Reuters - Arab and Western drafters of a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at stopping Syria's bloody upheaval revised their text on Thursday in a last-ditch effort to avoid a Russian veto, though the new draft includes language Moscow has rejected.
2012-02-03 11:50
Arabs, West seek to avert Russian veto of U.N. Syria (Reuters)
2012-02-03 11:50
UN downgrades Somali famine; situation still dire (AP)
AP - The United Nations said Friday that conditions in Somalia have improved enough to downgrade the country's famine, but the world body's Food and Agricultural Organization warned that continued assistance is needed to stop the region from slipping back.
2012-02-03 11:50
World court upholds German immunity in Nazi cases (AP)
AP - The United Nations' highest court has confirmed that Germany has legal immunity from being sued in foreign courts by victims of World War II Nazi atrocities.
2012-02-02 19:11
Why Russia is so opposed to asking Assad to go (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Russia has warned that there is "no chance" it will allow passage of a resolution on the spiraling domestic conflict in Syria, due to come before the UN Security Council in the next few days, if it leaves even the slightest opening for outside intervention in the crisis.
2012-02-02 19:11
UN intervention in Syria: What is Russia's tipping point? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - A bitter stalemate at the United Nations over Syria means the deadly conflict pitting the Assad regime against its armed opponents is likely to continue until Russia believes that President Bashar al-Assad can no longer hang on, regional experts say.
2012-02-02 19:11
Palestinians throw shoes, stones at U.N. convoy (Reuters)
Reuters - Dozens of Palestinians threw shoes, sticks and stones at U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's convoy as it crossed into the Gaza Strip Thursday, protesting against what they saw as a slight against Palestinians jailed in Israel.
2012-02-02 19:11
UN diplomats consider revised Syria text (AP)
AP - U.N. Security Council ambassadors on Thursday were considering a revised resolution aimed at stopping the bloodshed in Syria that removes an explicit reference to President Bashar Assad stepping aside.
2012-02-02 02:27
Russia says U.N. must rule out Syria intervention (Reuters)
Reuters - Russia signaled on Wednesday it would veto a draft U.N. resolution calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down unless it explicitly ruled out military intervention in the bloodshed touched off by protests against his rule.
2012-02-02 02:27
In mountains, Syria opens new front against rebels (AP)
AP - Heavy gunfire and shelling rattled towns in a mountain valley outside Damascus on Wednesday, as Syrian troops opened a new front in their campaign to crush rebels who have taken control of areas around the capital.
2012-02-02 02:27
Russian EU envoy sees no chance for Syria resolution (Reuters)
Reuters - A senior Russian official said on Wednesday there was no chance a Western-Arab draft U.N. Security Council resolution could pass without language clearly ruling out potential military intervention, the Interfax news agency reported.
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