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EU sanctions to drain Syria, benefit Israel: FM - Xinhua Tue, 24 May 2011 01:53:12 GMT+00:00

ABC News

EU sanctions to drain Syria, benefit Israel: FM
Xinhua
DAMASCUS, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mualem said in an interview aired late Monday by the state-run TV that "the European sanctions aim to drain Syria, and the first beneficiary is Israel." The European Union (EU) on Monday ...
Syria hits back at EU sanctionsBBC News
EU imposes sanctions on Syria's AssadReuters
Syria denounces EU sanctions moveAljazeera.net
The Guardian -Voice of America -Huffington Post (blog)
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Judicial source: Lebanese deny knowledge of arms sent to Syria - Daily Star - Lebanon Mon, 23 May 2011 22:46:37 GMT+00:00

Judicial source: Lebanese deny knowledge of arms sent to Syria
Daily Star - Lebanon
BEIRUT: Following the broadcast of confessions made by two Syrians allegedly involved in arms smuggling, Lebanese officials denied having any knowledge of weapons being sent from Lebanon to Syria, a senior judicial source told The Daily ...
Syria acknowledges sanctions will hurtSeattle Post Intelligencer
Syria acknowledges sanctions will hurtNewsday (subscription)

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Notable & Quotable - Wall Street Journal Mon, 23 May 2011 23:00:09 GMT+00:00

The Hindu

Notable & Quotable
Wall Street Journal
The New Republic's Martin Peretz on the significance of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton supporting the continued rule of Syria's Bashar Assad. Syria is where the new paradigms of Arab history will be made. The brutality of the Assad dictatorship is ...
Clinton: More NATO nations must join Libya missionThe Associated Press
Clinton and Hague hail US-UK bondBBC News
Remarks With British Foreign Secretary William HagueUS Department of State (press release)
Jerusalem Post -ISRIA (registration)
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Tough diplomacy: US forces Syrian retreat at UN - San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 May 2011 19:27:53 GMT+00:00

Tough diplomacy: US forces Syrian retreat at UN
San Francisco Chronicle
The Obama administration claimed a quiet diplomatic victory after a frantic but largely invisible campaign to keep Syria from winning a seat on the United Nations body charged with policing international human rights. ...

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Syria and Iran - American Conservative Magazine Mon, 23 May 2011 22:48:40 GMT+00:00

The Guardian

Syria and Iran
American Conservative Magazine
This contradicts years of “expert analysis” by the Middle East editor of the BBC and others, and suggests President Bush and the neo-cons were right in their analysis that the people of Syria are less interested in opposing Israel and the United States ...
Let's call Russia's bluff on SyriaThe Guardian
Scenes From Syria's Forestalled UprisingThe Atlantic
Why Does Syria Matter for Russia?Journal of Turkish Weekly
WOWK
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Syria adopts two-faced strategy with social media - Jerusalem Post Mon, 23 May 2011 15:31:02 GMT+00:00

Syria adopts two-faced strategy with social media
Jerusalem Post
Syria blocks service in some areas while allowing it elsewhere. It hacks opposition websites and monitors their activity. In some cases, it's resorting to pre-Internet tactics, arresting and torturing protesters to force them to divulge their passwords ...
Seeking to Disrupt Protesters, Syria Cracks Down on Social MediaNew York Times
Authoritarian regimes take fight into cyberspaceThe Seattle Times
Autocratic regimes fight Web-savvy opponents with their own toolsWashington Post

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Journalism at risk - Los Angeles Times Tue, 24 May 2011 00:35:17 GMT+00:00

CBC.ca

Journalism at risk
Los Angeles Times
Arrests such as that of Dorothy Parvaz, who was covering the unrest in Syria, have a chilling effect. Al Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz, center, is greeted by her stepmother, left, and her sister Sheila, right, on arriving at Vancouver International ...
Released journalist Dorothy Parvaz plans to go back to SyriaNews1130
Detained journalist Dorothy Parvaz ready to go back to Middle EastVancouver Sun
Detained journalist reunites with family in CanadaBusinessWeek
CBC.ca
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EU Council condemns Syria's 'ongoing repression' - CNN International Mon, 23 May 2011 21:12:58 GMT+00:00

Syrian Arab News Agency

EU Council condemns Syria's 'ongoing repression'
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The Council of the European Union condemned Monday "in the strongest terms the ongoing repression in Syria" and the violence meted out by military and security forces to peaceful protesters, which have led to hundreds of ...
Official Source: EU Conclusions against Syria an Attempt at Destabilizing itSyrian Arab News Agency
Council of the EU - Council conclusions on SyriaDeHavilland (press release) (subscription)

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Syria faces pressure at U.N. atomic agency: diplomats - Reuters Mon, 23 May 2011 19:03:49 GMT+00:00

Syria faces pressure at U.N. atomic agency: diplomats
Reuters
VIENNA (Reuters) - UN inspectors are likely to increase international pressure on Syria this week with a report about suspected illicit nuclear activities that could lead to a referral of Damascus to the UN Security Council. ...

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Protests in Syria Not over yet - The Economist (blog) Mon, 23 May 2011 15:57:13 GMT+00:00

Reuters Africa

Protests in Syria Not over yet
The Economist (blog)
THIS weekend in Syria was one of the bloodiest since protests began in March. Forty-four people were shot dead on Friday. On Saturday a further eleven were killed in the central city of Homs while attending funerals of those who died there the day ...
SYRIA: Activists raise death toll to 76 in three days of violence [Video]Los Angeles Times
Syrian death toll mounts as funeral attendees killedIrish Times

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