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SYRIA News, Mar 08, 2012


UN Aid Chief: Syria's Baba Amr 'Completely Devastated'
Voice of America
Republican Senator John McCain has called for US air strikes to end Mr. Assad'sbloody crackdown. He and other powerful senators have also raised the possibility of arming the Syrian rebels. In New York, Russia's UN envoy accused Libya of training ...
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Turkey Urges Syria Aid Corridors as Russia Resists UN Bid to Condemn Assad
Bloomberg
Turkey called for an “immediate opening” of humanitarian aid corridors inSyria as Russia rebuffed efforts to revive a United Nations Security Council condemnation of President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian security forces killed 21 people across the country ...
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Bloomberg
UN Syria draft: US attempts to get Russia and China aboard
RT
A draft version for the first time addresses both the Assad government and armed opposition groups. Russia says the document requires further balance. Despite the growing outrage in the Western world over the bloodshed in Syria, UN envoys have ruled ...
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RT
Syrian Forces Target Damascus Suburb Protesters as UN Envoys Start Visits
Bloomberg
Syrian forces are shelling protesters in Damascus suburbs as United Nations envoys arrive in the capital seeking to protect humanitarian-aid efforts and end President Bashar al-Assad's yearlong crackdown. The government killed at least 39 people today, ...
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Bloomberg
UN humanitarian chief visits Syria to urge aid access
Haaretz
UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos meets with Syrian FM in Damascus; will visit the shattered central city of Homs. By The Associated Press Tags:Syria Bashar Assad UN The UN humanitarian chief headed to the shattered central Syrian city of Homs on ...
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Haaretz
Apparent high-level defection in Syria; UN relief head sees 'devastated' areas
CNN
The announcement came on the same day that the United Nations emergency relief chief met in Syria with top government officials and visited an area ravaged by weeks of government attacks, describing it as devastated. A man identifying himself as ...
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Red Cross: UN chief finds Syria's Baba Amr deserted
Detroit Free Press
UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos visits Syria as President Bashar Assad defies mounting international pressure to end the year-old crackdown on an uprising against him. / By Simon Maina, AFP/Getty Images BEIRUT (AP) — The UN humanitarian chief got ...
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Syria's Assad defies pressure to halt crackdown
USA TODAY
After a powerful American senator called for airstrikes on Syria, President Barack Obama said unilateral US military action against President BasharAssad's regime would be a mistake. The United States said it is proposing a new United Nations Security ...
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USA TODAY
Obama says Syria's Assad "will fall", UN assesses draft
Reuters India
By Tabassum Zakaria and Dominic Evans | WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said it was only a matter of time before Syrian President Bashar al-Assad left office, but squarely opposed a call to launch US military action to force him ...
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Syria: UN appeals for Assad regime to allow aid
Toronto Star
The UN says more than 7500 people have been killed since Syria'suprising began. Activists put the death toll at more than 8000. Despite the growing bloodshed, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that unilateral US military action against Assad's ...
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Toronto Star
Obama: Assad will fall in Syria
USA TODAY
By David Jackson, USA TODAY President Obama upped the rhetorical ante against Syrian leader Bashar Assad today, saying his departure from power is only a matter of time. "It's not a question of ... if Assad leaves," Obama said at a White House news ...
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USA TODAY
Assad Prepares Attack on Rebel Town as UN Condemns Syrian Forces' Violence
Bloomberg
“The three countries that chose to vote 'no' at the Human Rights Counciltoday find themselves isolated from the strong international consensus on the need to protect the people of Syria.” After two UN Security Council votes failed to stem violence now ...
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Bloomberg
UN assesses Syria draft; Obama: Assad 'will fall'
Jerusalem Post
By Mike Segar / Reuters US President Barack Obama said it was only a matter of time before Syrian President Bashar Assad left office, but squarely opposed a call to launch US military action to force him out. Obama said what was happening in Syria was ...
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UN Humanitarian Chief Heads to Battered Syrian City
Voice of America (blog)
Russia and China, powerful allies that blocked a similar UN resolution against Syria last month, made clear they are still standing by President Assad's government. In Washington, President Barack Obama said unilateral US military action against Mr.
