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Al-Jazeera Accuses Egypt Authorities of Jamming Signal

Qatari-owned news channel al-Jazeera has accused Egyptian authorities of jamming the network's satellite signals, as the broadcaster kept up its critical coverage of Cairo's crackdown on Islamists.

"Independent experts" used by al-Jazeera have determined where the jamming was coming from, the network said on its website late on Tuesday.

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Putin Warns West on Syria Action, Says Moscow Froze Further Shipments of S-300s

President Vladimir Putin warned the West against taking one-sided action in Syria but also said Russia "doesn't exclude" supporting a U.N. resolution on punitive military strikes if it is proved that Damascus used poison gas on its own people.

In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press and Russia's state Channel 1 television, Putin said Moscow has provided some components of the S-300 air defense missile system to Syria but has frozen further shipments. He suggested that Russia may sell the potent missile systems elsewhere if Western nations attack Syria without U.N. Security Council backing.

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U.S. Resolution on Syria Sets Deadline, Bars Ground Forces

The Senate resolution authorizing U.S. President Barack Obama to use military force against Syria would bar American ground troops for combat operations and set a deadline for any action.

The Associated Press obtained a copy of the draft resolution that the Foreign Relations Committee will vote on Wednesday.

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Syria Looms over Obama's Sweden Visit

U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Sweden Wednesday for a two-day visit likely to revolve around Syria, despite the host nation's effort to draw attention to a broader agenda.

Obama stepped off Air Force One at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport fresh from efforts in Washington to secure bipartisan support for military strikes against Syria to punish the regime for what the U.S. says was the use of sarin gas on a Damascus suburb.

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Egypt's Mansour Says Committed to Election Timetable

Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour on Tuesday vowed his government will stick to a timetable for elections next year and hoped to lift a state of emergency in mid-September.

Mansour, in his first television interview since the military appointed him on ousting president Mohammed Morsi on July 3, added that Egypt was facing "terrorism" that was hampering investment and tourism.

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Poll: Three-Quarters of the French Want Syria Action Put to a Vote

Nearly three quarters of French people want any potential military intervention in Syria to be put to a vote in parliament, according to a poll Tuesday.

Of the 74 percent of people who said they were in favor of a vote, 42 percent said they were "firmly for" a vote, while 32 percent would "prefer" a vote, according to the CSA poll for BFM television.

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U.S. Public Opposed to Syria Strike

Two new polls out Tuesday have found strong opposition to U.S. military intervention in Syria among a war-weary American public despite increasing support in Washington for punitive strikes.

A survey carried out by the Pew Research Center over the weekend found that 48 percent of Americans oppose "conducting military airstrikes" against Syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons compared to 29 percent who support such action.

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Kerry: No Time for 'Armchair Isolationism' on Syria

The United States must "stand up and act" to punish the Syrian regime and cannot resort to isolationism in the face of "slaughter," Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers Tuesday.

"This is not the time for armchair isolationism. This is not the time to be spectators to a slaughter," Kerry told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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Egyptians Protest as Army Demolishes Gaza Border Homes

Several hundred Egyptians protested Tuesday in the frontier town of Rafah against the military's demolition of homes across the border from the Palestinian Gaza Strip, witnesses and security officials said.

Troops have bulldozed at least 15 homes in the restive border town which security officials said housed entrances to tunnels used to smuggle goods into Islamist-ruled Gaza.

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India Calls for Awaiting Results of U.N. Probe into Syria Chemical Attack

India on Tuesday expressed concern about the worsening violence in Syria, but said any action against President Bashar Assad's regime must be first authorized through the United Nations.

"The international legal norm against the use of chemical weapons anywhere and by anyone should not be breached. However, we would prefer to await the full results of the U.N. inspection," its foreign ministry said in a statement.

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