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Does peace have a chance in Syria?

Hello again, I'm Armin Alany, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

The lady to look at the issues of Americans care about most.

Syria's civil war makes for grim statistics, 125,000 dead, 1 million starving, 3 million refugees.

Now peace talks are scheduled next month in Geneva. The goal is a transition government,

but President Al-Assad says he'll never step down, and rebel forces are so divided they're fighting

among themselves.

All sides are battling to gain advantage on the ground. Is that where the issues finally will be

decided? We'll look at the prospects for a diplomatic solution and what's at stake for Russia,

the U.S., and the rest of the Middle East. Today's talking point, can America's power grid

survive renewable energy?

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Hello again, Warren Al-Nalny back with To the Point.

Peace Talk scheduled for Geneva next month would bring serious government together with rebel forces,

but bloody fighting continues, and there's growing concern that the Civil

War will finally be decided, not at the conference table, but on the battlefield. We'll have more

about that. Today's talking point, renewable power is touted as the benign, non-polluting solution

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