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Syria Violence Halts as Assad Observes UN's Ceasefire
BusinessWeek
By Nayla Razzouk and Emre Peker on April 12, 2012 Violence came to a halt across most of Syria, according to activists, after President Bashar al- Assadpledged to observe a United Nations brokered cease-fire. The streets were “quiet” this morning with ...
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Syria calm after UN truce deadline, but troops defy some of Annan's demands
Fox News
April 6, 2012: In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, Syrians chant slogans during a demonstration in Idlib, north Syria.AP BEIRUT – A fragile cease-fire brokered by the UN took hold in Syria on ...
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Syria calm after UN truce deadline
The Associated Press
By BASSEM MROUE, AP – 1 hour ago BEIRUT (AP) — A fragile cease-fire brokered by the UN took hold in Syria on Thursday with regime forces apparently halting widespread attacks on the opposition but still defying demands by international envoy Kofi ...
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The Associated Press
Syria mostly calm after UN truce deadline
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Turkey's prime minister accused Syria of infringing its border and said Tuesday that his country is considering what steps to take in response. Photo: GermanoAssad / AP BEIRUT (AP) — A fragile cease-fire brokered by the UN took hold in Syria on ...
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Syrians Take to Streets in Test of Annan Cease-Fire Plan
BusinessWeek
By Nayla Razzouk and Emre Peker on April 12, 2012 Syrians took to the streets to demonstrate against President Bashar al-Assad, emboldened by a cease-fire negotiated by United Nations' envoy Kofi Annan that took effecttoday after a year of deadly ...
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Syrian uprising hotspots reported calm after UN truce deadline
Washington Post
BEIRUT — A fragile cease-fire brokered by the UN took hold in Syria on Thursday with regime forces apparently halting widespread attacks on the opposition but still defying demands by international envoy Kofi Annan to pull troops back to barracks.
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Lull in Syria fighting after UN truce deadline
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By KARIN LAUB AP BEIRUT — Syrian flashpoints of the 13-month uprising against President Bashar Assad were quiet Thursday, activists said, suggesting a UN-brokered truce was starting to take hold and the regime was keeping a pledge to halt its assault ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Guns silent in hours after Syria truce deadline
Reuters
But now it is calm, and there is no shooting," said Abu Rami, an activist inSyria's third city after the 6 am (0300 GMT) deadline passed. Assaults on restive neighborhoods had become more intense after Assad accepted Annan's timetable.
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Syria says it will observe UN cease-fire today
TheDay.com
The Syrian government has long described the 13-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule as the work of "terrorists." The White House urged caution, and activists also said they were skeptical that the cease-fire would be observed.
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Uneasy Quiet Descends on Syria
Voice of America
He [Syrian President Assad] has been promising this for a year. I do not think he will withdraw neither tanks nor troops. He is lying. Whenever he says he will end the massacre, he kills more,'' he said. The deal set out by UN-Arab League peace envoy ...
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Syria says fighting will stop by UN deadline
Northwest Herald
By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY - AP BEIRUT – Syria promised to comply with aUN-brokered cease-fire beginning today but carved out an important condition – that the regime still has a right to defend itself against the terrorists that it says are behind the ...
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Syria Pledges to Abide By UN Cease-Fire That Starts Tomorrow
San Francisco Chronicle
April 11 (Bloomberg) -- Syria's government told the United Nations it will abide by a cease-fire that begins tomorrow morning, though it reserves the right to respond to any attacks. The statement today came after Kofi Annan, the UNand Arab League ...
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Syria cease-fire takes hold, but could be tested by Friday protests
Christian Science Monitor
Although the Syrian regime flouted a deadline earlier this week, it seems to be abiding by the UN cease-fire that went into effecttoday. By Ariel Zirulnick, Staff writer / April 12, 2012 This image, made from amateur video released by the Shaam News ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Syria Ceasefire Deadline Observed, Assad Regime Forces Remain In Place
Huffington Post
17, 2011, photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, SyrianPresident Bashar Assad addresses a meeting of the central committee of the Baath party in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/SANA, File) BEIRUT -- A fragile cease-fire brokered by the UN ...
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Lull in Fighting After Syria Deadline
Wall Street Journal
AP BEIRUT—Opposition activists said Syria's uprising hot spots were quiet after a deadline for a UN-brokered truce passed at dawn Thursday, hours after President Bashar al-Assad's regime promised special peace envoy Kofi Annan it would halt fighting.
