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Clinton urges 'friends of democratic Syria' to rally against Assad after UN action blocked

SOFIA, Bulgaria - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for "friends of democratic Syria" to unite and rally against President Bashar Assad's regime....

posted: February 5,2012





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Snow traps thousands in Bosnia, but the pope and Queen Elizabeth II brave the cold

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Bosnia used helicopters on Sunday to evacuate the sick and deliver food to thousands of people left stranded by its heaviest snowfall ever, while Pope Benedict XVI donned an overcoat to bless the few pilgrims ...

posted: February 5,2012

Report says 3 more people set themselves on fire in China to protest its Tibet policies

BEIJING, China - Three more people have set themselves on fire to protest China's policies toward Tibetans in a politically sensitive area that already has seen ethnic violence this year, a media report and an activist group said....

posted: February 5,2012

Republican front-runner Romney cruises to easy win in Nevada presidential caucuses

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace....

posted: February 5,2012

Queen Elizabeth II attends church on eve of her Diamond Jubilee

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II braved the cold and snow to attend church Sunday on the eve of her Diamond Jubilee anniversary....

posted: February 5,2012

Head of Syrian rebels says no choice but to fight to remove Assad after UN resolution vetoed

BEIRUT - The commander of a force of rebel Syrian soldiers says they have no choice now but to fight to free the country of President Bashar Assad's regime after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution aimed at resolving the crisis....

posted: February 5,2012

Russia's defiance of the West driven by both domestic and external factors

MOSCOW - By bluntly using its veto power to block a United Nations resolution urging Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, Russia has shown a willingness to defy the West at a scale rarely seen since the Cold War times....

posted: February 5,2012


Rights group: Israel must end arbitrary restrictions on Palestinian residency

posted: February 5,2012

Car bomb explodes in middle of southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing 7

posted: February 5,2012

Eni SpA oil pipeline on fire in Nigeria's crude-rich southern delta as militants claim attack

posted: February 5,2012

Venice in rebellion against cruise ship intrusions following Costa Concordia disaster

posted: February 5,2012

American and Australian filmmakers die in helicopter crash during shoot in eastern Australia

posted: February 5,2012

Mitt Romney decisively wins Nevada caucuses; Gingrich to 'refocus'

posted: February 4,2012

Syrian state newspaper welcomes Russian-Chinese veto, says crackdown to continue

posted: February 4,2012

Egyptian police clash with protesters angry over soccer riot as 3-day death toll climbs to 12

posted: February 4,2012

At least 10 killed as overloaded migrant boat overturns in Dominican Republic; dozens missing

posted: February 4,2012

Greek official says debt talks 'satisfactory,' delayed by labour reforms

posted: February 4,2012

Romney takes strong lead in Nevada vote - would be second in a row for Republican front-runner

posted: February 4,2012

Snow from Europe's cold snap buries Bosnia, trapping scores of people; Rome's Colosseum closed

posted: February 4,2012

Russia, China veto UN Security Council resolution aimed at stopping ongoing violence in Syria

posted: February 4,2012

30 years later, Argentines still want 'their' islands back from Britain, but won't risk war

posted: February 4,2012

Obama's call for UN Security Council to back Syria resolution rebuffed by Russia, China

posted: February 4,2012




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