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ARAB League News, May 04, 2012

Analysis: West doubtful of UN Syria peace push, no "Plan B"
Reuters
But with Russia firmly behind UN-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan to end the conflict between government forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and opposition fighters determined to oust him, Western powers have little choice ...
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Syria peace plan 'on track' despite violence
BBC News
The peace plan for Syria negotiated by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan is "on track", despite reports of ceasefire violations, his spokesman says. Ahmed Fawzi told a news conference in Geneva that a crisis which had been going on for over a year was ...
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BBC News
Arabs back UAE on islands
Gulf Today
ABU DHABI: Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan hailed on Thursday, Tunisia's strong stance during theArab League's last session supporting UAE in the issue of its three islands occupied by Iran. At a press conference along ...
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Gulf Today
Egyptians lget ready for first post-Mubarak presidential vote
Press TV
Posters of Egyptian presidential candidates former Arab Leaguechief Amr Moussa and Lieutenant general Ahmad Shafiq are seen on a wall in Cairo, April 30, 2012. Egypt's two main presidential hopefuls have temporarily suspended their campaigns but their ...
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Press TV
UN accuses both sides in Syria of violating ceasefire
Arab American News
"Syrian tanks and helicopters attacked one town in Idlib after another," Anna Neistat, associate director for programs and emergencies at HRW, said in thereport entitled "'They Burned My Heart': War Crimes in northern Idlib during Peace Plan ...
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Election observers swarm Algeria
magharebia.com
Hundreds of EU, OIC and Arab League monitors are helping Algeria ensure the legitimacy of the May 10th legislative elections. By Lyes Aflou for Magharebia in Algiers - 03/05/12 [AFP/Farouk Batiche] More than 40 political parties are competing in next ...
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Syrian forces attack towns, killing 37, opposition activists say
CNN
The latest attacks brought forth new doubts about the regime's willingness to comply with the peace plan put forward by Kofi Annan aimed at ending the 14-month uprising. But a spokesman for Annan, a UN and Arab League joint special envoy, ...
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Ghost of Mubarak Haunts Electioneering
AllAfrica.com
As yet, there's been no comment from the man ahead of everyone in the polls, former Arab League secretary-general Amr Moussa. In a strange and uncomfortable irony, the charismatic Moussa had the strongest links with Mubarak's regime of all the ...
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White House: Time to try another tactic in Syria
Springfield News-Leader
Annan, the joint UN-Arab League envoy, is scheduled to brief the Security Council on Tuesday with the latest assessment on implementation of his six-point peace plan. Syrian forces stormed student dormitories during an anti-government protest at Aleppo ...
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Syrian troops storm university, seven dead
KTBS
It is one of several schools across the country where demonstrators have turned out in recent days to protest government policies. Seven people, including six students, were killed Thursday in the university city area, the opposition Local Coordination ...
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US says Syria failing to abide by Annan peace plan
Focus News
... students dead, AFP reported. "We continue to hope that the Annan plan succeeds, and we are working to support it in every way possible," spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday, referring to UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's plan to stem the bloodshed.
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Nuba Civilians Suffer Indiscriminate Bombing, Severe Hunger
AllAfrica.com
On May 2, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution condemningrecent cross-border violence between Sudan and South Sudan, but failed to condemn Sudan's indiscriminate bombing inside its own territory in areas such as Southern Kordofan.
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Aleppo students killed, injured in campus attacks
University World News
Earlier this year the Syrian Emergency Taskforce (SETF) issued a statementrequesting the Arab League to send an observer mission to review and report on the conditions under which students were living as they attempt to complete their education.
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UPI NewsTrack TopNews
UPI.com
If the international community admits the peace plan brokered by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan last month has failed, Washington will work with the Security Council and countries and groups outside the Security Council to find a "political transition ...
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Mideast Iranians vote in second round of parliamentary elections
Foreign Policy (blog)
Despite the continuous reports of violence, the spokesman for United Nations and Arab League envoy, Kofi Annan, Ahmad Fawzi said, "the Annan plan is on track." He continued that there are "small signs of compliance" which he does not find satisfactory ...
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Egyptians rally against military leaders
UPI.com
Demonstrators chanted "Tantawi is Mubarak" and other anti-government slogans during a mass sit-in, reports Egyptian news service al-Ahram. Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi controls the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which took control over ...
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Syria: Annan peace process 'going on but needs time'
ANSAmed
... MAY 4 - ''Annan's plan for Syria is moving ahead but is a crisis which has been going on for over a year'' and which cannot be resolved immediately, said Ahmad Fawzi, spokesperson for Kofi Annan, Special Envoy to the UN and theArab League, ...
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National Security Brief: May 4, 2012
ThinkProgress
The White House condemned the violent crackdown on a Syrian student protest yesterday and said a new international approach may be needed if a UN and Arab League-backed pace plan fails. – Iran said on Friday it will never suspend its uranium enrichment ...
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The Irked Gossip
Football365.com
The paper reports that City are set to make a bid worth £40million for Bale in the summer, trebling his wages in the process. However, this deal won't just be about the cash: 'The league leaders' Arab owners have given their blessing to the staggering ...
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France strongly condemns killing of Syrian students in Aleppo
Kuwait News Agency
"France demands once again the immediate and full implementation of the measures set out by the joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League Kofi Annan," the statement added. France also condemned what it said were the "numerous ...
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Number of Observers in Syria Reaches 50
Journal of Turkish Weekly
Mood said UN observers were in Damascus, Homs, Aleppo, Hama, Idlib and Daraa and they presented daily reports to UN. In April 2012 Mood was commissioned to assist Kofi Annan in Annan's work as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General and the Arab League ...