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Wall Street Journal
Syria's uprising hotspots quiet after truce deadline
Fox News
AP/Local Coordination Committees in Syria BEIRUT – Opposition activists saidSyria's uprising hotspots were quiet after a deadline for a UN-brokered truce passed at dawn Thursday, hours after President Bashar Assad's regime promised special peace envoy ...
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Syria ceasefire: Cameron says 'noose is tightening' on Assad regime
Daily Mail
Earlier today David Cameron urged Russia and China today to join the world in 'tightening the noose' around the Syrian regime after a key deadline passed. The Prime Minister said BasharAssad's 'deliberate flouting' of the latest peace plan showed that ...
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Daily Mail
Opposition: Syria truce deadline passes with no reports of major attacks
CNN
Opposition activists reported sporadic violence, however, and said President Bashar al-Assad had failed to pull back troops from population centers, another key condition of a United Nations-backed peace plan brokered by special envoy Kofi Annan.
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Little violence as cease-fire starts in Syria
Detroit Free Press
By Bassem Mroue and Karin Laub Associated Press BEIRUT -- A deadline for a United Nations-brokered cease-fire passed without reports of major violence at dawn today, opposition activists said, just hours after Syriapromised to observe a halt in ...
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Turkish leader invites NATO to defend its border with Syria
EurActiv
That deadline was supposed to be followed by a full cease-fire by the Syrianarmy and opposition forces today (12 April), but fierce fighting has continued.UN and Arab league envoy Kofi Annan, at a news conference in Tehran on Wednesday, urged Syrian ...
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Activists Report Calm in Syria at Deadline
TIME
By AP / BASSEM MROUE and KARIN LAUB Thursday, Apr. 12, 2012 (BEIRUT) — Opposition activists said Syria's uprising hotspots were quiet after a deadline for a UN-brokered truce passed at dawn Thursday, hours after President Bashar Assad's regime ...
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China hopes Syrian govt fulfills promises to Annan
Fox News
China has joined Russia in blocking attempts by the US and others at theUnited Nations to compel Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime to end violence against political opponents waging a 13-month uprising. That has drawn accusations that Beijing is ...
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Syria vows to stop fighting by U.N. deadline
Salt Lake Tribune
UN cease-fire » US skeptical that Assad's regime will fully comply after several previous failures. By BASSEM MROUE | The Associated Press Beirut • Opposition activists said Syria's uprising hotspots were quiet after a deadline for a UN-brokered truce ...
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UN-brokered cease-fire appears to take hold in Syria
Washington Post
The Syrian government has long described the 13-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule as the work of “terrorists.” There were no reports of violations immediately after the 6 am cease-fire was to take hold, but most of the ...
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Syria says it will stop fighting by U.N. deadline
Southeast Missourian
Annan is scheduled to brief the UN Security Council today by videoconference from Geneva. Many activists predict that huge numbers of protesters will flood the streets if Assad fully complies with the agreement and pulls his forces back to barracks.
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In Syria, Activists Report Quiet but No Pullback of Forces
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — After months of intensifying bloodshed, an uncertain cease-fire backed by the United Nations and brokered by the special envoy Kofi Annan went into effect in Syria early on Thursday with none of the by-now-familiar reports of ...
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Syria says it will observe cease-fire set to begin today
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Liz Sly / The Washington Post BEIRUT -- Syria announced Wednesday that it had succeeded in asserting government control over the country after more than a year of unrest and would therefore observe a UN-brokered cease-fire due to go into effect this ...
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Syria opposition urges UN unity if ceasefire fails
Reuters UK
The Syrian National Council (SNC) said it doubted Assad would respect the 0300 GMT Thursday ceasefire deadline and called for a new United Nationspush to isolate him, something that would require the backing of reluctant Russia and China.
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Activist: no violence at Syria truce deadline
Houston Chronicle
Salehi insisted that "change in Syria" should come under the leadership ofSyrian President Bashar Assad. Photo: Vahid Salemi / AP UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan speaks during a joint news conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, ...
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Syrian ceasefire deadline arrives, first reports of violence — RT
By RT
The deadline for Syria's UN-brokered ceasefire aimed at curtailing the conflict has been met with reports of violence. The attacks have increased ... Go to main page News Syrian ceasefire deadline arrives, first reports of violence. Follow RT on ... UN spokesman Ahmad Fawsi says the Assad regime reserves “the right to respond proportionately to any attacks.” The SyrianDefense ... Saif al-Islam is seen after his capture, in the custody of revolutionary fighters Today: 06:26 13 comments ...
