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Cheney Says He Urged Bush to Bomb Syria in '07 - New York Times Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:58:53 GMT+00:00

Reuters

Cheney Says He Urged Bush to Bomb Syria in '07
New York Times
In his autobiography, Dick Cheney, at a 2003 briefing, casts himself as a White House outlier. By CHARLIE SAVAGE WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says in a new memoir that he urged President George W. Bush to bomb a suspected Syrian ...
Cheney kept secret signed resignation letter while vice presidentCBS News

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Unified Syrian opposition council hit by delay - Reuters Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:05:58 GMT+00:00

CBC.ca

Unified Syrian opposition council hit by delay
Reuters
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian opposition figures who met in Istanbul to form a broad-based council to represent the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday that they needed more time to consult with activists inside Syria on its ...
deaths reported in Syria as government promises democracyCNN
Is US Disavowal of Syria's Assad a Game Changer?Huffington Post
EU Broadens Syria Sanctions to Target IraniansVoice of America (blog)
The Daily Star -Times of India -Los Angeles Times
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After Arab Revolts, Reigns of Uncertainty - New York Times Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:43:31 GMT+00:00

Al-Arabiya

After Arab Revolts, Reigns of Uncertainty
New York Times
Muammar el-Qaddafi and President Bashar al-Assad of Syria in 2008. One is now on the run, the other fighting for power. By ANTHONY SHADID DJERBA, Tunisia — The idealism of the revolts in Egypt and Tunisia, where the power of the street revealed the ...
Iran and Syria: World government pursues LebensraumCanadian National Newspaper
The Universal Appeal of the Arab SpringBig Think
Arab League to hold urgent meeting on SyriaReuters
Inter Press Service -Minneapolis Star Tribune -New York Daily News
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Ditched during Syria vote, US still backs India's UNSC bid - Times of India Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:22:57 GMT+00:00

Trend News Agency

Ditched during Syria vote, US still backs India's UNSC bid
Times of India
The Obama administration and its western allies in the UNSC have run into a BRICS wall in their bid to power through a sanctions resolution to punish Syria for its crackdown on pro-democracy activists. India, which is the current president of the UNSC ...
UN rights council orders investigation into Syria's human rights violationsExaminer.com
UN rights body orders Syria crackdown probeChannel 6 News Online
UNHRC orders probe into Syria violationsCity Journal.in
Deccan Chronicle -Xinhua -Hindustan Times
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Charging Cell Phones on the Sly in Syria, the True Story - PBS NewsHour Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:35:40 GMT+00:00

PBS NewsHour

Charging Cell Phones on the Sly in Syria, the True Story
PBS NewsHour
Earlier this month, we aired a report from our partners at GlobalPost about protesters in Syria -- the mistreatment they endured and their tactics for getting around a restrictive regime. One method of recharging cell phone batteries described by one ...

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Russia hints at veto of UN sanctions on Syria - eTaiwan News Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:47:36 GMT+00:00

Russia Beyond The Headlines

Russia hints at veto of UN sanctions on Syria
eTaiwan News
AP The UN Security Council should use dialogue to persuade Syria to end its violent crackdown on protesters, Russia's envoy said Wednesday, hinting he may veto a draft resolution being circulated to impose an arms embargo and other ...
Conflicting interests paralyze Russian diplomacy on Syria: analystsRIA Novosti
Syria unrest: US and Europe urge UN sanctionsBBC News
A Lesson in Arabic: Making sense of Russia's Middle East policyRussia Beyond The Headlines
Syrian Arab News Agency
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UK oil company forced to defend links in Syria to Assad's cousin - The Independent Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:00:50 GMT+00:00

Telegraph.co.uk

UK oil company forced to defend links in Syria to Assad's cousin
The Independent
The company, whose shares have fallen by more than 50 per cent since the start of the year, insisted in a Stock Exchange statement that it was "fully compliant with all applicable sanctions [on Syria] and is committed to continuing compliance with any ...
Syria: Gulfsands Petroleum suspends shares belonging to president Bashar al ...Telegraph.co.uk
Gulfsands Stops Paying Assad's Cousin After Syria SanctionsBloomberg
Gulfsands Petroleum backs away from SyriaUPI.com
Financial Times -CITY A.M. -OilVoice (press release)
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More violence in Syria - Sydney Morning Herald Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:55:45 GMT+00:00

AsiaOne

More violence in Syria
Sydney Morning Herald
Four people were killed in the protest hub of Homs in central Syria and two demonstrators were killed in Talbisseh, north of the city, by security forces on Wednesday, said the Local Coordination Committees which groups activists on the ground. ...
Syrian woman 'tortured to death'ABC Online
One dies, more than 150 people arrested during the last 24 hours in SyriaFocus News

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Luring Israel into war - Washington Times Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:07:00 GMT+00:00

Telegraph.co.uk

Luring Israel into war
Washington Times
The Iranian leader had previously sent a letter to President Obama warning him that unless he avoided interfering in Syria's affairs, consequences would take place in Afghanistan and Iraq. As the White House continued its condemnation of the atrocities ...
Turkey, Iran Bump Heads Over SyriaThe Media Line
Weakened Syria will embolden Israel, MP tells Turkish envoyTehran Times
Syrian expatriates arrested in Saudi Arabia for staging rally in support of ...Telegraph.co.uk
New Statesman -The Diplomat (blog) -Hurriyet Daily News
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240 OFWs in Syria want to come home - ABS CBN News Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:28:17 GMT+00:00

AsiaOne

240 OFWs in Syria want to come home
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – Of the estimated 17000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Syria, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has confirmed that 240 of them want to be repatriated. DFA Undersecretary Esteban Conejos ...
DFA: 345 OFWs in Syria want to be repatriatedGMANews.TV
OFWs in Syria: the face of illegal recruitmentInteraksyon.com
Pinoy engineer in Libya now safePhilippine Star
Inquirer.net -The Philippine Online Chronicles -Gulf Today
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