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ESA Committee Report: Situation of Prisoners in Israeli Jail
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
2- We call upon the Arab League, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the United Nations, and the Arab and Europeans Parliaments to hold a special session about Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails. 3- We call upon all Arabic and European ...
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NATO vs Rogues?
truthout
The latest incarnation of the Reagan-era dream of zapping incoming missiles faces the same problems that have plagued this boondoggle from day one. “Reports by the Defense Science Board, an advisory group to the US Defense Department, ...
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FDI into Africa accelerates as investor perceptions begin to shift
African Manager
Growing optimism and confidence among international investors has lead to significant inward investment into Africa over the last decade, according to Ernst & Young's second African Attractiveness Survey. The report, obtained here Thursday by PANA, ...
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Five university students killed in Syria
allvoices
In the last week of March, a truce was finalized between the dictator and UN-Arab League special emissary to the country Kofi Annan to stop violence but it too has done little to end the bloodshed. Under the six-point peace plan, the autocrat had to ...
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Cairo army vows to honour power deal
Independent Online
The Arab world's most populous nation hit another bump in its rocky transition to democracy, just three weeks before the historic election, when armed men attacked protesters on Wednesday outside the Defence Ministry. Eleven people died.
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Independent Online
Fear of anarchy within Syria is leading to just that
Bangkok Post
More recently, former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan's mission on behalf of the UN and the Arab League has come to play a similar role. Mr Annan prepared a six-point plan for ending the violence and launching political negotiations.
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Keys to Crying Voices in Syria
Somaliland Sun
The waves of upheaval and resentment namely Arab Spring has reached Syria at the outset of 2011. Since then, over 10000 civilians (based on the UNreports) including 500 children (as UNICEF pointed out) have been killed; a few cities such as Homs have ...
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Newspaper Briefing, including 'UK faces stagnation in 2012, says NIESR ...
Proactive Investors UK
Investors hoped that a shake-up could be looming after the departure of its Chairman late last year. Tiddler to watch: The document management software company Idox spent years struggling to break through the 20p level, but a couple of nifty ...
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Sacha Baron Cohen Stars in 'The Dictator'
New York Times (blog)
What fresh outrage have we now from this British comic guerrilla who has managed to annoy the Anti-Defamation League, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the government of Kazakhstan, to name just a few unamused parties?
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New York Times (blog)
Parliamentary Question: DIRCO: Budget vote Speech
defenceWeb
On Syria, we welcomed the announcement by the Government there that it has accepted the proposals by the United Nations andLeague of Arab States Special Envoy, former UN Secretary General Koffi Annan, for the restoration of peace in that country and ...
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defenceWeb
University of California Takes Aim at Human Rights Activists
truthout
In March, Yudof posted a recent public letter in which he referred to protests on UC campuses against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza as "hateful incidents" on par with defacing LGBT centers, hanging nooses to intimidate ...
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Arab League to meet on shaky Syria truce | Ya Libnan | World News ...
The Arab League called an emergency meeting to discuss Syria's tenuous cease -fire ... The latest reports of violence came after news more U.N. observers were ...
www.yalibnan.com/.../arab-league-to-meet-on-shaky-syria-tru...
Arab League calls emergency meeting | National News - WISN Home
The Arab League called an emergency meeting Thursday in Cairo where its ministers ... The latest reports of violence follow news that more U.N. observers are ...
www.wisn.com/news/national/Arab...calls.../-/index.html
Arab League calls emergency meeting as Syria's truce waivers - CNN
The Arab League called an emergency meeting Thursday in Cairo where its ministers ... The latest reports of violence follow news that more U.N. observers are ...
www.cnn.com/2012/04/26/world/meast/syria.../index.html?...
South Sudan 'aggression' condemned by Arab League - World ...
The Arab League has condemned South Sudan's military aggression against an oil-rich ... Major StoriesIn The News ... Last Updated: Apr 26, 2012 7:33 PM ET ...
www.cbc.ca/news/.../04/.../sudan-south-sudan-arab-league.htm...
Arab League to meet on shaky Syria truce | Online Journal
The Arab League called an emergency meeting to discuss Syria”s tenuous ...The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported government officials as saying they ... The latest reports of violence came after news more U.N. observers were ...
www.onlinejournal.com/.../arab-league-to-meet-on-shaky-syri...
Arab League calls snap Syria meeting | Arne Ruhnau News
Arab League calls emergency meeting as Syria's truce waivers ... The latestreports of violence follow news that more U.N. observers are arriving in Syria.
arneruhnau.com/arab-league-calls-snap-syria-meeting/
Arab League condemns South Sudan 'aggression' | Latest news ...
The Arab League on Thursday condemned South Sudan's "military aggression" against Heglig, ... Search stories on this site; Web Search; Search print archives ...
www.centredaily.com/.../african-union-sudan-must-stop.html
Arab League backs Libya quest to try Gadhafi's son | Fox News
The Arab League is backing Libya's intention to try a son of deposed ruler Moammar ... main content: Fox News/Fox Business (Article Page: FoxNews/SBC/ Latino/Fox Business) ... The Journal Editorial Report ... The court dismissed Libya's latest appeal, but the ICC cannot force Libya to comply with its order to turn him over.
www.foxnews.com/.../arab-league-backs-libya-quest-to-try-ga...
Arab League to Go to Security Council on Syria - Latest News Briefs ...
Archive: 4/27/2012. YouReport, Send us News & updates. 02:43. Reported ...Arab League countries announced on Thursday that they plan to turn to the UN...
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/238372
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