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SYRIA News, Dec 27, 2011


Syrian Death Toll Rises Amid Homs Withdrawal, League Mission
BusinessWeek
27 (Bloomberg) -- Syria began withdrawing troops from the center of Homs as the Arab League deployed observers to monitor unrest that has killed thousands. Violence in other areas of the country left at least 16 people dead early today, mostly in the ...
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Arab monitors head to Syria, opposition skeptical
USA TODAY
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Violence continues in Syria even as observers arrive in Damascus
Free Speech Radio News
Arab League monitors arrived in Syria today. By tomorrow, members of the first group of 50 observers are expected in the flashpoint city of Homs as well as Damascus, Hama and Idlib. Despite their imminent arrival, more than 30 people were reportedly ...
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Lebanese press round-up: December 27, 2011
NOW LEBANON
Observers deploy today in Syrian hotspots; the Arab League says their mission is “the last chance” for Damascus. 23 killed in Homs; Ghalioun calls on the Security Council to adopt the Arab initiative. Wages are the stalemate of the last week of 2011. ...
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[2011 IN RETROSPECT] Arab Spring sweeps Turkish foreign policy in Mideast
Today's Zaman
Although the country stood on solid ground in the cases of Tunisia and Egypt, defending the removal of old regimes and the establishment of democratic governments, Libya and Syria proved to be tougher cases for Turkish foreign policy. ...
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Today's Zaman
BC-10 Things to Know for Dec 27,2011,Advisory
Chicago Tribune
Syria pulls tank out of Homs ahead of observers' arrival Arab League observers are on their way to the restive city today. SYRIA 3. US economy looking up, but watch out for Europe AP survey of leading economists shows growth will pick up in 2012,...
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Israel Didn't Know High-Tech Gear Was Sent to Iran
Bloomberg
Such gear from Western companies -- including tools that intercept e-mails and text messages, record Internet activity and map cell phone locations -- has been used to track and torture dissidents in countries including Iran, Bahrain, Syria and Tunisia ...
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Bloomberg
Arab monitors to visit Homs
The Statesman
DAMASCUS, 27 DEC: Arab observers were headed to Syria's third largest city Homs today following reports that 34 people had been killed in 24 hours in and around one of the main hubs of nine months of protest. The head of the hard-won Arab League ...
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The (surprisingly upbeat) state of the world
Inland Empire News
It's far from sure that Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya will adapt full-fledged democracy now that they've deposed autocratic leaders in the Arab awakening It's unclear where continuing turmoil in Syria, Yemen, and Bahrain will lead. ...
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Inland Empire News
Today in History - Dec. 27
mysask.com (press release)
In 1989, Egypt and Syria resumed diplomatic relations that had been severed for a decade. In 1990, Harold Town, one of Canada's most prolific painters, died in Peterborough, Ont., at age 66. In 1991, Muslim fundamentalists in Algeria won a major ...
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Layla Zana: We Demanded Autonomy, But Today We Believe It's Not Enough
Rudaw
The Kurds have been demanding independence in the Meddle East for almost a century, but the governments of Iran, Turkey, Syria, and Iraq don't want anything for the Kurds and they try their best to make sure that Kurds stay under their authority. ...
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Britain's imperial echoes have led it to a ruinous decade of wars
The Guardian
More troubling is the foreign secretary, William Hague's, declaration on Facebook of a Christmas ambition to increase "international pressure on Syria … push Burma in the right direction … improve the situation in Somalia … and protect women's ...
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The Guardian
A Look Back At 2011 With Tales From The Tour
Salon
By Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Arab League monitors have only just begun to deploy in the crisis zones of Syria on Tuesday and officials from the 22-member organization were already worried that President Bashar Assad may be ...
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70000 gather in Syrian city of Homs as Arab League observers arrive after ...
Daily Mail
Earlier today activists claim the army was hastily withdrawing tanks from the beleaguered central city in preparation for the arrival of the Arab League team. The monitors' mission is to judge whether Syriahas begun implementing a peace plan to end ...
