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Senators Step Up Pressure on Obama to Call for Syrian President to Leave Amid ... - Fox News Thu, 12 May 2011 01:48:33 GMT+00:00

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Senators Step Up Pressure on Obama to Call for Syrian President to Leave Amid ...
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Syria, which is one of only four countries that has been designated by the US State Department as a state sponsor of terrorism, had seemed to be gaining favor with the Obama administration until the protests. President Obama's reward to Syria was the ...
US Lawmakers Urge Obama to Call for Resignation of Syria's LeaderVoice of America
Across Syria, fears, deaths mount, Syrians sayCNN
Syria, under pressure, drops bid for UN rights council. Is that progress?Christian Science Monitor
MiamiHerald.com -San Jose Mercury News -Wall Street Journal
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Syria says missing Northwest journalist deported to Iran - OregonLive.com Thu, 12 May 2011 01:25:18 GMT+00:00

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Syria says missing Northwest journalist deported to Iran
OregonLive.com
By Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian Syria said Tuesday that it deported missing Northwest journalist Dorothy Parvaz to Tehran on May 1, claiming she tried to enter the country on an expired Iranian passport. In a statement from their Washington, DC, ...
Missing journalist's family doubts Syria's claimKOMO News
Syria expels US journalist to Iran: Syrian embassyAFP
Still no word from Al Jazeera journalist Dorothy ParvazWashington Post
Gulf Times -Globe and Mail -National Post (blog)
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Governments Open Fire In Syria And Yemen During New Round Of Protests - NPR (blog) Wed, 11 May 2011 17:39:47 GMT+00:00

Governments Open Fire In Syria And Yemen During New Round Of Protests
NPR (blog)
Another day of protests has turned violent in both Syria and Yemen. Korva touched on Syria this morning, but the extent of the government action is coming into focus. The week's stepped-up assaults show that the government of Bashar al-Assad has ...

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UN agency suspends most Syria operations - AFP Wed, 11 May 2011 12:45:00 GMT+00:00

FRANCE 24
UN agency suspends most Syria operations
AFP
JERUSALEM — The UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Wednesday said it had suspended operations for 50000 people in central and southern Syria in the face of the persistent violence sweeping the country. A UN Relief and Works Agency spokesman said ...
UN says unrest disrupting aid to Palestinians in SyriaJerusalem Post
In Brief: Violence hurting Palestinians in SyriaIRINnews.org
At UN, Syria “Postponing its Candidacy” for HRC to 2014, No Dera'a AnswersInner City Press

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Historic fluctuations in France's relationship with Syria - Al-Arabiya Wed, 11 May 2011 22:37:49 GMT+00:00

The Guardian
Historic fluctuations in France's relationship with Syria
Al-Arabiya
Those who have followed the ties between France and Syria since the era of President Francois Mitterand are seeing the same fluctuation in the quality of this relationship. France has constantly tried to improve its relationship ...
Lebanese police send fleeing Syrians back to face Assad regime's violenceThe Guardian
Syria's regional role offers a way outAsia Times Online
Lebanese sending refugees back to SyriaUPI.com
Day Press News -Jerusalem Post -Daily Star - Lebanon
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Syria top destination for illegal Iran arms - UN - Reuters Africa Wed, 11 May 2011 20:28:07 GMT+00:00

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Syria top destination for illegal Iran arms - UN
Reuters Africa
UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (Reuters) - Most of Iran's breaches of a UN arms embargo have been illegal weapons deliveries to Syria, which Western diplomats say were to be passed on to Lebanese and Palestinian militants, a UN report says ...
Iran Violated Ban on Arms Exports, But Sanctions Working, Says UNWall Street Journal
UN Report: Iran Circumventing SanctionsThe Israel Project (press release)
Iran's nuclear program still trying to overcome international sanctionsWashington Post

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UN chief calls on Syria to allow humanitarian access after deadly violence - UN News Centre Wed, 11 May 2011 15:31:53 GMT+00:00

DefenceWeb (press release)
UN chief calls on Syria to allow humanitarian access after deadly violence
UN News Centre
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that the United Nations would continue to press Syria to allow an independent humanitarian team to be granted access to the cities and towns where security forces have clashed with protesters, many of whom have ...
UN aid chief concerned over access to Syria citiesmsnbc.com
UN humanitarian chief concerned at violence against civilians in Bahrain ...The Canadian Press
UN concerned over lack of humanitarian access into SyriaChannel 6 News Online
Voice of America -UN Dispatch -Trend News Agency
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Syria 'not afraid' of sanctions: diplomat - Global Times Wed, 11 May 2011 22:50:22 GMT+00:00

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Syria 'not afraid' of sanctions: diplomat
Global Times
The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Wednesday cited an interior ministry official as saying that 2684 rioters from all of Syria's 14 governorates have so far surrendered to police and security offices. These people were released immediately, ...
Syria sets committee to investigate nationwide killingXinhua
1083 people given surrender immunityDay Press News
While Syrian security forces hunt down weapons cachets, EU countries complainArab Monitor

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More dead in violent deadlock in Syria - euronews Wed, 11 May 2011 16:03:15 GMT+00:00

euronews
More dead in violent deadlock in Syria
euronews
A number of protesters have reportedly been killed in clashes with the army in Syria. It is claimed military personnel have also died. The army has been sent in to several flashpoint cities across the country in the last few days to put an end to ...
Armed gangs kill 2 more Syrian soldiersPress TV
Fresh Shelling In HomsDaily News To You

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UN chief urges Syria to halt crackdown on unrest - The Express Tribune Wed, 11 May 2011 13:22:11 GMT+00:00

CBC.ca
UN chief urges Syria to halt crackdown on unrest
The Express Tribune
PHOTO: REUTERS GENEVA: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Syria on Wednesday to halt its military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters and heed calls for reform “before it is too late”. Ban, who said he has spoken with Syrian President Bashar ...
Ban Ki-moon urges Syria to halt arrests, let in UNReuters Africa
UN fed up with violence in Syria and LibyaThe Voice of Russia
Syrian crackdown continues in HomsRFI

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