| |
| |
 Russian visit ends in talk of peace as shells rain on Homs
| Sergei Lavrov said after a meeting with the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, that the embattled leader had pledged to talk to the opposition, hold a referendum on a new draft of the constitution a... (photo: AP / SANA) The Independent
Peace Photos Russia Syria Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising |
 UK rules out military action or arming Syrian rebels
| David Cameron chaired a meeting of the National Security Council which agreed to increase sanctions against the regime and to strengthen links with opposition leaders. | The Government also reacted ... (photo: AP / Carl Court, pool) The Independent
Military Photos Syria UK Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising |
| |
| Top Stories | |
 Netanyahu is punishing Israel
| In a Pavlovian response to the reconciliation agreement signed by the rival Palestinian factions, under which Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will also se... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) Ha'aretz
Governemnt Israel Politics Wikipedia: Israel photo |
 Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Sudan oil state
| KHARTOUM/BEIJING (Reuters) - Sudanese rebels released 29 Chinese workers on Tuesday, ten days after kidnapping them in the main oil-producing state of South Kordofan wh... (photo: AP / Pete Muller) The Star
Business China Khartoum Photos Wikipedia: Sudan |
 Mahmoud Abbas's choice 'peace or Hamas'
| ISRAEL has warned that a new agreement between Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas amounts to a choice by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to abandon the pea... (photo: AP / Hatem Moussa) The Australian
Fatah Hamas Peace Photos Wikipedia: FatahHamas conflict |
 Russia pushes Syria reforms as bloodshed mounts
| BEIRUT: Days after blocking a U.S.-backed peace plan at the U.N., senior Russian officials pushed for reforms Tuesday during an emergency meeting with Syrian President ... (photo: AP) Ohio
Peace Photos Russia Syria Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising |
 AP News in Brief at 8:58 p.m. EST
| Russian foreign minister pushes reforms in Syria as bloodshed intensifies | BEIRUT (AP) — Days after blocking a U.S.-backed peace plan at the U.N., senior Russian... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman) WPXI
Peace Photos Russia Syria Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising (from January 2012) |
 Russia’s Potemkin democracy
| I couldn’t decide whether to laugh or to cry when I heard that the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, had found a solution to the Syrian crisis. Speaki... (photo: AP / Octav Ganea) The Washington Post
Democracy Photos Russia Syria Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising |
 US court reverses gay marriage ban
| A US federal appeals' court has struck down a California law that strips gays and lesbians of the right to marry, in the latest round in America's long-running battle o... (photo: AP / Darryl Bush, file)) Al Jazeera
America Court Gay rights Photos Wikipedia: LGBT rights in the United States |
 A World At Risk
In a world that is filled with continued atrocities against man and nature how can any one individual survive, let alone prosper? A sobering question considering the comp... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) The Examiner
Century Photos Politics Wikipedia: Politics of the United States World |
