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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 ...
 
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