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Syrian tanks overrun Hama, kill scores - Reuters Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:53:00 GMT+00:00

Globe and Mail

Syrian tanks overrun Hama, kill scores
Reuters
Electricity and communications have been cut off and as many as 130 people have been killed in a five-day military assault since Assad, from Syria's minority Alawite sect, sent troops into the city on Sunday, residents and activists said. ...
EXCLUSIVE: As Security Council Demands End to Syria Violence, UN Positions ...Fox News
Clinton: Syria Death Toll Exceeds 2000Voice of America
US says Syria dead 'exceed 2000'BBC News
Christian Science Monitor -San Francisco Chronicle -Wall Street Journal
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U.N. response to Syria blasted - USA Today Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:46:37 GMT+00:00

USA Today

U.N. response to Syria blasted
USA Today
Mohamed Alabdullah, the US spokesman for the Local Coordination Committees, a coalition of grass-roots activists in Syria, told Voice of America he is disappointed with the international community's response. The UN Security Council voted Wednesday to ...
Hague hits out at Syria following UN condemnationPolitics.co.uk
Syria: The butcher mass murderer Assad will be in cage like MubarakWall Street Journal
PR firm worked with Syria on controversial photo shootThe Hill
The Periscope Post -O'Dwyer's PR News -CBC.ca
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Weekly Standard: Syria Hearing Worth Listening To - NPR Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:11:31 GMT+00:00

Boston Globe

Weekly Standard: Syria Hearing Worth Listening To
NPR
In this photo taken during a government-organized tour for foreign diplomats and the media, US ambassador to Syria Robert Ford covers his nose from the smell of the dead bodies during his visit with other foreign diplomats to a mass ...
U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford Calls Crackdown in Hama "Grotesque" and ...ABC News
With India at helm, UNSC to push for Libya, Syria peaceHindustan Times
Russia welcomes UN stand against foreign involvement in SyriaXinhua
Washington Times -Fox News -Washington Post (blog)
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Inaction by West Increases the Danger in Libya and Syria: View - Bloomberg Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:19:24 GMT+00:00

Technorati

Inaction by West Increases the Danger in Libya and Syria: View
Bloomberg
For Bashar Assad in Syria and Muammar Qaddafi in Libya, the sight of Egypt's disgraced former President Hosni Mubarak on a gurney inside a cage in a Cairo courtroom, with his sons in prison clothes seated behind him, is now embedded deep in their ...
Ups and Downs of tourism in the LevantJerusalem Post
Souring Arab springThe News International
High food prices cast pall over Ramadan for many in the Middle East regionAl-Bawaba
TimesWireService -Middle East Online -OCRegister
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Clinton & Baird on Keystone, Syria and Somalia - Macleans.ca Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:49:52 GMT+00:00

Globe and Mail

Clinton & Baird on Keystone, Syria and Somalia
Macleans.ca
On Syria, Clinton said the US government believes some 2000 people have been killed by the Syrian regime and expressed some frustration with the difficulty of raising international outrage at the sight of the Syrian regime killing its own citizens. ...
Baird talks oil and Mideast with ClintonWinnipeg Free Press
US to decide on Canadian oil pipeline by year's endMontreal Gazette
Baird, Clinton oppose Somalia interventionGlobe and Mail
US Department of State (press release) -The Epoch Times -London Free Press
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Lebanon's UN vote on Syria ignites debate - The Daily Star Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:29:11 GMT+00:00

The Daily Star

Lebanon's UN vote on Syria ignites debate
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Lebanon's top officials and lawmakers meeting Thursday at Parliament disputed Lebanon's decision to disassociate itself from a UN Security Council statement condemning violence in Syria. Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najbi Mikati ...
Lebanon abstains from UN vote on SyriaPress TV
MP Qadiri calls Lebanon's stance at UN over Syria's crackdown: ShamefulYa Libnan
Geagea: Lebanese are not proud of Lebanon's stance in the UN Security Councililoubnan.info
NOW LEBANON -Syrian Arab News Agency
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Report Says Turkey Stops Suspected Iranian Arms Shipment to Syria - Voice of America Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:35:21 GMT+00:00

Ha'aretz

Report Says Turkey Stops Suspected Iranian Arms Shipment to Syria
Voice of America
August 04, 2011 Report Says Turkey Stops Suspected Iranian Arms Shipment to Syria VOA News A German report says Turkey has again intercepted an arms shipment from Iran that was destined for Syria. The Munich-based Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper quotes ...
Report: Turkey foils Iranian arms shipment to SyriaYnetnews
Report: Turkey foils Iranian arms shipment to SyriaToday's Zaman
Project syndicateMmegi Online
Ha'aretz -Toronto Star -gulfnews.com
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7 people killed during overnight rallies across Syria: activist - Xinhua Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:46:35 GMT+00:00

Church Times

7 people killed during overnight rallies across Syria: activist
Xinhua
4 (Xinhua) -- A human rights activist said Thursday that around seven people were killed overnight across Syria as thousands of anti-government protestors throng to streets for rallies. Abdul-Karim al-Rihawi, head of the Syrian League for Human Rights, ...
Activists: Syria security forces kill six anti-Assad protesters overnightHa'aretz
Priest forced to leave All Saints', DamascusChurch Times
Syria: Military kills 'seven protesters overnight'Adnkronos International English
Monsters and Critics.com -Syria Report (subscription)
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Medvedev: Syria's Assad risks sad fate - Ynetnews Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:53:26 GMT+00:00

Medvedev: Syria's Assad risks sad fate
Ynetnews
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday to carry out reforms and reconcile with his opponents, saying he risked a "sad fate" if he failed to do so. "He (Assad) needs to urgently carry out reforms, ...

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5 Key Op-eds: US debt, Iran's bomb, Syria's regime and Egypt's trial - CNN (blog) Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:15:24 GMT+00:00

Daily Mail

5 Key Op-eds: US debt, Iran's bomb, Syria's regime and Egypt's trial
CNN (blog)
“Why Obama must be cautious on Syria.” Blake Hounshell, CNN. “Thus far, the Obama administration has been rightly cautious. For one thing, it's not up to the United States whether al-Assad stays or goes - that's a choice only the Syrian people can make ...
All options considered: dealing with Iran and its nuclear programWashington Times

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