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Friend flees Assad as U.S. pressures Russia

YoopyaJul 7, 20120

(Reuters) – One of President Bashar al-Assad’s personal friends has defected and was headed for exile in France on Friday, as the Syrian crisis took

Syria fighting widespread, spills into Lebanon

YoopyaJul 7, 20120

(Reuters) – Syria’s conflict spilled further into Lebanon on Saturday when mortar fire from government forces crashed into villages in the north, killing two women

Pressure on to end draft exemption for Israel’s ultra-Orthodox

YoopyaJul 7, 20120

(Reuters) – One of the earliest decisions the Zionist leaders of the new state of Israel made in the late 1940s was to strike a

Protests and tears of joy mark free Libyan poll

YoopyaJul 7, 20120

(Reuters) – Crowds of joyful Libyans, some with tears in their eyes, parted with the legacy of Muammar Gaddafi’s dictatorship on Saturday as they voted

Russia rights groups fear crackdown as law changes

YoopyaJul 7, 20120

(Reuters) – Russia’s lower house of parliament gave preliminary approval on Friday to a law that would brand many rights and campaign groups “foreign agents”,

Nervous Libyans ready for first taste of democracy

YoopyaJul 6, 20120

(Reuters) – Libyans will vote in their first free national poll in more than half a century on Saturday amid fears that violence could taint

IMF’s Lagarde voices concern over global economy

YoopyaJul 6, 20120

(Reuters) – The head of the International Monetary Fund expressed concern on Friday at a deterioration in the global economy, saying the outlook has become

Friends of Syria seek tough action in Paris meeting

kiemtarJul 6, 2012July 6, 20120

Representatives from more than 100 countries are holding talks in Paris in a fresh attempt to decide what should be done to end the violence

Syria: senior Assad general defects to rebels

kiemtarJul 6, 20120

The Assad regime suffered the most significant defection of the Syrian uprising on Thursday when a general from one of the country’s most famous families

Defection cheers anti-Assad coalition at Paris meet

YoopyaJul 6, 2012July 6, 20120

(Reuters) – Reports of the defection of a general who is a personal friend of Bashar al-Assad will cheer the Syrian leader’s enemies at a