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KOFI ANNAN News, Apr 10, 2012


Kofi Annan visits Syria refugees in southern Turkey
euronews
The UN and Arab League's envoy Kofi Annan is visiting Syrian refugees in southern Turkey, to see for himself some of the thousands sheltering in eight camps near the border. Before the international mediator arrived, several refugees demonstrated, ...
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euronews

Hopes for peace dashed as deadline for Syrian withdrawal passes
CNN International
The Syrian government, however, said it had taken steps to abide by the peace plan laid out by UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan. "We did withdraw some military units from some provinces, in accordance with point C of Annan's plan," Foreign ...
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China calls on Syrian government, opposition forces to back Annan's peace plan
Washington Post
BEIJING — China on Tuesday again called on the Syrian government and opposition forces to immediately back a truce deal arranged by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. China's call came as a deadline passed for President Bashar Assad's troops to start ...
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Russia Demands Syria Enact Troop Pullout Under Annan Plan
Bloomberg
President Bashar al-Assad's government needs to be “more active” in complying with the conditions of the accord brokered by UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters today after talks in Moscow with his ...
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China urges Syrian gov't, opposition to back truce
The Seattle Times
China on Tuesday again called on the Syrian government and opposition forces to immediately back a truce deal arranged by UN-Arab League envoyKofi Annan. The Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. China on Tuesday again called ...
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Activists deny Syrian claims that pullback has begun
CTV.ca
Activists said they have seen no signs of the large-scale troop pullback that President Bashar Assad committed to under the cease-fire brokered by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. Military forces were supposed to withdraw from towns and villages on ...
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CTV.ca

As Syrian Government Claims Pullout, Activists Report Attacks
Voice of America
In Moscow, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said Damascus has started to fulfill UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's plan to end the violence. But he seemed to raise another new demand, saying a cease-fire must start simultaneously with the ...
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Syria pulls back some military forces
Hometownlife.com
A collapse of the truce deal by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan could move Syria closer to an all-out civil war. / AP BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists reported military attacks on two towns Tuesday, even as the government claimed its military forces ...
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Syria violence endangers Annan's ceasefire deadline
Reuters
As the deadline for Damascus to implement the plan crafted by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan ran down, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem demanded guarantees from the former United Nations chief that armed insurgents would honor a truce.
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Russia urges Syria to step up peace plan moves
Reuters
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia urged the Syrian government on Tuesday to act "more decisively" to implement international envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan but also said foreign states should use their influence on opposition groups to press for an immediate ...
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Syria says wants guarantees from Annan on rebels
Reuters
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syria's foreign minister said on Tuesday that Damascus wanted guarantees from international peace envoy Kofi Annanthat armed groups attacking its troops would commit to a ceasefire under a UN-backed peace plan.
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Syria Claims It Has Begun To Pull Back Troops
NPR
The cease-fire brokered by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan was widely seen as the last chance for diplomacy, and its collapse could push Syria even closer to an all-out civil war. A 13-month uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime has turned ...
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Annan Plan Up Against the Syrian Wall
Huffington Post
As fighting intensifies on the eve of the declared deadline for troop withdrawals and a ceasefire, it is international mediator Kofi Annan'sproposed peace process that many see at risk of burial. President Bashar al-Assad assured Annan that his ...
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The UN's failed plan for Syrian peace
Washington Post
TWENTY DAYS have passed since the UN Security Council endorsed the Syria peace plan of former secretary-general Kofi Annan. It's been eight days since Mr. Annan said the regime of Bashar al-Assad had agreed on a deadline of April 10 — Tuesday — to ...
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Press review: Escalation expected in Syrian conflict
BBC News
Meanwhile, a Syrian state newspaper argues that the peace plan initiated by special envoy Kofi Annan has been sabotaged by Washington as part of a conspiracy against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. In Turkey, commentators pre-occupied by ...
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BBC News