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Syrian refugees flee to Lebanon
USA TODAY
Firasl fled from the Syrian town of Qusair. By Hussein Malla, AP Hassana Abu Firasl, left, sits with her family at the Lebanese-Syrian border village of Qaa on Monday. Firasl fled from the Syrian town of Qusair. The UNrefugee agency said Monday that ...
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USA TODAY
UN chief condemns Syria atrocities, calls on Assad to allow ICRC into Homs
Haaretz
Ban K-moon says he has received 'grisly' reports that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in Homs. By Reuters Tags: Syria Arab Spring UN Bashar Assad Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he had ...
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Haaretz
UN humanitarian chief visits besieged Syrian area
CBS News
Homs is one of the strongholds of Syria's year-old uprising to oust authoritarian President Bashar Assad. "The Syrian Arab Red Crescent stayed about 45 minutes inside the neighborhood," ICRC spokesman Hicham Hassan said in Geneva.
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UN aid chief visits Syria's stricken Baba Amr
Jerusalem Post
AMMAN - The UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos accompanied a Syrian Arab Red Crescent team on Wednesday into a former rebel-held district of Homs where dissidents have reported bloody reprisals by President Bashar Assad's forces.
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UN chief to visit Syria as pressure on Assad grows
Channel 4 News
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is facing mouting pressure over human rights abuses and the refusal of aid convoys as the UN's humanitarian chief prepares to go to Amman. Secret footage obtained by Channel 4 News revealed harrowing images of patients ...
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Channel 4 News
UN humanitarian chief heads to Syria
CBS News
Her visit comes as Syrian President Bashar Assad defies mounting international pressure to end the year-old crackdown on an uprising against him. The UN says more than 7500 people have been killed since Syria's uprising started in March 2011.
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UN humanitarian chief in Syria to urge aid access
Kansas City Star
However, both he and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Obama still believes that economic sanctions and international diplomatic isolation were the best ways to pressure Syrian President Bashar Assad into handing over power. Wednesday's visit to Baba ...
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Kansas City Star
Syria Crisis: Shelling Continues As UN Humanitarian Chief Visits Country
Huffington Post
The world has found no way to halt a year of bloodshed since many Syrians rose against Assad in what has proved the longest and bloodiest of Arab revolts against entrenched rulers. At the United Nations, the five permanent Security Council members and ...
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UN humanitarian chief finds Homs neighborhood of Baba Amr deserted after ...
Washington Post
BEIRUT — The UN humanitarian chief toured the shattered Syrian district of Baba Amr on Wednesday but found most residents had fled following a bloody military siege, while activists accused the government of trying to cover up evidence of atrocities ...
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Syria Permits UN Visits, but Escalates Its Attacks
New York Times
Nonetheless, administration officials have expressed deep frustration at Mr.Assad's intransigence and have not ruled anything out. There was no immediate reaction from Syria's critics in the Arab League. Valerie Amos, the United Nations under ...
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New York Times
Syria activists dismiss UN Baba Amr visit as 'a distraction'
The Guardian
The UN estimates that more than 7500 civilians have died in the government's crackdown on anti-Assad demonstrators around the country. The violence on the ground in Syria now appears to have shifted from Homs to other areas. The Syrian military on ...
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The Guardian
UN aid chief seeks access to battered Syrian city
Jerusalem Post
By REUTERS/Anis Mili AMMAN - The UN humanitarian chief headed on Wednesday for a Syrian city where authorities have yet to let a Red Cross aid convoy into a former rebel area amid opposition reports of bloody reprisals by President Bashar al-Assad's...
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UN aid chief arrives in Syria as Obama rules out military action and Assad ...
Daily Mail
By Lee Moran The United Nation's aid chief finally arrived in Syria today - and is now making her way to the devastated city of Homs. Valerie Amos held talks in the capital Damascus with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is now en route to the ...
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Daily Mail
Turkey hails UN vote against Syria, urges Assad to end violence ...
By editor
Russia's Putin backs away from Syria's Assad – TheStar · ANALYSIS ... Japan wants Alaska's North Slope natural gas | Peak Oil News ... Turkey hails UN vote against Syria, urges Assad to end violence -ANKARA TODAY'S ZAMAN WIRES ...
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Rebels could use UN chief's words as legal cover for free-for-all ...