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Daily Mail
Moment ripe for firm GCC union
gulfnews.com
... more so today when so many of its member countries are torn from within, especially with Egypt in intensive care. Unfortunately, the Arab League, as we see with its handling of Syria, is too weak to make a real difference because it lacks a fist. ...
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gulfnews.com
Oil Extends Longest Rally Since 2010 as Iran Threatens Shipping
BusinessWeek
Syria began withdrawing troops from the center of Homs as the Arab League deployed observers to monitor unrest that has killed thousands. Violence in other areas of the country left at least 16 people dead early today, mostly in the countryside outside ...
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Turkey won't take part in Iran strike
UPI.com
... said this month it had taken a close look at the country's military preparedness following months of upheaval in the Arab world, including the crackdown on protesters in Syria, a close ally of Iran, the Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman reported. ...
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WTI Crude Oil Pressing 100 on Supply Concern
International Business Times
Syrian Oil Minister Sufian Alao said over the weekend Syria has reduced oil production by 30-35% on "dark sanctions that no other country has been through before". Alao noted they're facing difficulties in exports. The country's production capacity was ...
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Red Lines and Ticking Clocks: US War Plans Against Iran
Dissident Voice
Earlier this month Russia Today disclosed that the “geopolitical situation unfolding around Syria and Iran is prompting Russia to make its military structures in the South Caucasus, on the Caspian, Mediterranean and Black Sea regions more efficient. ...
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Press digest
Times of Malta
The violence came as around 50 Arab League monitors arrived in Syria to start inspecting areas gripped by violence. The Arab League has stepped up calls for the withdrawal of the Syrian army and militias, the release of detainees and an end to all ...
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protests resulting in economic difficulties
Xinhua
The IMF forecasted that the economy in Tunisia will come to a stop this year, compared with the 3.1-percent increase in last year; Syria's economy, which grew by 3.2 percent in 2010, will drop by 2 percent this year; and the economy of Yemen will also ...
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Arab World Needs Leaders Like Czech Republic's Havel
NewsMax.com
We related to them as they opposed a superpower, the Soviet Union, which was arming dictatorships in the Arab world — from Iraq and Syria to Egypt, Sudan, Libya, and Algeria. In 1981, to my astonishment, a French scholar compared my modest writings ...
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The hand that cradles the cellphone rules the world
Guelph Mercury
We cannot claim that the present crisis in Syria would suddenly change if cellphones would be distributed en masse. At the same time, we dare not underestimate the extent to which cellphones expand our capacity for democratic social change. ...
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Hamas is changing
Ynetnews
... isolation of the group's main backers, Iran and Syria, and financial difficulties are all practical factors explaining Hamas' new stance. But arguing that today's Hamas is the same as it was 15, 10 or even five years ago would be equally foolish. ...
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Students to Receive Tuition Rebates
The Mark
Observers from the Arab League landed in the Syrian city of Homs today to see if Assad is complying with their peace plan. The deal requires Syria to end all violence against civilians, withdraw troops, and release thousands of political prisoners. ...
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Syria Today 27-12-2011 | Local coordination committees of Syria
By abeer
Local Coordination Committees in Syria The number of martyrs have reached so fartoday to 33 martyrs including two children,13 martyrs in Homs, three martyrs in each of Damascus University,four martyrs in each of Daraa and Damascus ...
Local coordination committees of Syria
Arab League observers in Syria: 'so far so good' — RT
By RT
... city of Homs, report opposition activists. Meanwhile, Arab League observers, who were met by a rally of some 70000 people in Homs, say their first day in Syriawas "very good." ... Footage from viktoreske's YouTube channel Today: 20:16 ...
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Arab League Observers Set to Arrive in Syria Today
By Trish
The country has seen epic violence in the last week, but Arab League observers are due to arrive in Syria today. The government in Syria has agreed to end the crackdown on protestors in the country; however, there has been an increase in ...
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Syria pulls out tanks as Arab monitors tour Homs | Pakistan Today ...
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Monitors arrive in Syria - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Newly arrived Arab League peace monitors will try to see for themselves the situation in Syria's city of Homs, which opponents of President Bashar Assad say has been pulverized by government troops and tanks in recent days. ... They will be split into five teams of 10, one of which is scheduled to visit Homs today. The teams will use government transport, according to their head, a Sudanese general. Delegates insist the mission will nevertheless maintain the "element of surprise" and ...
