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Syrian forces kill 54 ahead of Annan peace mission
Reuters
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis | AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed at least 54 people on Friday as they sought to quell demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad before a peace mission by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, opposition activists said.
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UN-Arab League Envoy Warns Against Use Of Force To Halt Syria Violence
RTT News
(RTTNews) - The UN-Arab League Special Envoy for Syria has called for an immediate halt to the killings in that Middle East country and warned against the use of force to bring an end to the crisis. "I hope no one is thinking very seriously of using ...
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Syria opposition chief rejects dialogue with Assad regime
USA TODAY
Annan, who has been appointed joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, has said his mission was to start a "political process" to resolve the conflict in the country. He is due this weekend in Syria where he will meet with Assad. In comments made in Cairo ...
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USA TODAY
Syrian forces kill 31 ahead of Annan peace mission
Chicago Tribune
... mission by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, opposition activists said. Tank rounds and mortar bombs crashed into opposition districts in the rebellious central city of Homs, killing 17 people, activists said, reporting 14 deaths elsewhere in Syria.
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Syria's Homs Under Fire Ahead Of Kofi Annan Mission
Huffington Post
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, March 9 (Reuters) - Syrian tanks fired on opposition districts in Homs on Friday, killing four people, activists said, ahead of a mission by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan to end a year-long conflict edging into civil war ...
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China to send another envoy to discuss Syria crisis
Reuters
Zhang will "exchange views on the Syria issue with the responsible people at the Arab League and other countries to push for a just and appropriate resolution" and then have "consultations" in France, Liu said. The talks will focus on China's statement ...
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AP Interview: Syria opposition chief rejects talks
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Former UN chief Kofi Annan, left, listens to Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby during a presser following their meeting at the Arab league headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 8, 2012. Former UN chief Kofi Annan says his top priority as special ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Iraqi Shiite protesters demand Bahrain's Sunni king be banned from upcoming ...
Washington Post
They are demanding that he be banned from attending this month's Arab League summit meeting in Baghdad. About 2000 Shiite protesters, followers of hard-line cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, on Friday came out in support of Bahrain's Shiite majority, ...
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EU officials: Sanctions against Syria are helping
Fox News
Annan, who has been appointed joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, has called for a dialogue between the Syrian government and the opposition and is likely to meet with Assad during a visit to Damascus on Saturday. "We are searching truly for a ...
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Syrian opposition leader rejects call for dialogue
CBS News
Annan, who has been appointed joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, has said his mission was to find a political settlement to the conflict. He is due this weekend in Syria where he will meet with Assad. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.
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UN Envoy Warns Against Arming Syrian Rebels
Voice of America
March 08, 2012 UN Envoy Warns Against Arming Syrian Rebels Edward Yeranian | Cairo, Egypt The UN-Arab League special envoy on Syria, Kofi Annan, says arming Syrian rebel soldiers "will make this situation worse." Meanwhile, a deputy Syrian oil minister ...
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Syrian Violence Continues Before Visit by UN Envoy
Voice of America (blog)
Syrian troops continued their crackdown on opposition forces on the eve of a visit by new UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, who is calling for a political solution to the year-long crisis. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government soldiers ...
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Syria: Kofi Annan's call for talks rejected
GlobalPost
United Nations and Arab League special envoy to Syria Kofi Annan (C) arrives for a meeting with Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi (R) on March 8, 2012 at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. Days ahead of his trip to Damascus, ...
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Annan urges end to Syria violence
Reuters
By Edmund Blair and Oliver Holmes | CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, said on Thursday he would urge President Bashar al-Assad and his foes to stop fighting and seek a political solution, drawing angry rebukes from ...
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Syrian forces kill 21 ahead of Annan peace mission
Orlando Sentinel
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed 21 people on Friday as they sought to quell demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad before a peace mission by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, opposition activists said. Tanks pounded Karm al-Zeitoun and ...
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Syria crisis: Kofi Annan's calls for talks spark anger
BBC News
Syrian opposition activists have angrily rejected calls by Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, for dialogue with the government. The leader of the main opposition, Burhan Ghalioun, said the comments were "disappointing" when Syrians were ...
