The United Nations peacekeeping chief has announced that half of the 300 UN observers in Syria have left the country, while adding that the crisis there remains “of utmost concern” and the world body will continue to promote a political solution.

“We will try to work towards contributing to a political solution which would help alleviate all the suffering,” the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, told a press conference in Damascus.

After unveiling their brand new bird in flight logo last month, Twitter crashed in flight and abruptly landed back on earth this Thursday and stalling a possibility of 140 million users.

The site goes up and down for portions of the day as users may be experiencing issues accessing Twitter.

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AVAILABILITY OF FIREARMS TOPS POLITICAL RACE. National Debate Continues To Intensify.
Following the Colorado shootings, President Obama calls for stiffer gun control, but Mitt Romney says USA does not need additional gun legislation.

NORTH KOREAN PLAYBOY NO LONGER. Leader Shows The World His Wife.
That mystery woman accompanying Kim Jong Un at public events turns out to be his wife.

A POSTHUMOUS REVELATION. US Astronaut Reveals She Was Gay.
In her obituary, she and her partner co-wrote that she was gay. The pioneering astronaut Sally Ride disclosed her sexual preference.

326 Emperor Constantine refuses to carry out traditional pagan sacrifices.
1394 Charles VI issues a decree for the general expulsion of Jews from France.
1564 Maximillian II becomes emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1587 Hideyoshi bans Christianity in Japan and orders all Christians to leave.
1759 British forces defeat a French army at Fort Niagara in Canada.
1799 Back from Syria, Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Ottomans at Aboukir, Egypt.
1814 British and American forces fight to a standoff at Lundy's Lane, Canada.