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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.
China   Photos   Russia   Syria   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising   		 The Daily Mail 
Mass slaughter in Syria: UN holds urgent vote - but Russia and China veto it ...
| More than 200 people have been killed by Syrian forces after a barrage of mortars and artillery was unleashed on the battered city of Homs overnight. | Activists claim the military carried out a nig... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
FILE In this Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006 file photo Vladimir Putin, then Russian President, right, and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad smile as they shake hands in Moscow's Kremlin. Russia defied international efforts to end a crackdown on civilians by Assad regime, shielding it from the United Nations sanctions and providing it with weapons. (AP photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press service, file)
Assad   Moscow   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Bashar al-Assad   		 The State 
Moscow support for Assad well-calculated
| MOSCOW - By bluntly using its veto power to block a United Nations resolution urging Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, Russia has shown a willingness to defy the West at a scale rarely see... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press service, file)
European cold snap 'kills 220'  Irish Times 
European cold snap 'kills 220'
| At least 221 people have died during a cold snap in which temperatures have plummeted to minus 30 degrees and below across eastern Europe, with Ukraine the hardest hit. | The cold has killed 101 peo... (photo: WN / Marzena)
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Eyes specialty hospital in Jordan for Iraqi eyes peoples surgery  Al Jazeera 
Jordan hospitals struggle with Libya patients
" />" /> | Jordan's hospitals are struggling to cope with thousands of Libyans who were injured during the country's uprising. | Some of the Libyan patients are angry at the National Transit... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
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File - In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian photographers take pictures of burnt police vehicles, after a weeklong military assault that the government said was aimed at rooting out "terrorists," in Hama city, Syria, on Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011, which has seen some of the largest anti-government protests of the 5-month-old uprising. Al Jazeera
Syria: The revenge of Hama 30 years on
| - On February 2, 1982, a state declared war on its own citizens. It did what it did and thought it won. On February 2, 2012, Hama is exacting its revenge on the Assads,... (photo: AP / SANA)
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Vitaly Churkin, U.N. Russian Ambassador speaks at a Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 during emergency consultations on the conflict between Russia and Georgia after France requested discussion of a new draft plan to end the hostiliti The Star
Arabs, West seek to avert Russian veto of U.N. Syria
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Arab and Western drafters of a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at stopping Syria's bloody upheaval revised their text on Thursday in a... (photo: AP / David Karp)
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A wide view of the UN Security Council during its deliberations on Syria, 31 January, 2012. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
U.N. Tentatively Backs a Plan for Syria
| UNITED NATIONS -- Security Council ambassadors reached a wobbly consensus on Thursday backing an Arab League plan for political change in Syria, after they dropped a sp... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
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Supporters of Syria's President Bashar Assad hold a flag with Assad's image printed on it at a demonstration in front of the Syrian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. The New York Times
Why We Shouldn’t Attack Syria (Yet)
| Chicago Related News | Diplomats at U.N. Work on Revisions to Syria Resolution (February 3, 2012) Times Topic: Syria — Protests (2011–) | AS the death toll in Syria... (photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov react before their talks in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Novosti
Lavrov Hopes for Talks with Clinton in Munich
| Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said he hopes to hold bilateral talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the global security conference that... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Photos   Russia   Security   Syria   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
File - Susan E. Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the UN, addresses a Security Council meeting on the issue of Israeli settlements and the Palestinian territories, 18 February, 2011. The New York Times
Diplomats at U.N. Haggle With Russia Toward a Compromise on Syria
| UNITED NATIONS — Security Council ambassadors on Wednesday began trying to negotiate a compromise resolution on Syria, with the bartering focused in good part on ... (photo: UN / John McIlwaine)
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Spanish doctor Pascual Caballero, center, from the relief organization Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, and Haitian doctor Jean-Pierre Andromarque, right, listen to the badly-infected lungs of a child at an emergency hospital run by MSF in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday May 12, 2011. WorldNews.com
Doctors AND States Without Borders
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. | When Doctors Without Borders was suspended from working in Libyan prisons, it again reminded me of how the cruelty of ma... (photo: AP / Brennan Linsley)
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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. Mass slaughter in Syria: UN holds urgent vote - but Russia and China veto it ... The Daily Mail
Egyptian anti-government activists throw stones at riot police during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Egyptian anti-government activists clashed with police for a second day Wednesday in defiance of an official ban on any protests but beefed up police forces on the streets quickly moved in and used tear gas and beatings to disperse demonstrations. Egypt clashes rage into fourth day Khaleej Times
Egyptian protestors carry a wounded man during clashes with security forces near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 Deadly clashes as anger with Egypt military boils over France24
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Former French Prime Minister Alain Jupp Juppe Juppe pushes Arab plan Business Day
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad GULF NEWS: The Syrians deserve better Business Day
British Petroleum - BP BP must cover some of rig owner's Gulf liability: judge Turkish Press
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Logistics Specialist Seaman Sergio Torres draws pictures with a child at the Vladivostok children's cancer ward. 75% Of Childhood Cancers Are Curable Peace FM Online
Egyptian anti-government activists throw stones at riot police during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Egyptian anti-government activists clashed with police for a second day Wednesday in defiance of an official ban on any protests but beefed up police forces on the streets quickly moved in and used tear gas and beatings to disperse demonstrations. Egypt clashes rage into fourth day Khaleej Times
Backdropped by Egyptian riot police, two men ask protestors not to throw stones during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Was football riot orchestrated to inflame Egypt? The Independent
Entertainment & Arts
ABC´s red-hot "Desperate Housewives" picked up a leading five nominations for the 21st annual Television Critics Assn. Awards, while stablemate "Lost" and Comedy Central´s "The Daily Show With... ula1 Housewives of Atlanta breaks record with South Africa: Marlo, Sheree fight The Examiner
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad GULF NEWS: The Syrians deserve better Business Day
File - Youssou N'Dour performs onstage at the Africa Rising Festival, held at the Royal Albert Hall. Singer Youssou N'Dour fears for Senegal's future The Independent
Sport
Backdropped by Egyptian riot police, two men ask protestors not to throw stones during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Was football riot orchestrated to inflame Egypt? The Independent
Equatorial Guinea national team sing their country national anthem during the opening ceremony of the African Nations Cup soccer opening ceremony at the Estadio De Malabo stadium. Ivory Coast coast to semi-finals Al Jazeera
Sahara India's Managing Director Subroto Roy speaks during a press conference in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Sahara India announced Saturday it will end its sponsorship of the national cricket team and would also give up its ownership of Indian Premier League team Pune Warriors. Sahara had been paying 3.34 crore rupees ($670,000) for each test, one-dayer and Twenty20 game. We had fallout with the BCCI on many fronts: Subroto Roy Sahara Cricket Country
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