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Ban urges UNSC to move for peace in Syria
Date: 2013-08-28 13:29:15 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:33 - ID:262199
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged UN Security Council members to unite in order to move for pace in Syria, which may witness imminent Western strikes. Al-Arabiya news channel quoted Ban as saying Wednesday that it is ....
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Obama, Cameron discuss military action against Syria
Date: 2013-08-28 12:00:11 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:27 - ID:261968
British Prime Minister David Cameron has discussed Syria with US President Barack Obama as Britain and the US consider intervention, No 10 said. Cameron heard the "latest on US thinking" on the issue, ahead of a National Security Council ....
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Lavrov to Brahimi: Force in Syria to destabilize region
Date: 2013-08-28 11:50:01 GMT - Russia - International - SN:25 - ID:261941
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned over the phone with UN/Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi that using military force in Syria will destabilize the situation in the entire region, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. ....
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UN official urges Iran to sway Syria government
Date: 2013-08-28 10:34:45 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:20 - ID:261742
A top U.N. official visiting Iran has urged it to use its influence to persuade the Syrian government to attend planned peace talks with opposition groups in Geneva, the United Nations said. Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey ....
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Venezuela president warns against attack on Syria
Date: 2013-08-28 10:32:39 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:13 - ID:261671
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says any outside military action taken against Syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons on its own citizens could lead to a "disastrous war", ABC news reported Wednesday. Maduro is a close ally of Syrian ....
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Lavrov rejects Kerry's assessment of Syria situation
Date: 2013-08-28 10:04:27 GMT - Russia - International - SN:11 - ID:261665
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that its top diplomat disagreed with his US counterpart in a phone conversation about the situation in Syria, RIA Novosti reported. In the conversation, requested by the United States, US Secretary of ....
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Hague cancels Stockholm visit
Date: 2013-08-28 09:24:23 GMT - Sweden - International - SN:6 - ID:261609
British Foreign Secretary William Hague's planned visit to Sweden has been postponed, following the British government's decision to hold a cabinet meeting and recall parliament over ongoing events in Syria, Radio Sweden said. Hague was due to ....
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US Strongly condemns killing dozens of worshippers in Nigeria
Date: 2013-08-28 09:18:26 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:4 - ID:261597
The United States strongly condemned on Tuesday the killing of worshippers and innocent civilians in Nigeria, the Department of the State said in a statement. "The United States strongly condemns the killing of dozens of civilians on Tuesday ....
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Damascus has cooperated with investigation team - UN
Date: 2013-08-27 19:50:03 GMT - USA - International - SN:54 - ID:261202
Damascus has cooperated with a UN mission to investigate allegations of the use of chemical weapons in Syria, said the deputy spokesman of the United Nations Secretary General, Farhan Haq. The Deputy Spokesman refused in the daily press ....
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US ready to launch Syria strike, says Chuck Hagel
Date: 2013-08-27 15:46:37 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:43 - ID:260821
American forces are "ready" to launch strikes on Syria if US President Barack Obama chooses to order an attack, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said. "We have moved assets in place to be able to fulfill and comply with whatever option the ....
