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Protesters In Syria Plan Large March Near Capital - New York Times Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:49:12 GMT+00:00

Telegraph.co.uk

Protesters In Syria Plan Large March Near Capital
New York Times
Many of them appeared nervous, he said, and they kept their distance from both the protesters and the symbols of Syria's simmering unrest, the town mosque and the municipal building. Along the main approaches to the town, security forces supervised a ...
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West needs reality check on SyriaThe Australian
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Israeli president calls for democracy in Syria - Foreign Policy Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:44:04 GMT+00:00

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Israeli president calls for democracy in Syria
Foreign Policy
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday called for the international community to support a transition to democracy in Syria and also called for support for other youth movements around the Middle East. "I believe that finally a democratic system in ...
President Peres Says Israel Willing To Cede Golan to SyriaArutz Sheva
US embassy cables: Arms smuggling into Lebanon and the Gaza StripThe Guardian
Mystery murder in Sudan fans Gaza tensionsUPI.com
Voice of America -Jerusalem Post -AFP
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Middlebury Student Who Was Held In Syria Wants To Return - Vermont Public Radio Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:05:19 GMT+00:00

Middlebury Student Who Was Held In Syria Wants To Return
Vermont Public Radio
Root is the Middlebury College junior who was arrested and detained in Syria for two weeks, after he pulled out his Blackberry to take a picture of a protest in Damascus. Details of Root's detention are widely known now. He was pushed into a car, ...
Student's ordeal only underscores courage of foreign correspondentsBoston Globe

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Student learns Arabic during detention in Syria - USA Today Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:49:17 GMT+00:00

USA Today

Student learns Arabic during detention in Syria
USA Today
He chose Syria, where the University of Damascus had an Arabic program for which he could receive credit at his home school, Middlebury College in Vermont. Soon after he arrived, March 8, the regional unrest flared in Syria, and 10 days later he found ...
Tik Root, Middlebury Student Detained In Syria, Describes PrisonHuffington Post
Vermont college student says he saw evidence of torture in SyriaNECN
US college student who was detained during Syria demonstration recounts 2-week ...The Canadian Press
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Syrian scholar, activist arrested - CNN Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:26:24 GMT+00:00

Syrian scholar, activist arrested
CNN
Imad Din Al Rasheed, who teaches at Damascus University and Amman University in Jordan, was arrested while driving into Syria from Jordan, said the activist, who asked to remain anonymous because of safety concerns. Al Rasheed had spoken with Western ...

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OSU-Mansfield Freshman Offers Presentation On Syria - WMFD.com Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:08:48 GMT+00:00

OSU-Mansfield Freshman Offers Presentation On Syria
WMFD.com
As part of The Ohio State University-Mansfield's Traveling Pants Seminar Series, freshman Neda Shaheen presented "Syria: Culture and History" on Wednesday. During her presentation she spoke about the history and culture of Syria. ...

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EU/Yemen/Bahrain/Syria - Europolitics.info Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:21:20 GMT+00:00

Parlement Européen (Communiqué de presse)

EU/Yemen/Bahrain/Syria
Europolitics.info
By Manon Malhère | Thursday 07 April 2011 MEPs are calling on the EU to take action against recent violent repressions of mass demonstrations in Bahrain, Yemen and Syria. In a common resolution (EPP, ECR, S&D, ALDE, Greens-EFA), adopted on 7 April in a ...
European Parliament urges EU to suspend Association Agreement talks with SyriaENPI Info Centre
EU to reassess bilateral relations with Syria, Bahrain, and Yemen as violence ...Channel 6 News Online
Bahrain, Syria and Yemen 'playing with fire'EUobserver.com
IEWY News -European Parliament (press release)
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Syria Kurd leader vows to keep up democracy struggle - Jerusalem Post Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:55:52 GMT+00:00

Syria Kurd leader vows to keep up democracy struggle
Jerusalem Post
By REUTERS AMMAN - Syria's Kurds will continue a nonviolent struggle for civic rights and democracy to replace autocratic rule despite a decree to grant disenfranchised Kurds citizenship, Kurdish leader Habib Ibrahim said on Thursday. ...

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Syria behind kidnapping of Estonians? - UPI.com Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:18:43 GMT+00:00

Syria behind kidnapping of Estonians?
UPI.com
Samir Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces party, said he believed Syria had a hand in the kidnapping. He told Lebanon's Daily Star newspaper that officials in Damascus had spoke with Estonian mediators last week and the six men were likely moved ...
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Reports of funeral, police shootings raise tensions in Syria - CNN Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:04:13 GMT+00:00

CTV.ca

Reports of funeral, police shootings raise tensions in Syria
CNN
CNN cannot independently verify witness accounts from Syria. Syrian TV reported that unidentified men shot and killed two police officers, Hassan Maala and Hameed Al-Khatib, during a routine patrol in the town of Kafar Batna. ...
Amid ongoing protests Syria opposition says Assad wants talksHa'aretz
US offers free flights out for employees in SyriaReuters
Opposition: Syria deployed Hizbullah to suppress anti-Assad protestsWorld Tribune
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