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The conflict in Syria is now nearly a year and a half old, and there appears to be no end in sight.

August was the deadliest month yet, with thousands of people, mostly civilians, killed in fighting around the country. While anti-government rebels are making advances, government troops are digging in their heels.

It started as a protest movement. Now, analysts in the U.S. and the region agree, the conflict in Syria is a civil war.

A Civil War

Even Syrian President Bashar Assad came close to acknowledging as much in a speech last week.

Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church, has died in South Korea. He was 92.

The South African government is reversing its decision to charge 270 striking miners for the murder of their colleagues. Sort of.