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    Updated: Who to Follow on Twitter for the Latest on Syria

    Sep 03, 2013 09:23 PM EDT

    ... Twitter accounts you can follow for live #Syria updates. With news from journalists and foreign affairs correspondents to Human Rights Watch activists, this compilation of Twitter accounts is mainly focused on delivering up-to-date coverage of the ongoing conflicts in Syria. General @USEmbassySyria The U.S. Embassy in Syria ...

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    Twitter List: Keep Up With the Latest News From Syria

    Aug 30, 2013 08:36 PM EDT

    ... Assad regime used chemical arms that reportedly killed 1,429 people. You can keep up with the latest developments by following these trusted sources on Twitter, or subscribe to them via our Syria Twitter List. Also be sure to keep up with our Foreign Affairs team: @NewsHourWorld; Foreign editor Justin ...

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    Twitter Chat: Is Washington Capable of Solving the Challenges the Country Faces Today?

    Aug 28, 2013 04:10 PM EDT

    The PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT. Join us on Twitter @NewsHour using the hashtag #NewsHourChats. Photo of U.S. Capitol by Larisa Epatko/PBS NewsHour. Complaining about Washington gridlock is as much an American pastime as baseball. Poll after poll ...

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    Twitter Chat: Will Health Insurance Exchanges Be a Benefit or a Burden?

    Aug 21, 2013 03:16 PM EDT

    PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT. Join us on Twitter @NewsHour using #NewsHourChats. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Open enrollment for health insurance exchanges begins Oct. 1. The Obama administration is hoping to enroll 7 million people in the exchanges ...

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    Twitter Chat: Are You Prepared for Retirement?

    Aug 14, 2013 09:43 PM EDT

    PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT. Join us on Twitter @NewsHour using #NewsHourChats. Photo by Gilberto Nobrega/PBS NewsHour Where to live is a difficult question at any age, but it gets complicated when preparing for retirement. Options like "aging in ...

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    Twitter Chat: In Light of Detroit, What Challenges Do Cities Face Today?

    Aug 07, 2013 10:13 PM EDT

    PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT. Join us on Twitter @NewsHour using the hashtag #NewsHourChats. Photo by Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg via Getty Images. When Detroit filed for bankruptcy earlier this summer it seemed as if the move was a long-time ...

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    Live Twitter Chat: Changing Perspectives within the Catholic Church

    Jul 31, 2013 09:42 PM EDT

    PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT. Join us @NewsHour using the hashtag #NewsHourChats. Photo by Servizio Fotografico L'Osservatore Romano via Getty Images. On the way home from his seven-day papal tour of Brazil, Pope Francis took unfiltered, no limits ...

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    NewsHour Live Twitter Chat: Stopping Gun Violence

    Jul 25, 2013 08:30 PM EDT

    The PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats on Thursdays. This week: stopping gun violence. Join us @newshour. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Bring up the topic of guns and there's likely to be no shortage of opinions. Mass shootings in Tucson, Ariz.; Aurora, Colo.; and Newtown, Conn., have ...

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    Please Welcome to the Stage: a Comedy Festival on Twitter

    Apr 30, 2013 04:47 PM EDT

    ... into your Twitter feed and you’ll find a show. Writers like Kelly Oxford and comedians like Jenny Johnson have launched their careers out of Twitter, and other professional funny people use their 140 character tweets to practice their routines or offer insight into their lives. So when Twitter and ...

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    Happy 7th Birthday, Twitter!

    Mar 21, 2013 06:39 PM EDT

    ... js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Follow @MeenaGanesan !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");