British Foreign Secretary William Hague comments on the escalating situation in Syria. In a statement released by his office Thursday, Mr William Hague said: From everything that we can understand, in a village in Hama, people have been shelled from tanks then the pro Government militia and forces have gone in and killed […]
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SCO members to help Afghanistan
June 8, 2012 
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(NHK) — China, Russia and 4 Central Asian countries say they will work more closely in stabilizing Afghanistan and taking a bigger role there after US-led forces pull out. The 6 country’s leaders, including Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Vladimir Putin, are in Beijing for a summit of the Shanghai […]
Read moreUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton call for full transfer of power in Syria
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ISTANBUL (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday laid out a Syria strategy calling for a full transfer of power to a transitional government, a senior state department official said. “We can’t break faith with the Syrian people who want real change,” said the official who briefed reporters on Clinton’s meeting […]
Read moreChina against ‘outside armed intervention’ in Syria
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(AFP) — China said Thursday it was firmly opposed to “outside armed intervention” in Syria or “any attempt to forcibly promote regime change” amid mounting violence in the country, Xinhua reported. China’s UN envoy Li Baodong told the UN General Assembly that China was committed to playing a “positive and constructive role in finding […]
Read moreRussia vows to block UN mandate for Syria intervention
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(AFP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday vowed there would be no UN Security Council mandate for outside intervention in Syria, indicating Moscow would use its veto to block any military action. “There will not be a Security Council mandate for outside intervention, I guarantee you that,” Lavrov told reporters on the sidelines […]
Read moreAnnan wants new strategy to end Syria conflict
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — International envoy Kofi Annan urged the world’s nations Thursday to “genuinely unite” behind a new effort to end the escalating Syrian conflict, warning that if things don’t change quickly the country will likely see brutal repression, massacres, sectarian violence and all-out civil war. Annan told the U.N. General Assembly that […]
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