By RT
Syria's Ambassador to the UN Bashar Jaafari condemned comments made by UNSecretary General Ban Ki-moon, warning that they could be “interpreted by the armed groups as a legal cover to be able to act in a criminal fashion.” ... News · Indexes and rates · Top Russian Companies · Sport ... Statements from Western leaders on Syriahave grown harsh, if not menacing, as criticisms of the Bashar Assad government are unleashed and regime change becomes a common theme.
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UN, Russia and China urge Syria let in UN envoy — RT
By RT
The UN Security Council has urged Russia and China not to veto a new resolution onSyria amid reports that the death toll in the conflict has topped 7500. Meanwhile, anti-regime rhetoric has intensified with the US branding Assad a war ...
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World News - UN demands 'unhindered' humanitarian access to Syria
By msnbc.com staff and news services
UN demands 'unhindered' humanitarian access to Syria. By msnbc.com staff and newsservices. Updated at 1:30 p.m. ET: The U.N. Security Council is deploring the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria and calling on authorities ...
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UN humanitarian chief in Syria to urge aid access | GazetteNET
By AP Wire
BEIRUT (AP) - The U.N. humanitarian chief headed to the shattered central Syrian city of Homs today, where activists have accused regime forces of trying to cover up evidence of a monthlong military assault and alleged execution-style killings. Valerie Amos arrived in Damascus earlier in the day and met ... According to state news agency SANA, Assad said Tuesday that he will continue to confront "foreign-backed terrorism." Since the uprising began last March, he has blamed armed ...
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Here There Everywhere | Syria - News for Kids
By Claudia
Destruction in Syria. Photo credit: Flickr user FreedomHouse by Mulham al-Jundi via Creative Commons. There is a lot of news right now coming out of the Midde Eastern country of Syria. Unfortunately, there is a serious conflict there between Syrian citizens and the government led by President Bashar Al-Assad. Many innocent Syrians have died as a result. ... Many countries in the United Nations also believe Assad should resign. But two major countries — China and Russia — have ...
Here There Everywhere
Government defends abstention in UN vote on Syria – Cebu Daily ...
By Dr Lisa Lang
By Tina G. SantosPhilippine Daily Inquirer Syrians hold a large poster depicting Syria'sPresident Bashar Assad during a rally in Damascus, Syria. AP Fearing reprisals ...Government defends abstention in UN vote on Syria – Cebu Daily News ...
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Syrian forces batter rebels, U.N. body condemns Syria | Ya Libnan ...
By syh
With Assad's forces closing in rebels in Homs, the SNC appealed for help late on Wednesday, urging the U.N.-Arab League envoy on Syria, Kofi Annan, to go to Baba Amro “tonight.” Annan said in New York he expected to visit Syria soon and ... The statenews agency SANA quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad al-Maqdisi as saying the government was “waiting for a clarification from the U.N. on the nature of his mission.” The Foreign Ministry also said Amos had asked to come at ...
Ya Libnan
Russia has tools to pressure Syrian president: Panetta
United Nations. Russia has all the instruments it needs to pressure the regime of SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said. "There's no question in mind that Russia could play a very significant role in putting ...
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Syrians bombard rebels, Obama says Assad will ... - The Frontier Post
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The world has found no way to halt a year of bloodshed since many Syrians rose against Assad in what has proved the longest and bloodiest of Arab revolts against entrenched rulers. At the United Nations, the five permanent Security Council ...
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War News Updates: World News briefs -- March 7, 2012 (Evening ...
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News Aggregator That Covers The World's Major Wars And Conflicts. Military, Political, And Intelligence News Are Also ... UN Aid Chief Arrives In Syria As Obama Rules Out Military Action And Assad Vows To Continue Crackdown On Year- Long Uprising -- Daily Mail. * UN's Valerie Amos had meetings in Damascus ... The United Nation's aid chief finally arrived in Syria today - and is now making her way to the devastated city of Homs. Valerie Amos held talks in the capital Damascus ...
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Time for Assad to go – USATODAY.com - USA Today
Syrian Arab News Agency via, AFP/Getty Images. Assad: The U.N. said the death toll in the 11-month Syrian uprising against the president was far more than ...
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World News: Syria: UN appeals for Assad regime to allow aid ...
The UN humanitarian chief headed to the shattered central Syrian city of Homs on ...According to state news agency SANA, Assad said Tuesday that he will ...
www.thestar.com/.../1142218--syria-un-appeals-for-assad-regi...
