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Opposition leader blasts 'mafia' referendum in Syria (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 17 May 2007 09:27:50 GMT

Paris-based Syrian opposition leader Abdel Halim Khaddam has lashed out at Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and the referendum due to renew his term in office later this month.


(AFX UK Focus) 2007-05-18 08:54 GMT: Emerald Energy says encouraged by progress in Colombia, Syria ops (Interactive Investor)
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Fri, 18 May 2007 08:19:01 GMT

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Emerald Energy PLC said it is encouraged by increased oil production at its projects in Colombia following workover activities and by the progress on Khurbet East No.1 in Syria, where drilling commenced in mid-February.


IRAQ-SYRIA: UNHCR highlights Palestinian refugees' plight in desert camp (AlertNet)
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Thu, 17 May 2007 13:04:42 GMT

Source: IRIN Hundreds of Palestinian refugees stranded at al-Waleed makeshift camp in no-man's land between the desert borders of Iraq and Syria are living in precarious conditions and people could die if they do not get medical treatment, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on 15 May.


US Lawmakers Seek to Intensify Economic Pressure on Iran, Syria (Payvand Iran News)
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Thu, 17 May 2007 15:25:59 GMT

U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation designed to step up financial pressures on Iran. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, measures introduced in the House and Senate would target companies investing in Iran's energy sector, while other legislation is targeting Syria.


Talks possible between U.S., Syria (The Kansas City Star)
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Thu, 17 May 2007 02:02:49 GMT

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt | Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is likely to meet her counterpart from Syria at a conference on Iraq this week in Egypt, U.S. officials said Wednesday.


Emerald Issues Update on Ops in Colombia, Syria (Rigzone)
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Fri, 18 May 2007 15:29:35 GMT

Emerald Energy Plc on Friday released an operations update prior to its annual general meeting. contracts include improved fiscal terms. Seismic acquisition is planned to commence during the third quarter of 2007 prior to potential drilling activity in 2008.


Iraqi refugees overwhelming Syria (The Globe and Mail)
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Fri, 18 May 2007 12:53:57 GMT

More than a million refugees is straining the resources of a country that has so far upheld an open-door policy dictated by its Arab nationalist ideology


Syria's tourism witnesses significant development in recent years (People's Daily)
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Thu, 17 May 2007 00:53:21 GMT

Tourism in Syria has witnessed a significant development in recent years as one of the main features of the Syrian modernization process, the official SANA news agency reported on Wednesday.


US reassures Lebanon as it woos Syria (Guardian Unlimited)
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Wed, 16 May 2007 18:18:22 GMT

The US reassures Lebanon's government that rapprochement with Syria would not be at its expense.


US legislators want to get even tougher on Syria (The Daily Star Lebannon)
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Wed, 16 May 2007 20:22:14 GMT

A group of Republican lawmakers have submitted a new draft bill to the US Congress to impose harsher sanction on Syria, Lebanon's Central News Agency reported Wednesday. Last week, US President George W. Bush renewed already-existing sanctions on Syria for the fourth year in a row.