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Syria Ceasefire Deadline Observed, Assad Regime Forces Remain ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
BEIRUT -- A fragile cease-fire brokered by the U.N. took hold in Syria on Thursday with regime forces apparently halting widespread attacks on the opposition but still defying demands by international envoy Kofi Annan to pull troops back to barracks. If the truce holds, it would ... 17, 2011, photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assadaddresses a meeting of the central committee of the Baath party in Damascus,Syria. (AP Photo/SANA, File ) ...
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Syria Violence Halts as Assad Observes UN's Ceasefire
Syria Violence Halts as Assad Observes UN's Ceasefire ... by armed terrorist groups,” the official Syrian Arab News Agency reported, citing a Defense Ministry ...
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Syria calm after UN truce deadline, but troops defy some of Annan's demands
A fragile cease-fire brokered by the U.N. took hold in Syria on Thursday with regime ... content: Fox News/Fox Business (Article Page: FoxNews/SBC/Latino/Fox Business) ... The initiative has broad international support, including from Assad allies ... Troops also now control much of the areas that border Turkey, Lebanon, ...
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Syria calm after UN truce deadline
Back to Google News ... BEIRUT (AP) — A fragile cease-fire brokered by theU.N. took hold in Syria on Thursday ... There was deep skepticism that the regime would halt its fire for long, given that Assad has broken promises in the past. ... Troops also now control much of the areas that border Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and ...
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UN blames Assad, Assad blames opposition for violence ahead of ...
Syrian President Assad, meanwhile, has sent a message to the UN blaming the ... Go to main page News UN blames Assad, Assad blames opposition for.... The U.N. today is a corrupt, degenerate organization which has morphed into a tool ...
rt.com/news/assad-opposition-un-ceasefire-511/
Syria rebels issue 48 hour ultimatum to Assad | Tomorrow's News ...
“The deadline is now,” an Annan spokesman said, adding the former UN chief believed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad needed “to make a good faith gesture .
tomorrowsnews.net/?p=2612
US envoy to Syria reveals Assad's tanks on Facebook - TODAY ...
The U.S. released satellite images Friday that it said showed Syria has artillery poised ... Today · News. Latest show; Most popular; Our faves. Loading. ..."We strongly urge the Assad regime to allow the U.N. compliance team, an effective and ...
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France “not optimistic” Assad will meet UN Syria ... - NOW Lebanon
Constitutional documentsHariri reports InvestigationHariri briefingsUN ... NOWNews archives. France “not optimistic” Assad will meet UN Syria peace plan...
www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=383904
War News Updates: Civil War In Syria -- News Updates March 30 ...
A spokesman for the UN-Arab League envoy today told the Assad regime: 'The deadline is now.' Read more .... More News On Syria's Civil War. Syria: Overview ...
warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/.../ciivl-war-in-syria-news-upda...
Syria crisis - UN peacekeeping team heading for Damascus - live ...
3.22pm: The death toll in Syria today has risen to 44, according to Local Co- ordination ... The Russian news agency RIA Novosti said Lavrov would meet Walid .... Some Assad supporters have claimed it is a "French mandate" flag, but this is ...
www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle.../syria-bashar-al-assad
Syria: William Hague Welcomes UN Demand For Assad To ...
Foreign Secretary William Hague today welcomed the United Nations' demand that President ... BBC News - Syria unrest: Arab League urges Assadto reform ...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/.../syria-william-hague-assad-un-ce...
Top News Today | Syria: Bashar al-Assad's adversaries likely to ...
top news today · Home · US ... Syria: Bashar al-Assad's adversaries likely to return to UN Security Council ... Annan to send letter on Syria to UN Security Council ...
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Russia Says It May Support UN Motion on Syria - ABC News
Russia could support a U.N. Security Council motion on Syria if it doesn't contain ... Russia and China have twice used their veto power at the Council to block U.N. resolutions condemning Assad's government over its ... Today in ABC News ...
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Syria Violence Spills Into Turkey as Assad Shuns Deadline ...
Violence in Syria spilled across borders into Turkey and Lebanon as President Bashar al-Assad's regime spurned today's United Nations deadline for a cease- fire. ... News From Bloomberg ...
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UN Security Council facing 'moment of truth' on Syria as Assad ...
Syrian forces pressed home a sustained assault on opponents of President Bashar ... News Network Tuesday shows damages in the city of Homs in western Syria. ... is uncertainty now about the Russian attitude,” said anotherUN diplomat .
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