Kofi Annan Syria Plan Lets Assad Set the Terms
PolicyMic
The UN-Arab League envoy led by Kofi Annan went to Damascus with the goal of securing peace and stability for the Syrian people, and with the Syrian government accepting a peace plan last week progress seems to have finally been made.
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PolicyMic

No sign of Syrian pullback as UN deadline passes
CBS News
A collapse of the truce deal by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan could move Syria closer to an all-out civil war. A 13-month uprising has turned increasingly violent in response to a brutal regime crackdown. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.
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CBS News

No sign of Syrian pullback
Detroit Free Press
A collapse of the truce deal by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan could move Syria closer to an all-out civil war. / AP BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say Syrian forces have attacked two towns as a deadline passed for President Bashar Assad's troops to start ...
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Syria troop pullout has begun, foreign minister tells Russia
Vancouver Sun
MOSCOW - Syria's foreign minister told Moscow Tuesday Damascus had started withdrawing troops in line with Kofi Annan's peace plan but Russia said the regime should implement the initiative more decisively. The rare visit by the veteran Foreign ...
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New shelling overshadows Syria truce deadline
AFP
But Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said in Moscow that Damascus had started to carry out the plan tabled by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan by pulling some troops out of certain provinces. A spokesman for Annan, who was visiting Syrian refugee camps in ...
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AFP

Russia Urges Syria to Act on Annan Peace Plan
RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, April 10 (Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti) – Russia criticized the Syrian authorities on Tuesday over their efforts on UN envoy Kofi Annan'speace plan and said Damascus needed to show more decisiveness to end the violence in the Middle East country ...
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Syria implementing Annan plan: Muallem
Montreal Gazette
MOSCOW — Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told Moscow on Tuesday that Damascus has started fulfilling the peace plan of envoy Kofi Annan but Russia said the regime should be more decisive in implementing the initiative.
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Annan's initiative has failed…what next?
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
(MENAFN - Arab News) There is no doubt that Kofi Annan's mission was a failure before it even started, and this is what I said over and over again, but today, following the Assad regime's announcement that it will not implement the terms of Annan's ...
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Shelling, mortars mark Syria deadline day
ABC Online
Under the deal negotiated by UN envoy Kofi Annan, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad had agreed to withdraw his regime's troops and heavy weapons from populated areas by today. But opposition activists have reported that government forces in Homs have ...
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Kofi Annan will seek Tehran's support for Syria peace plan
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
(AGI)Tehran- Kofi Annan will fly to Tehran on Wednesday to seek support for the peace plan from Iran, one of Syria's major allies. Salvaging the crumbling peace plan will be a difficult mission for the UN and Arab League envoy as the bond between ...
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Annan peace plan never stood a chance
Vancouver Sun
Nor are they now as the fractured peace plan of former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan shatters into shards, Syria's conflict crosses borders into Turkey and Lebanon and only Russia seems to have the ear of the Assad regime.
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Russia talks frankly, urges Syria step up peace plan
Reuters UK
By Nastassia Astrasheuskaya and Thomas Grove | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia urged the Syrian government on Tuesday to act "more decisively" to implement international envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan but said the opposition must also comply and called on ...
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Six soldiers killed on Syria deadline day
Reuters
Syria says it has already pulled back some of its troops from the cities in keeping with its undertaking to United Nations and Arab League peace envoyKofi Annan. His peace plan calls for rebel forces to stop shooting as the army withdraws so that all ...
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UPI NewsTrack TopNews
UPI.com
Fighting was still reported in several cities, opposition groups said, as UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan was to visit refugee camps in southern Turkey a day after Syrian forces fired across the border near a refugee camp, killed two Syrian refugees ...
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Syria claims it started pulling back troops
The State
The cease-fire brokered by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annanwas widely seen as the last chance for diplomacy, and its collapse could push Syria even closer to an all-out civil war. A relative mourns for Ali Shaaban, a television cameraman working for ...
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The State

