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Why another UN draft resolution on Syria vetoed
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Why another UN draft resolution on Syria vetoed
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a UN draft resolution on Syria. It was the second time since October 2011 that the two permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) had used a double veto to block a UNSC draft resolution on the Middle Eastern nation.Read Full Article ...
 
Anger after Russia, China block U.N. action on Syria
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Anger after Russia, China block U.N. action on Syria
BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Western and Arab countries responded with outrage on Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution ...
 
11:29 Anger as UN Syria plan vetoed
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
11:29 Anger as UN Syria plan vetoed
Western and Arab countries responded with outrage today after Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have urged Syrian president B...
 
Photos of this week (Jan. 30 - Feb. 5)
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Photos of this week (Jan. 30 - Feb. 5)
Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations Li Baodong (C) votes against the draft resolution on Syria during a UN Security Council meeting at the U...
 
Moscow support for Assad well-calculated
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Moscow support for Assad well-calculated
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 ...
 
Nobel Peace laureate condemns China, Russia veto of UN Syria
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Nobel Peace laureate condemns China, Russia veto of UN Syria
Yemeni activist and Nobel Peace laureate Tawakkul Karman on Sunday condemned China and Russia for their decision to veto a United Nations resolution to end the...
 
Russia and China block Syria action
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Russia and China block Syria action
Arab countries should push ahead with action to end the violence in Syria, William Hague urged, promising the backing of Western countries after Russia and Chi...
 
Vetoes leave Syria headed for a bloody stalemate
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Vetoes leave Syria headed for a bloody stalemate
The double veto cast by Russia and China at the United Nations Security Council on Saturday represents a clarifying moment in the Syrian uprisings.Read Full Ar...
 
UN human rights envoy claims witnessing of positive impact in Myanmar
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
UN human rights envoy claims witnessing of positive impact in Myanmar
YANGON, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Human Rights Envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana claimed on Sunday that his six-day Myanmar mission witnessed positive impact i...
 
Russia’s UN Veto Gives Syria ‘License to Kill’
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Russia’s UN Veto Gives Syria ‘License to Kill’
Failure by the United Nations Security Council to deliver global condemnation of Syria gives President Bashar al-Assad room to continue his 11-month crackdown ...
 
Qatar: UN failure on Syria resolution is license to massacre
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Qatar: UN failure on Syria resolution is license to massacre
The inability of the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution to end the violence in Syria, gives the government of President Bashar al-Assad licen...
 
Syrian opposition says UN veto gives al-Assad "license to kill"
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Syrian opposition says UN veto gives al-Assad
The opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) on Sunday strongly condemned the veto by Russia and China of a United Nations Security Council resolution to end t...
 
Clinton says Syria resolution was a 'travesty'
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Clinton says Syria resolution was a 'travesty'
SOFIA - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday the veto by Russia and China of a UN resolution that would have urged the Syrian president to give...
 
Embassies attacked as Russia and China block UN action on Syria
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Embassies attacked as Russia and China block UN action on Syria
The United Nations Security Council failed again to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution back...
 
Russia and China block Syria action
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Russia and China block Syria action
Arab countries should push ahead with action to end the violence in Syria, William Hague urged, promising the backing of Western countries after Russia and Chi...
 
U.N. Vetoes to Inflame Syrian Conflict
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
U.N. Vetoes to Inflame Syrian Conflict
The Russia-China veto of a United Nations resolution calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step aside appears set to catapult the 11-month uprising in...
 
Canada 'disappointed' in Russian, Chinese UN veto, says Baird
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Canada 'disappointed' in Russian, Chinese UN veto, says Baird
Canada is “disappointed in the extreme” that China and Russia have vetoed a United Nations Security Council condemning the Syrian government’s crackdown on civ...
 
Africa: South Africa Backs Vetoed UN Syria Resolution
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Africa: South Africa Backs Vetoed UN Syria Resolution
[BuaNews] Pretoria - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has voiced deep regret after Security Council members were unable to agree on a resolution backing an Ara...
 
IAEA Nuclear Inspectors to Visit Iran Again in February
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
IAEA Nuclear Inspectors to Visit Iran Again in February
Inspectors will return to Iran on Feb. 21, suggesting that some common understanding had been reached regarding the country’s position regarding scrutiny of it...
 
Syria: Russia and China's resolution veto shames UN, says William Hague
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Syria: Russia and China's resolution veto shames UN, says William Hague
Foreign Secretary William Hague accuses Russia and China of encouraging further bloodshed in Syria after they veto resolution.Read Full Article ...
 
Kenya safe for Homosexuals
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Kenya safe for Homosexuals
Then the nightmare started -- people began insulting and then assaulting them, and then they had to run away to Kenya. The couple have been in Nairobi since Ma...
 
Embassies attacked as Russia and China block UN action on Syria
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Embassies attacked as Russia and China block UN action on Syria
The United Nations Security Council failed again to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution back...
 
Embassies attacked as Russia and China block UN action on Syria
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Embassies attacked as Russia and China block UN action on Syria
2/5/2012 - 10:02:02 AM The United Nations Security Council failed again to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China bl...
 
Syrian uprising: Russia and China veto UN resolution
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Syrian uprising: Russia and China veto UN resolution
Russia and China last night blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution over the continuing trouble in Syria.Read Full Article ...
 
Tales from the Coffeeshop: the life and times of Don Christofias
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Tales from the Coffeeshop: the life and times of Don Christofias
Author: Patroclos THE MAN who appeared in Nicosia district court on Wednesday charged with being a public nuisance because he called the president a ‘vlakas’ l...
 
Envoys we love to hate
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Envoys we love to hate
Author: Stefanos Evripidou IT’S BEEN a long-time brewing but parliament finally passed a resolution censuring UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer on Thursday, ...
 
Veto on Syria sparks Arab and Western fury
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Veto on Syria sparks Arab and Western fury
Russian and Chinese vetoes at UN dubbed as "betrayal of Syrian people" amid fresh calls for President Assad to step downRead Full Article ...
 
UNAMID chief is a burden on Darfur crisis – JEM rebels
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
UNAMID chief is a burden on Darfur crisis – JEM rebels
February 4, 2012 (KHARTOUM) --- The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) distanced itself today from the head of the hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAM...
 
17-year-old girl ''sells'' baby for US$128 in Nigeria
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
17-year-old girl ''sells'' baby for US$128 in Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A 17-year-old girl, Blessing John, has sold her two-week-old baby girl for 20,000 naira (US$128) because she could not cater for her, N...
 
Syria: Ban voices deep regret after Security Council fails to agree on resolution
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Syria: Ban voices deep regret after Security Council fails to agree on resolution
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced deep regret after Security Council members were today unable to agree on a resolution backing an Arab League plan to resol...
 
Russia-China veto ‘ undermined UN’
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Russia-China veto ‘ undermined UN’
Western and Arab powers have reacted angrily to Russia and China's veto of a Security Council resolution on the Syria crisis.Read Full Article ...
 
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