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| Mass slaughter in Syria: UN holds urgent vote - but Russia and China veto it ...
Syrian policeman, left, and army soldier, right, look inside the burned court building that was set on fire by Syrian anti-government protesters, in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, Monday March 21, 2011. Mourners chanting "No more fear!" have marched through a Syrian city where anti-government protesters had deadly confrontations with security forces in recent days. The violence in Daraa, a city of about 300,000 near the border with Jordan, was fast becoming a major challenge for President Bashar Assad, who tried to contain the situation by freeing detainees and promising to fire officials responsible for the violence. 
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| The veto by Russia and China in the UN Security Council on Saturday, blocking action to create a plan to end the violence and killing has apparently given the Assad government the green light to continue the ...
China paper defends Syria veto, doubts West's intentions
| BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top newspaper on Monday defended Beijing's rejection of a U.N. resolution pressing Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to abandon power, saying Western campaigns in Libya, Afghanista...
Syrians caught in web of diplomacy
| IF you are like most people you are wondering why there has been so little international intervention in Syria, especially when compared with Libya. If you are paying close attention to the Arab world, you wi...
Solution on Syria Remains Elusive for White House
| WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, dismayed by the escalating violence in Syria and the blocking of tougher action against the Syrian government by Russia and China over the weekend, vowed Sunday to...
Fears of civil war in Syria after peace plan is vetoed
| The veto on Saturday meant Moscow and Beijing would be "held responsible" for further violence in Syria, said the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, describing President Bashar al-Assad's government ...
Anger after Russia, China block U.N. action on Syria
| BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Western and Arab states voiced outrage Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to g...
Hague pressured over Syria policy
| William Hague faces pressure to set out the UK's strategy on Syria to MPs after the United Nations failed to agree a resolution seeking an end to the mounting violence. | The Foreign Secretary urged Arab nati...
Hague pressured over Syria policy
| William Hague faces pressure to set out the UK's strategy on Syria to MPs after the United Nations failed to agree a resolution seeking an end to the mounting violence. | The Foreign Secretary urged Arab nati...
Hague pressured over Syria policy
William Hague faces pressure to set out the UK's strategy on Syria to MPs after the United Nations failed to agree a resolution seeking an end to the mounting violence. | The Foreign Secretary urged Arab nation...
Syria crisis: Hillary Clinton calls UN veto travesty'
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has described as a "travesty" Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's crackdown against anti-government protesters. | Speaking in Bulgaria, Mrs Clinto...
Syria on brink of civil war as diplomacy fails to move Assad
| ANALYSIS: The UN draft contained no threat of sanctions, let alone Libyan-style military intervention, writes IAN BLACK | FOR SYRIA'S president, it was business as usual, even as his country experienced one ...
Get right formula first, says CM
| MIRI: Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud agrees that society and the government administration must undergo changes for the betterment of social justice, but he said both sides must have a correct formu...
After UN veto, US floats coalition on Syria
| MATTHEW LEE | Associated Press= BEIRUT (AP) — The United States proposed an international coalition to support Syria's opposition Sunday after Russia and China blocked a U.N. attempt to end nearly 11 months...
The Lesson of the Arab Spring
By ALWALEED BIN TALAL | It's been over a year now since Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old Tunisian street vendor, helped start what has become know as the Arab Spring. It was the final act of a despondent young m...
Govts are winning worldwide battle of the web
Twitter needs an Arab Spring. In the past 12 months, the micro-blogging social-networking service played a role in changing the world, 140 characters at a time. From Egypt to Libya to Syria and beyond, Twitter ...
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