The Rosett Report » Kofi Annan's Rendez-Vous With Tehran
By Claudia Rosett
Here's the Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA, sounding a similar note. Why would Iran's rulers be so pleased to welcome Kofi Annan? No doubt they are familiar with his record generally of finding ways to do business with dictators, as he ...
The Rosett Report
World News - Kofi Annan: All Syria violence must end April 12
Syria's year-long conflict must end at 6:00 a.m. local time on April 12, U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said Thursday, amid reports violence in the country ...
worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_.../11038645-kofi-annan-all-syri...
Need to Know News: Kofi Annan says Syria accepts plan to end ...
Each day, we here at "Piers Morgan Tonight" put together the news you need to know - from what happened last night to what will happen today. For March 27 ...
piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/.../need-to-know-news-kofi-annan...
Kofi Annan visits Syria refugees in southern Turkey
The UN and Arab League's envoy Kofi Annan is visiting Syrian refugees in southern Turkey, to see for himself some of the thousands sheltering in eight camps ...
www.euronews.com/.../kofi-annan-visits-syria-refugees-in-sou...
Kofi Annan's 'last chance' Syria plan is going to end in humiliation and bloodshed
By Michael Weiss World Last updated: April 9th, 2012 Six am, April the 12th – this Thursday – is the deadline that Kofi Annan has given for a full cessation ...
blogs.telegraph.co.uk/.../kofi-annans-last-chance-syria-plan-is-...
Ban Ki-moon: Assad must implement Kofi Annan's plan – video ...
The Guardian home. The Guardian, UK and Worldnews, User comments, Web ... Ban Ki-moon ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../ban-ki-moon-assad-kofi-annans-plan-...
BBC News - Kofi Annan briefs UN Security Council on Syria plan
Violence continues in Syria as the UN and Arab League envoy, Kofi Annan, briefs the Security Council on the progress of his peace plan.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17583662
Manthorpe: Kofi Annan peace plan for Syria never stood a chance
Nor are they now as the fractured peace plan of former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan shatters into shards, Syria's conflict crosses borders ...
www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/.../story.html
Kofi Annan expects ceasefire in Syria - RTÉ News
International envoy Kofi Annan has said he expects the Syrian government to implement an agreed ceasefire immediately.
www.rte.ie/news/.../kofi-annan-expects-ceasefire-in-syria.html
Kofi Annan peace plan for Syria 'bound to fail' - ITV News
The leader of the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) said a peace plan put forward by international mediator Kofi Annan was bound to fail because Syria's ...
www.itv.com/news/2012-04.../syria-peace-plan-bound-to-fail/
Iraq backs Kofi Annan's Syria plan – video | World news | guardian ...
At the Arab League summit in Baghdad, Iraq pledges its support for the league's initiative on ...
www.guardian.co.uk/world/.../iraq-annan-syria-plan-video
Syria needs “small, nimble” UN mission – Kofi Annan : Ghana ...
The violence in Syria cannot be addressed through the means of a traditional observer mission deployed between two armies, according to the joint special ...
www.ghanabusinessnews.com/.../syria-needs-small-nimble-un-...
The Hindu : News / National : Declaration endorses Kofi Annan ...
The Delhi Declaration of the fourth summit of BRICS here was most explicit on Iran and Palestine, while broadly endorsing the Kofi Annan approach to resolving ...
www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3259202.ece
Kofi Annan to visit Tehran in April - Israel News, Ynetnews
International peace mediator Kofi Annan will travel to Tehran on April 11 for talks with senior Iranian officials on Syria, his spokesman said on Thursday. Ahmad ...
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4213012,00.html
Kofi Annan | Fox News Insider
Despite claims from the Assad regime that the deadly uprising is over, violence continues to rock Syria. The government allegedly agreed to a United Nations ...
foxnewsinsider.com/tag/kofi-annan/
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