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BBC News
EU presidency: Sanctions against Syria are helping
CBS News
Annan, who has been appointed joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, has called for a dialogue between the Syrian government and the opposition. Bildt said, "We are searching truly for a political solution." He said Russia is "a key player" in the crisis ...
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Report: Families slain in Homs
UPI.com
I believe any further militarization will make the situation worse," Kofi Annan said at a joint press conference in Cairo with the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil El-Araby. "We have to be careful that we don't introduce a medicine that is ...
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Syrian rebels reject Annan's call for dialogue
Chicago Tribune
CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, said he would urge President Bashar al-Assad and his foes to stop fighting and seek a political solution, drawing angry rebukes from dissidents. "The killing has to stop and we ...
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US, Jordan Discuss Securing Syria Cache
Wall Street Journal
One plan would call for Jordanian Special Operations units, acting as part of any broader Arab League peacekeeping mission, to go into Syria to secure nearly a dozen sites thought to contain weapons, these officials said. Associated Press Free Syrian ...
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Wall Street Journal
UN relief head submits aid access plan to Syria
CNN
Arab League observers for weeks surveyed the crisis in Syrian cities before their monitoring mission ended in late January because of escalating violence. The mission started in December to observe how the government was complying with a league ...
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Assad regime criticises Annan visit to Syria
Financial Times
Burhan Ghalioun, head of the Syrian National Council, the main opposition group, said Mr Annan, who is joint UN and Arab League special envoy for Syria, risked wasting months in “pointless mediation efforts”, like other envoys before him.
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Two Syrian Generals Defect To Turkey As Opposition Rejects Dialogue With Assad
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syria Kofi Annan was expected to visit Damascus on March 10. Five members of Syria's armed forces, including two generals and a colonel, have reportedly defected to Turkey. Turkish officials said the military men ...
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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Bloody Friday Precedes Annan's Syria Visit
Voice of America (blog)
The renewed bloodshed comes as former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, representing the UN and the Arab League, prepared to visit Syria Saturday to try to find a political solution to the crisis. Mr. Annan has warned against arming rebel forces, ...
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UN, Chinese envoys work for peace in Syria as deaths mount
Local 10
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the joint special envoy to Syria for the United Nations and the Arab League, heads to the capital city of Damascus on Saturday "to seek an urgent end to all violence and human rights violations and to initiate ...
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Annan warns against intervention in Syria
UPI.com
CAIRO, March 9 (UPI) -- Military intervention in Syria would be a mistake, UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan cautioned, as a senior Syrian official switched to the opposition. "We have to be careful that we don't introduce a medicine that is ...
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UN envoy due in Syria amid signs of more cracks in Assad regime
The Guardian
Annan, a former UN secretary general who has been appointed joint UN-Arab League envoy, is due to meet Assad during his visit to Damascus. He said he was taking "realistic" proposals to halt the killing, but did not go into details.
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The Guardian
62 dead in Syria as diplomatic efforts continue
12NewsNow.Com
But, Annan told the Arab League summit in Cairo, "the violence and killings must stop immediately." Annan, the joint special envoy to Syria for the United Nations and the Arab League, began a visit to the region in Cairo on Wednesday.
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Syrian Official Defects, Joins Opposition
Voice of America (blog)
Syria's deputy oil minister resigned Thursday to join the anti-government revolt, and UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan urged diplomacy rather than militarization to end the ongoing crisis. In a video posted on YouTube, minister Abdo Husameddine ...
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Activists say 60 killed in Syria ahead of Annan mission
Monsters and Critics.com
Beirut - At least 60 people were killed Friday in the Syrian government's sustained clampdown on opposition areas, said activists, on the eve of a peace mission by the United Nations-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan to end the year-long violence in the ...
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Iraqi Shiites protest against Bahrain's Sunni king
The Seattle Times
They are demanding that he be banned from attending this month's Arab League summit meeting in Baghdad. The Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. Iraqi Shiite Muslims have demonstrated against the king of Bahrain.
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Ex-UN Chief Annan Heads to Syria to Press Assad to End Attack on Opponents
Bloomberg
Annan, who is also representing the Arab League in his visit, told reporters yesterday in Cairo that he wanted to be “realistic” about his proposals and that he hoped “no one was thinking seriously” of using force to solve the conflict.
