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Dec 30, 2011

ARAB League News, Dec 30, 2011


Syrian Defectors Hold Fire Amid Arab League Visit
ABC News
Also Friday, Russia's Foreign Ministry said an initial assessment by Arab League observers in Syria was "reassuring," even as activists reported fresh violence by security forces that killed at least nine people. AP A couple sits on their balcony ...
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ABC News
Arab League highlights racist bills to be considered by the Knesset
Middle East Monitor
A report issued by the Arab League's Palestine and the Occupied Arab Territories Department has highlighted the risks of a raft of racist laws to be considered by Israel's parliament, the Knesset. Headed, "Israeli draft racist and discriminatory laws ...
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Major Arab events in 2011
Kuwait News Agency
This report exclusively concerns events related to the Arab League. Syrian membership: On November 17, Arab diplomat still in contact with Syrian regime despite the freeze of membership on November 16 due to violence in Syria. ...
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Syrian opposition criticizes Arab League observer
Newsday
Click here Syrian opposition criticizes Arab League observer Originally published: December 29, 2011 9:57 AM Updated: December 29, 2011 2:37 PM By The Associated Press HAMZA HENDAWI (Associated Press) (AP) -- Syria's opposition called Thursday for the ...
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Newsday
'Centenarians divorce' in love twist
FRANCE 24
The violence in Syria during a visit by an Arab League mission dominates. Comment writers also look more broadly at the Arab Spring as we head in to the New Year. There's a preview of the Iowa Republican caucus on Tuesday, and two Italian ...
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Egypt: Ganzouri Probes Cooperation With Arab Housing Ministers
AllAfrica.com
Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri received on Thursday 29/12/2011 six Arab housing ministers to review the outcome of an Arab League ministerial housing council meeting which wrapped up in Cairo Thursday and ways to coordinate Arab housing strategies and...
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Syria: the long history of the chief investigators
San Francisco Luxury News
How did the Arab League she could name such a leader at the head of its observers in Syria? After only three days, the Sudanese General Mohammed al-Dhabi focuses criticism from NGOs and Western governments. Wednesday, the day of a whirlwind tour a few ...
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Large demonstrations against the regime of Al-Assad
San Francisco Luxury News
More than 60000 demonstrators headed towards the town hall in Douma, a suburb of Damascus, where observers from the Arab League were supposed to be, according to Syrian Observatory of Human Rights. Clashes then erupted, security forces including making ...
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Snipers rule the streets in the besieged Syrian city of Homs
CNN
A monitoring mission from the Arab League arrived in the city Tuesday but opposition activists fear they will not see the full extent of a brutal government crackdown that the United Nations says has claimed more than 5000 lives nationwide. ...
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World/Nation Dispatches
Press Herald
The Associated Press The presence of Arab League monitors in Syria has re-energized the anti-government protest movement, with tens of thousands turning out over the past three days in cities and neighborhoods where the observers are expected to visit. ...
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Press Herald
Death toll rising in Syria
Radio New Zealand
The death toll in Syria continues to rise, even as Arab League observers tour the country. Human rights groups now fear the Arab League mission is turning into a farce. The ABC reports the shootings and killings have been taking place almost under the ...
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World fails to notice tortures in Bahrain
Press TV
Saleh: Unfortunately, the authorities and the international organizations and the Arab League have not done anything to probe and investigate not the allegations [but] the facts and realities and more than that of course studied by this committee and ...
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Press TV
Syrian forces fire on demonstrators
Telegraph.co.uk
There have been reports of security forces firing on civilians across Syria despite the presence of monitors from the Arab League who are in the country on a mission to curtail President Bashar al-Assad's violent crackdown on protest. ...
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Global Hotspots Present Political Challenges
Fox News
The Arab League monitors have gone and tried, it appears with limited success, to get a look at what is going on there, and with at least one report questionably saying well I don't see anything bad. But parts they have been turned away from not being ...
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Syrians fire on protesters near observers
Washington Post
Amateur video has surfaced out of Syria showing Arab league observers apparently running from gunfire. (Dec. 29) (/The Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: SuperFan badge holders consistently post smart, timely comments about Washington area ...
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4 Killed During Syrian Protests
