemical weapons against its own people and warned that doing so would "cross a red line."December 3, 2012
• Minn. Guard unit returning from Afghanistan
  After ensuring that other deployed U.S. troops got their greetings from afar, a Minnesota National Guard unit is on the final leg of its trip home from Afghanistan.December 3, 2012
• Palestinians euphoric over UN recognition
  Palestinians erupted in cheers, honked car horns and chanted "God is great" after the United Nations endorsed an independent state of Palestine.November 30, 2012
• Awareness of gender violence shouldn't follow the calendar
  To make a difference, it's simple: Oppose any act of violence, at any time.November 29, 2012
• Navy fires grad school president, citing mismanagement
  Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has fired the top two administrators of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., for mismanagement and fostering an atmosphere of defying Navy rules and regulations.November 28, 2012
• America's changing diplomacy
  American diplomacy has vastly changed over the past three decades, Robert F. Worth says in his recent New York Times magazine article. The increased emphasis on security for diplomats, he says, has changed the way we negotiate abroad.The Daily Circuit, November 27, 2012
• Salman Rushdie's memoir of his life in hiding as Joseph Anton
  Salman Rushdie delivers a Pen Pals Lecture in Hopkins about his memoir and his nine years living with death threats and a fatwa issued upon the publication of his novel, 'The Satanic Verses.' He lived under the pseudonym Joseph Anton.November 27, 2012
• Library of Congress highlights diaries, letters from Civil War
  Letters and diaries saved for 150 years from those who lived through the Civil War offer a new glimpse at the arguments that split the nation then and some of the festering debates that survive today.November 24, 2012
• Smithsonian gathers best art of Civil War era
  Some of the finest artists of the Civil War era painted landscapes and scenes of everyday life to show how the war transformed the nation. Their best works, along with some of the first photographs of soldiers killed on the battlefield, have been gathered by the Smithsonian American Art Museum for a major exhibition on how artists represented the war and how the war changed art.November 24, 2012
• 9 more Iraq, Afghan war veterans joining Congress
  Nine veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars will serve in next year's freshman class in the House of Representatives. Veterans' groups say the influx is welcome because it comes at a time when the overall number of veterans in Congress is on a steep and steady decline.November 23, 2012
• Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza cease-fire
  Egypt has announced a cease-fire agreement to end a week of fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.November 21, 2012
• Israel-Hamas cease-fire remains elusive
  Israel and the Hamas militant group edged closer to a cease-fire Tuesday to end a weeklong Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, but after a day of furious diplomatic efforts involving the U.S. secretary of state, U.N. chief and Egypt's president, a deal remained elusive and fighting raged on both sides of the border.November 21, 2012
• 4 Calif. men charged in alleged terror plot
  The defendants, including a man who served in the U.S. Air Force, were arrested for plotting to bomb military bases and government facilities, and for planning to engage in "violent jihad," the FBI said.November 20, 2012
• Clinton begins Gaza diplomatic push
  Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers have staked out tough, hard-to-bridge positions, and the gaps keep alive the threat of an Israeli ground invasion.November 20, 2012

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