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Leader of the UN mission in Syria urges halt to violence - USA TODAY Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:08:35 GMT

USA TODAY

Leader of the UN mission in Syria urges halt to violence USA TODAY BEIRUT (AP) – The head of the UN observer mission in Syria on Sunday called on President Bashar Assad and the country's opposition to stop fighting and allow a tenuous cease-fire to take hold. By Louai Beshara, AFP/Getty Images Norwegian Maj. Gen. Top UN truce monitor in Syria, attack on Central BankReuters Head of UN mission in Syria urges halt to violenceFox News Top UN Truce Monitor in Syria, Urges Halt to KillingsVoice of America CNN -Washington Post (blog) all 1,647 news articles »

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Head of UN mission in Syria urges halt to violence - The Associated Press Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:54:00 GMT

Globe and Mail

Head of UN mission in Syria urges halt to violence The Associated Press By BEN HUBBARD, AP – 1 minute ago BEIRUT (AP) — The head of the UN observer mission in Syria on Sunday called on President Bashar Assad and the country's opposition to stop fighting and allow a tenuous cease-fire to take hold. Maj. Gen. Head Of UN Mission Arrives In Syria, Urges An End To ViolenceKHBS-KHOG Northwest Arkansas Bombings in Syria put UN-backed initiative at stakeBusinessGhana Syria says suicide bomber kills 10 in DamascusFox News BusinessWeek all 2,608 news articles »

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Syria pushes back against U.N. - Albany Times Union Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:04:05 GMT

The Daily Star

Syria pushes back against U.N. Albany Times Union The ship came from Libya, via Egypt and then to the port of the Lebanese north city of Tripoli apparently on its way to Syria, NNA said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) A Lebanese army military police vehicle, center, escorts flatbed army trucks carrying ... Head of UN mission in Syria urges halt to violenceHouston Chronicle Saqr orders arrest of crew on ship carrying weapons to SyriaThe Daily Star Suspected Syria-bound arms found in ship off LebanonReuters RT -ABC Online all 274 news articles »

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Iran and Obama's Syria Hesitation - Wall Street Journal Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:47:29 GMT

Iran and Obama's Syria Hesitation Wall Street Journal By JOHN BOLTON Despite months of negotiations by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and extensive Security Council deliberations, hostilities in Syria continue. Although overall violence is down slightly and the council has increased UN ... and more »

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Indispensable but invisible in the Syrian crisis - Washington Post Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:55:40 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Indispensable but invisible in the Syrian crisis Washington Post Syria has proved them wrong. To be sure, so far the evidence is a negative: the failure of the United Nations or Syria's neighbors to stop the country's slide into civil war in the absence of US leadership. The case is nevertheless conclusive ... Toothless Wolf: Turkey's incapacity to act against SyriaAl-Arabiya all 3 news articles »

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Helping Syrian refugees must not undermine state's security: Mikati - The Daily Star Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:24:39 GMT

The Daily Star

Helping Syrian refugees must not undermine state's security: Mikati The Daily Star By The Daily Star BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati said it was “unacceptable” that the assistance of Syrian refugees in Lebanon was taking place at the expense of Lebanon's security, stressing the need to organize the process in order to preserve ... and more »

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Cease-Fire in Syria Exposes Heavy Price of Just Buying Time - Pittsburgh Post Gazette Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:11:44 GMT

Newsday

Cease-Fire in Syria Exposes Heavy Price of Just Buying Time Pittsburgh Post Gazette By NEIL MacFARQUHAR / The New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A United Nations-backed cease-fire has neither stopped the fighting in Syria nor forced the government to pull its troops from civilian neighborhoods. It has been called a failure by activists ... UN military observers arriving in SyriaNewsday UN's Syria options poor to nonexistentGlobe and Mail US, Western countries after instability in SyriaPress TV all 7 news articles »

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Annan's Syria plan in danger - Arab News Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:57:50 GMT

Annan's Syria plan in danger Arab News By AGENCIES GENEVA/DAMASCUS: Continued violence has shattered the plan to bring in peace and harmony to Syria, said Red Cross chief. Jakob Kellenberger fears that UN-Arab envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria is "in danger," according to an interview ... and more »

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Syria says West-backed Al-Qaeda behind bombings - The Daily Star Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:00:20 GMT

Press TV

Syria says West-backed Al-Qaeda behind bombings The Daily Star DAMASCUS: State newspapers on Sunday charged that Al-Qaeda was operating in Syria and carrying out its trademark suicide bombings with the support of Washington and some Arab countries. "The recent terrorist suicide bombings in several areas of Syria ... 'Qaeda-led anti-Syria terror supported by US, Arabs'Press TV Syria Says West-Backed Qaida behind BombingsNaharnet all 10 news articles »

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Our duty to protect doesn't include Syria Commentary CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:31:52 GMT

Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

Our duty to protect doesn't include Syria Commentary CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER Wilkes Barre Times-Leader In the year since, the government of Syria has more than threatened massacres. It has carried them out. Nothing hypothetical about the disappearances, executions, indiscriminate shelling of populated neighborhoods. More than 9000 are dead. and more »