WILX-TV
Despite having monitors from the Arab League in Damascus, activists say that Syrian security forces shot and killed at least 4 people during anti-government demonstrations Thursday. Reporter: AP A Syrian protester gestures as he is silhouetted behind a ...
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1330 GMT, Dec 30
Chicago Tribune
Dec 30 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- BEIRUT - The anti-government Free Syrian Army has ordered its fighters to stop offensive operations pending a meeting with Arab League delegates monitoring President Bashar al-Assad's compliance with a peace ...
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The Unintended Consequences of America's Adventure in Iraq
The National Interest Online
Witness its abstention on the Arab League's vote to suspend Syria. Iraq is now firmly rooted in what King Abdullah of Jordan years ago termed “the Shi'a crescent,” which includes also Hezbollah-dominated Lebanon, which also abstained from the Arab ...
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The National Interest Online
New Opinion: New Year Resolutions
NOW Lebanon
(AFP/HO/Dalati and Nohra) The Arab League's delegation to Syria may have already come under attack for not being robust enough in its condemnation of the nine-month long violence that has plagued the country, but Lebanon's decision to not participate ...
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NOW Lebanon
Pakistan Judicial Commission To Probe Memo Scandal
Salon
Also Friday, Russia's Foreign Ministry said an initial assessment by Arab Leagueobservers in Syria was “reassuring,” even as activists reported fresh violence by security forces that killed at least nine people. Moscow is one of Syria's few remaining ...
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Protests, gunfire flare as monitors tour Syria
Arkansas Online (subscription)
By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS The presence of Arab League monitors in Syria has re-energized the anti-government protest movement, with tens of thousands turning out over the past three days in cities and neighborhoods where the observers ...
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Arkansas Online (subscription)
Riot-hit Homs awaits New Year without festivity
Xinhua
Muder was shot by a group of militants Thursday morning while providing security services for the Arab League (AL) monitors. Dr. Ali Assi, head of the hospital, told Xinhua that his hospital had received about 25 to 50 wounded; most were shot in the ...
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Ethiopian Airlines launches non-stop service to Muscat, Oman
Nazret.com (blog)
Mr Tewolde GebreMariam, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, said “We are pleased that Ethiopian is starting the service at the time the Arab LeagueTourism Ministers' nominate Muscat as 'Arab Tourism Capital 2012'. The Sultanate offers popular tourist ...
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Nazret.com (blog)
Maradona fined for outburst
Soccerway
Al Wasl head coach Diego Maradona has been fined for verbally abusing another coach in the United Arab Emirates' football league. Al Wasl head coach Diego Maradona has been fined for verbally abusing another coach in the United Arab Emirates' football ...
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Press digest
Times of Malta
Al-Arabiya says Syrian security forces were bracing themselves for more massive anti-government street protests after Friday prayers later today as Arab League monitors overseeing compliance with a peace plan visited Damascus. ...
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Syria Opposition Figures Loudly Condemn Arab League Monitors ...
By Jason Ditz
Members of Syrian opposition factions are angrily condemning the Arab League tonight as its observer mission continues to fan out across Syria, claiming that they are deliberately ignoring evidence of massive continuing violence. Much of the ...
News From Antiwar.com
Syria Arab League Mission: Opposition Call For Removal Of Lt. Gen ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
In this image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and dated Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011, purports to show Arab League monitors visiting the Baba Amr area of Homs in Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via APTN) ...
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In Syria, Arab League observers caught in crossfire | 89.3 KPCC
By Deborah Amos | NPR
An Arab League monitoring mission is visiting Homs and Hama, major centers of Syria's anti-government uprising, and witnessed violence firsthand. Activists say at least 40 protesters were killed by security forces Thursday. The presence of ...
KPCC: Latest News
Arab League's monitors stir up Syrian protesters – Arizona Daily Star ...
By arab news - Bing News
HOMS, Syria - The presence of Arab League monitors in Syria has re-energized the anti-government protest movement, with tens of thousands turning out over the past three days in cities and neighborhoods where the observers are expected to visit. ... Posted on December 30, 2011 9:02 am by arab news - Bing News. HOMS, Syria - The presence ofArab League monitors in Syria has re-energized the anti-government protest movement, with tens of thousands turning out over the ...
The Middle East Magazine
Lebanon news - NOW Lebanon -What's Obama's Plan B after Arab ...