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Bloomberg
Iraqi Shiites protest against Bahrain
UPI.com
Baghdad hosts a summit for the Arab League later this month. Supporters of Sadr rallied in the Iraqi capital saying that members of the Sunni-led monarchy in Bahrain should be barred from the summit, Iran's state-funded broadcaster Press TV reports.
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China sending diplomat to Middle East, France to promote Syria cease-fire plan
Washington Post
Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said at a regular press briefing Friday that Assistant Foreign Affairs Minister Zhang Ming will meet with Arab Leagueleaders during the seven-day trip, which begins Sunday. China has released a proposal calling ...
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U.S., Israel and Jordan Hold Bi-lateral Talks over Syrian CBW ...
By Jerry Gordon
Watch this Fox News report on the threat of Syria's CBW caches: Here are excerpts from the ... One plan would call for Jordanian Special Operations units, acting as part of any broader Arab League peacekeeping mission, to go into Syria to secure nearly a dozen sites thought to contain weapons, these officials said. [. . .] U.S. officials stressed that ... The two countries have jointly run operations against al Qaeda in both Afghanistan and Iraq in recent years. Jordan's main spy agency, ...
Red County
Latest Mideast News: Arab League calls for an immediate end to the ...
LATEST UPDATES & LINKS TO STORIES ABOUT PALESTINE- Revolution(s) ... CAIRO, (PIC)-- The Arab League general secretariat on Thursday called for an ...
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UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan to visit Damascus - SYRIA ...
FRANCE 24 latest world news report ... REUTERS - The U.N.-Arab Leaguespecial envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, will travel to Damascus on Saturday for his first ...
www.france24.com/.../20120305-syria-kofi-annan-united-nati...
Lebanese President Wants Syria Back In Arab League | Fox News
Lebanon's president wants Syria's membership in the Arab League restored, saying he ... to main content: Fox News/Fox Business (Article Page: FoxNews/ SBC/Latino/Fox Business) ... The Journal Editorial Report ... LatestWorld News Videos ...
www.foxnews.com/.../lebanese-president-wants-syria-back-in-...
Joint UN-Arab League envoy urges immediate halt to Syria violence
The Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria today ... UN Logo UN News Centre logo and link back to News Centre home ... of the Government's ongoing crackdown against a pro-democracy uprising that began last year. ... Listen to related stories and interviews from UN Radio ...
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41486&Cr...
Arab League to Discuss Syria in 12 Days - Latest News Briefs ...
Archive: 2/28/2012. YouReport, Send us News & updates. 11:49. Reported ...A source in the Arab League announced, Monday, that the foreign ministers from ...
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/233347
China tells Arab League it backs humanitarian aid for Syria - AlertNet
Yang made the comments in a phone call late on Tuesday with the head of theArab League, Nabil Elaraby, the official Xinhua news service reported on ...
www.trust.org/.../china-tells-arab-league-it-backs-humanitarian...
PressTV - Russian FM will discuss Syria with Arab League ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says he will meet with foreign ministers of the Arab League to discuss events in Syria. Russian news networks quoted...
presstv.com/detail/230044.html
Valerie Amos and Kofi Annan to visit Syria - Monday 5 March 2012 ...
Follow how the day unfolded as UN-Arab League Kofi Annan announced ...Before it fell to the Syrian army last Thursday, an official said, ominously, that the ... 3.35pm: The UN's news centre has a bit more detail and context of the Amos ... Paul and Fred have filed horrendous reports of people fleeing from terrible atrocities.
www.guardian.co.uk/.../syria-uprising-baba-amr-cleared-live-...
UN-Arab League envoy Annan has first talks on Syria - Yahoo!
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (L) listens to U.N. -Arab League Envoy Enlarge ... Top World Stories ... Click here to get the latest news on your mobile!
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News Reports: Arab League - Turkey Steps Up Rhetoric On Syrian ...
Arab League - Turkey Steps Up Rhetoric On Syrian Massacre World NewsThe ... with two journalists wiped out throughout Baba Amr very last thirty day period ...
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