U.N. chief speaks of "grisly reports" from Syria - TODAY News ...
BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he had received "grisly reports" that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily ...
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Aid reaches Homs refugees, Syrians flee to border - TODAY News ...
The United Nations says Syrian security forces have killed more than 7500 civilians since the revolt against the Assad family's four-decade rule began in March ...
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Top UN official arrives in Syria as Obama rejects ... - News Today
They were accompanied by UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos, who recently arrived ...Syrian President Bashar al-Assad showed no signs of relenting in his ...
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U.N. aid chief visits Syria's stricken Baba Amr area - Yahoo! News
News: AMMAN (Reuters) - The U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos accompanied aSyrian Arab Red Crescent team on ... Children gather next to an effigy of SyrianPresident Bashar Al-Assad, during a demonstration … .... Today on Yahoo!
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Top News Today | Obama says Syria's Assad "will fall", U.N. ...
Obama says Syria's Assad "will fall", U.N. assesses draft. Obama says Syria's Assad. WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said it was ...
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ASEAN News, Mar 08, 2012


Why Southeast Asia matters to US startups
VentureBeat
... of ten countries located in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
General Electric, KAI to Build Locomotive Center
Jakarta Globe
The center will serve customers in Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, they said in a ...
Asean prepares for summit in Cambodia
Mizzima News
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia,Laos, Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Myanmar reforms boost Asean single market goal by 2015 - ASEAN ...
By aseanblog
Asean is composed of developed markets such as SingaporeMalaysia and Brunei, middle-income countries like Thailand, the PhilippinesIndonesiaVietnam and least developed economies like LaosMyanmar and Cambodia. “Asean ...
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Burmanet » Deutsche Presse Agentur: Myanmar has far to go in ...
... consideration,' Surin said. ASEAN comprises Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Asean Meets in Naypyidaw for Economy Summit
Asean encompasses the countries of Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. COMMENTS (3) ...
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Human Trafficking Exposes ASEAN's ...
ASEAN's members include Brunei, Burma (or Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia,Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. To achieve this ...
ipsnews.net/.../south-east-asia-human-trafficking-exposes-asea...
ASEAN economic ministers meet in Myanmar to push for community ...
ASEAN comprises Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, thePhilippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Editor: Luo Yuan. Related Links ...
www.asean-cn.org/Item/4619.aspx
An Outsider Calls for a Teaching Revolution - Scholars at Risk ...
... Asia & Pacific,Australia,Brunei Darussalam,Burma (Myanmar),Cambodia,East Timor,Fiji,Indonesia,Kiribati,Laos,Malaysia,Marshall Islands,Micronesia,Nauru, New ...Guinea,Philippines,Samoa,Singapore,Solomon Islands,Thailand,Tonga, Tuvalu,Vanuatu,Vietnam,All Central & South America,Argentina,Belize,Bolivia, Brazil ...
www.scholarsatrisk.org/Events-News/Article-Detail.php?art...
An Overview of China
Several. Southeast Asia ( blank ) Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos,Malaysia, Myanmar [Burma], Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. 5.
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GREEK Reporter - Greek Actress Smaroula Giouli Passes Away, Mar 08, 2012


 "Famous Greek actress Smaroula Giouli passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 78, three months after the tragic loss of her husband and theatrical producer Vassilis Livadas.
Mrs. Giouli began suffering from different health problems after her husband was burnt alive in a fire that broke out in their apartment in November 2011. Mrs. Giouli had then been rescued and hospitalized. At her husband’s funeral, Mrs. Giouli was again hospitalized with respiratory problems. The health issues she was facing, in combination with the psychological collapse after her husband’s death, took a toll on Mrs. Giouli’s health.
The funeral service will take place at the Zografou cemetery in Athens.
Smaroula Giouli was born in Thessaloniki in 1934. She graduated from the Drama School of D. Rontiris and took on dancing and singing lessons.
Her first cinema appearance came at the age of 9 (in 1943) with the film “The voice of the heart”. Her roles in the film productions “The Greek Passion” and “Anna Frank” have been well received by the critics of the time. In 1960, Mrs. Giouli and her husband acquired their own theatre, which hosted numerous plays from major theatrical writers."