The Arab League's observer mission in Syria is coming under criticism a mere couple of days after its initial deployment, as the regime of Bashar al-Assad continues to gun down its opponents, seemingly unfettered. Already, France has cast ...
NOW Lebanon
China Welcomes 'Objective' Arab League Mission in Syria | Radio ...
By Carol Maher
China on Thursday expressed its support for Arab monitors in protest-hit Syria, after France charged the team had not been allowed to see what was happening in a flashpoint town. China is a key Syrian ally, and along with Russia has used its ...
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Syrian defectors hold fire amid Arab League visit | MyPress.SE ...
By NewsDesk - Christer Ornestad
Syrian defectors hold fire amid Arab League visit. On 2011/12/30, in News, by NewsDesk - Christer Ornestad. BEIRUT (AP) — The rebel Free Syrian Army said Friday it has stopped its offensive against government targets during a month-long ...
MyPress.SE - Universal News Agency
Violence and doubts mar Syria monitor mission - MWC News
By mwcnews@gmail.com (Agencies)
News agencies have reported that Syrian security forces shot dead at least 29 people in Syria on Thursday, many of them in cities that an Arab League delegation will tour. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said most of those were ...
MWC News
MIDDLE EAST:: Foreign monitors energize ... - Political News Now
By MB Snow
HOMS, Syria (AP) — The presence of Arab League monitors in Syria has re-energized the anti-government protest movement, with tens of thousands turning out over the past three days in cities and neighborhoods where the observers are ...
Political News Now
Doubts cast over Arab League mission to Syria — Clearing and ...
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You are here: Home / News Feed / Doubts cast over Arab League mission to Syria. Doubts cast over Arab League mission to Syria. December 29, 2011 By RSS Feed Leave a Comment. The judgment of an Arab League observer mission in Syria has been called into question after its leader, Sudanese general Mustafa al-Dabi, described the situation in the opposition stronghold of Homs as “reassuring”, despite video footage showing his monitors witnessing heavy gunfire and being ...
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BBC News - Syria unrest: Arab League monitors' advance team arrives
An advance team for Arab League observers arrives in Syria under a plan to end the crackdown on anti-government protests that has left at least 5000 killed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16296255
Arab League monitors arrive in Syria amid new violence - World ...
Arab League observers arrived in Damascus late Monday as renewed violence claimed more lives in the central Syrian city of Homs.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/.../syria-arab-league.html
Arab League monitors visit Homs | World news | guardian.co.uk
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to try and prevent what some warned would be a whitewash inspection.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/.../arab-league-monitors-syria-ho...
Breaking News. SYRIA: Arab League Head of Mission Refutes ...
Breaking News. SYRIA: Arab League Head of Mission Refutes Western Media Propaganda. by Michel Chossudovsky. Global Research, December 28, 2011 ...
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28379
Syrian Army 'Kills 20' As Arab League Arrives - Sky News
A team of observers from the Arab League has arrived in Syria amid reports of continuing attacks on civilians by government forces.
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16137631
Syria agrees to Arab League monitor - RTÉ News
Syria has agreed to an Arab observer mission to monitor a deal to end nine months of bloodshed.
www.rte.ie/news/2011/1219/syria.html
Arab League observes violence ...
CBS News video: Arab League observes violence in Syria - With Arab League observers on the way to Homs, Syrian tanks began pulling back from positions ...
www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7393049n
Syria uprising: UN should take over Arab League observer role ...
Syrian National Council head Burhan Ghaliun said the Arab League does not have the means to enforce its plan and observers in Homs “cannot go where the ...
news.nationalpost.com/.../syria-restricting-arab-league-observe...
Syria Agrees To Allow Arab League Observers Into The ... - Fox News
Syria's Foreign Minister says Damascus has signed an Arab League agreement allowing Arab observers into the country.
www.foxnews.com/.../syria-agrees-to-allow-arab-league-obser...
Arab League Advance Team Arrives in Syria | News | English
An advance team of Arab League observers has arrived in Syria, amid a mounting death toll from a crackdown on opposition unrest.
www.voanews.com/.../Arab-League-Team-Arrives-in-Syria-Vi...

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ABC News Australia, Dec 30, 2011

5 Days Out: Good Morning Iowa
ABC News (blog)
On Wednesday morning ABC News reported the Gingrich campaign would be filing debt that was acquired from early in the campaign with the Federal Election Commission. When ABC News asked Hammond why the debt was still in existence, he said, ...
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Dec 29, 2011

LATEST World News, Dec 29, 2011


Happy New Year; Now get crackin'
Chelsea Now
Now, with the National Memorial open and welcoming hoards of visitors each day (and with 1 World Trade Center rising 80 stories above the ground), progress is clearly visible. The next year should be spent looking who, among the agencies that played a ...
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