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Homs: The regime's army is raiding Teir Maala and Ghanto towns with tanks and armoured vehicles amid intense shooting; residents are extremely terrified.

Syria: Assad pledges reform as siege of Homs continues - Wednesday 8 February 2012

The activists and witnesses say tanks opened fire on the towns of Rastan, Talbiseh and Teir Maaleh on Sunday after authorities sealed them off by closing roads and cutting phone services.

Syrian Tanks Attack 3 Central Towns That Held Protests 2011

The nearby towns of Talbiseh and Teir Maaleh, which like Rastan have seen persistent protests, have also come under attack.

15 dead as Syrian troops attack central town 2011

The activists and witnesses say tanks opened fire on the towns of Rastan, Talbiseh and Teir Maaleh on Sunday after authorities sealed them off by closing roads and cutting phone services.

Syrian Tanks Attack 3 Central Towns That Held Protests 2011

And interestingly, Teir sees in them similarities to the sea- and travel-inspired writing of Vilhelm Moberg and Tove Jansson.

Archive 2009-07-01 David McDuff 2009

Teir notes that "if Leo was an episodic family 'tall tale' in the best oral tradition, its sequel... is a modern, polyphonic novel with a myriad of versatile intellects."

Archive 2009-08-01 David McDuff 2009

Teir says that if we include Kjell Westö's Där vi en gång gått Where Once We Walked, set in the same decades, we end up with a Finland-Swedish trilogy about the years that led to the Finnish civil war of 1918, with a diverse geographical perspective: Ostrobothnia, Åland and Helsinki.

Archive 2009-08-01 David McDuff 2009

Of the three books, Teir characterizes Lundberg's as the most realistic, and analyzes its preoccupation with male identity and the development of social class in Finland -- subjects that Lundberg handles with an absence of any ideological program or political slant.

Archive 2009-08-01 David McDuff 2009

What is your take on the idea floating around of changing the mark to market accounting rules for two years on only subprime Teir II bonds/mortgages?

Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 9/30/08 2008

Rob Teir Houston It doesn't surprise me that Sen. Conrad would donate money equal to the savings on his Countrywide sweetheart deals to charity to absolve his conscience.

How Can I Get a Loan Like That? 2008