Syria’s state media dismissed on Saturday Secretary of State Colin Powell’s call for Damascus to follow in Libya’s footsteps and abandon weapons programs, saying the onus should be on Israel instead. In a television interview on Friday, Powell said Washington had not included Syria in its “axis of evil” along with Iran, North Korea and Baathist Iraq but it was concerned about Syria’s policies on “terrorist activity” and mass destruction weapons. “They should follow the example of other nations in the region, especially Libya,” he told Britain’s Sky News. Full Story