U.S. May Call for Assad to Step Down in Syria, Official Says

(Updates with deaths in 17th paragraph. See EXTRA and MET for more on Middle East unrest.) Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration may call on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down soon, a U.S. official said as the State Department said the Syrian government has detained more than ...

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