Today's Tribune-Review
At Least 30 Killed as Syrian Forces Shell Homs -- News from Antiwar ...
By Jason Ditz
Arab League monitors arrived en masse in Syria today to observe the rising violence across the nation, and immediately got something significant to monitor as regime forces shelled the city of Homs, killing 30. One of the observers got a little ...
News From Antiwar.com
Syria protests: 20000 gather in Homs as Arab League observers ...
By Admin
At least 20000 demonstrators gathered in the Syrian city of Homs today as Arab League observers arrived in the country following reports that 60 people were killed in a third consecutive day of bloodshed. Earlier today activists claim the army ...
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Tuesday - December 27th: Prime Time Report
December 26th 2011 • 7:39PM. As the LaRouchePAC continues to mobilize against WWIII, the events in Syria today only underscore that our job is not done until the British financial empire is defeated, and removing Obama is the first step....
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Arab League monitors enter Syrian cities as tanks pull out – USA ...
By NewsDesk - Christer Ornestad
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY Thousands of anti-government demonstrators turned out in the besieged Syrian city of Homs today as tanks pulled out and Arab League monitors arrived. The British-based activist group Syrian Observatory ...
MyPress.SE - Universal News Agency
MORNING SPEW: HOT lanes, Syria update, bands we lost ... - Spew ...
By Volcano Staff
(USA Today)Protests In Syria: Arab League monitors arrived in the battered Syriancity of Homs today amid reports of security force gunfire and massive anti-regime demonstrations. (CNN)Russia Election: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ...
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Syria Today | Head of the Arab League visits Damascus
Arab League Secretary General Nabil Al-Araby gives a speech during an Arab League meeting at its headquarters in Cairo on August 27. (Photo: Associated ...
syria-today.com/.../16588-head-of-the-arab-league-visits-dam...
Syria Today 27-12-2011 | Local coordination committees of Syria
Local Coordination Committees in Syria The number of martyrs have reached so far today to 33 martyrs including two children,13 martyrs in Homs, three martyrs ...
www.lccsyria.org/4375
As Arab League monitors head to Syria, opposition says regime's ...
BEIRUT — The Arab League sent monitors to Syria Monday even though President Bashar Assad's regime has ... There are no discussions scheduledtoday. ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQANdAQIP_story.html
Observers expected in Syria today - SentinelSource.com: National ...
Dozens of Arab League observers were expected to arrive today in Syria amid reports of raging violence, despite the government's agreement to end a brutal ...
sentinelsource.com/.../article_03e7a93f-f06d-55ff-9fac-b040a...
Arab League observers expected in Syria today - maltatoday.com.mt
World Monday 26 December 2011 - 09:51. Arab League observers expected inSyria today. Arab League observers to monitor whether Syria's president is ...
www.maltatoday.com.mt/.../Arab-League-observers-expected-...
Arab League observers enter Syria - RTÉ News
An Arab League mission is in Syria as part of an effort to end months of unrest and quell the regime's crackdown on dissent.
www.rte.ie/news/2011/1222/syria.html
Today In Syria: Torture vs Song - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan ...
The UK's Channel Four aired last night an expose on torture in Syria (which you can watch here), including the verification and translation of some videos that ...
andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/.../today-in-syria-torture-ver...
The World Today - UN recommends Syria be referred to ICC 14/12 ...
The UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has recommended that Syrianauthorities be referred to the International Criminal Court for investigation In her ...
www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2011/s3390518.htm
Arab monitors arrive in Syria - TODAY News - TODAY.com
The first group of Arab monitors arrived in Syria on Monday to assess whether Damascus is adhering to a plan to end a nine-month crackdown on protests.
today.msnbc.msn.com/.../arab-monitors-arrive-syria-amid-car...
Head of Arab monitors to go to Syria today
Sudanese General Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa Al-Dabi, who is leading the Arab League monitoring team to assess whether Syria is acting to end a bloody ...
www.tradearabia.com/NEWS/INTNEWS_209993.html
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