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http://news.yahoo.com/russia/ en-USCopyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedFri, 08 Jun 2012 00:18:05 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/russia/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/annan-blames-syria-peace-plan-failure-223151401.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xKNyZmm2CjcYdPW.ZTYQHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/848384790157de10110f6a70670053e1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic as Nassir Abdulaziz Al -Nasser President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly listens, Thursday, June 7, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" align="left" title="United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic as Nassir Abdulaziz Al -Nasser President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly listens, Thursday, June 7, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /></a>International envoy Kofi Annan warned Thursday that Syria is drifting toward full-blown civil war and blamed the failure of his peace plan primarily on President Bashar Assad&#039;s government. He urged the divided U.N. Security Council to threaten &quot;consequences&quot; if Assad doesn&#039;t stop the violence.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/annan-blames-syria-peace-plan-failure-223151401.htmlFri, 08 Jun 2012 00:18:05 -0400Associated Pressannan-blames-syria-peace-plan-failure-223151401<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/annan-blames-syria-peace-plan-failure-223151401.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xKNyZmm2CjcYdPW.ZTYQHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/848384790157de10110f6a70670053e1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic as Nassir Abdulaziz Al -Nasser President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly listens, Thursday, June 7, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" align="left" title="United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic as Nassir Abdulaziz Al -Nasser President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly listens, Thursday, June 7, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /></a>International envoy Kofi Annan warned Thursday that Syria is drifting toward full-blown civil war and blamed the failure of his peace plan primarily on President Bashar Assad&#039;s government. He urged the divided U.N. Security Council to threaten &quot;consequences&quot; if Assad doesn&#039;t stop the violence.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-says-selfless-help-afghanistan-025855882.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jzVQkQSXiUu2SHOpKI9leQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-08T033629Z_1_CBRE85708AB00_RTROPTP_2_CHINA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai review an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing" align="left" title="Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai review an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao told his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Friday that China will provide &quot;sincere and selfless help&quot; to Afghanistan, promising to step up trade, aid, investment and security cooperation. &quot;At present Afghanistan has entered into a critical transition period. China is a trustworthy neighbor and friend of Afghanistan,&quot; Hu told Karzai in central Beijing&#039;s cavernous Great Hall of the People. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/china-says-selfless-help-afghanistan-025855882.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 23:36:29 -0400Reuterschina-says-selfless-help-afghanistan-025855882<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-says-selfless-help-afghanistan-025855882.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jzVQkQSXiUu2SHOpKI9leQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-08T033629Z_1_CBRE85708AB00_RTROPTP_2_CHINA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai review an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing" align="left" title="Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai review an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao told his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Friday that China will provide &quot;sincere and selfless help&quot; to Afghanistan, promising to step up trade, aid, investment and security cooperation. &quot;At present Afghanistan has entered into a critical transition period. China is a trustworthy neighbor and friend of Afghanistan,&quot; Hu told Karzai in central Beijing&#039;s cavernous Great Hall of the People. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-monitors-shot-near-syrian-killings-200416189.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DTB_TF3B2gBPZgDXr1rB9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0303572300acdb10110f6a7067008f77.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this citizen journalism image provided by Sham News Network SNN and according to them, purports to show the bodies of Syrian children in Mazraat al-Qubair on the outskirts of Hama, central Syria, Thursday, June 7, 2012. Syria on Thursday denied as &quot;absolutely baseless&quot; claims by opposition groups about a new massacre in the central Hama province in which government forces allegedly killed dozens of people, including women and children. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO" align="left" title="In this citizen journalism image provided by Sham News Network SNN and according to them, purports to show the bodies of Syrian children in Mazraat al-Qubair on the outskirts of Hama, central Syria, Thursday, June 7, 2012. Syria on Thursday denied as &quot;absolutely baseless&quot; claims by opposition groups about a new massacre in the central Hama province in which government forces allegedly killed dozens of people, including women and children. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO" border="0" /></a>U.N. observers came under fire Thursday as they tried to reach the site of the latest reported mass killing in Syria ? about 80 people, including women and children who were shot or stabbed. The deaths added urgency to diplomatic efforts to end the escalating bloodshed.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/un-monitors-shot-near-syrian-killings-200416189.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 20:40:01 -0400Associated Pressun-monitors-shot-near-syrian-killings-200416189<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-monitors-shot-near-syrian-killings-200416189.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DTB_TF3B2gBPZgDXr1rB9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0303572300acdb10110f6a7067008f77.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this citizen journalism image provided by Sham News Network SNN and according to them, purports to show the bodies of Syrian children in Mazraat al-Qubair on the outskirts of Hama, central Syria, Thursday, June 7, 2012. Syria on Thursday denied as &quot;absolutely baseless&quot; claims by opposition groups about a new massacre in the central Hama province in which government forces allegedly killed dozens of people, including women and children. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO" align="left" title="In this citizen journalism image provided by Sham News Network SNN and according to them, purports to show the bodies of Syrian children in Mazraat al-Qubair on the outskirts of Hama, central Syria, Thursday, June 7, 2012. Syria on Thursday denied as &quot;absolutely baseless&quot; claims by opposition groups about a new massacre in the central Hama province in which government forces allegedly killed dozens of people, including women and children. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO" border="0" /></a>U.N. observers came under fire Thursday as they tried to reach the site of the latest reported mass killing in Syria ? about 80 people, including women and children who were shot or stabbed. The deaths added urgency to diplomatic efforts to end the escalating bloodshed.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-says-syria-civil-war-imminent-west-000647908.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Uh_ZItdFZcxhvZWI9si6qA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-08T045319Z_1_CBRE8570DKY00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Demonstrators protest against Syria&#039;s President Bashar al-Assad in Dael" align="left" title="Demonstrators protest against Syria&#039;s President Bashar al-Assad in Dael" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. monitors came under fire in Syria on Thursday while trying to investigate reports of a new massacre that raised the pressure on world powers struggling to halt the carnage and save a peace plan from collapse. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described as &quot;unspeakable barbarity&quot; the reported killing of at least 78 villagers by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and warned that a civil war was imminent. Speaking at a special session of the U.N. General Assembly on Syria, international envoy Kofi Annan acknowledged his U.N. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-says-syria-civil-war-imminent-west-000647908.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 20:35:56 -0400Reutersu-n-says-syria-civil-war-imminent-west-000647908<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-says-syria-civil-war-imminent-west-000647908.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Uh_ZItdFZcxhvZWI9si6qA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-08T045319Z_1_CBRE8570DKY00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Demonstrators protest against Syria&#039;s President Bashar al-Assad in Dael" align="left" title="Demonstrators protest against Syria&#039;s President Bashar al-Assad in Dael" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. monitors came under fire in Syria on Thursday while trying to investigate reports of a new massacre that raised the pressure on world powers struggling to halt the carnage and save a peace plan from collapse. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described as &quot;unspeakable barbarity&quot; the reported killing of at least 78 villagers by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and warned that a civil war was imminent. Speaking at a special session of the U.N. General Assembly on Syria, international envoy Kofi Annan acknowledged his U.N. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-accused-massacre-u-n-meets-005909027.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qv53CRIGTP_D4s.8hZL.QQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-07T235001Z_1_CBRE8561U7H00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS-UN-BAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.N.-Arab League special envoy Annan and U.N. Secretary-General Ban speak with the media after Security Council consultations at U.N. headquarters in New York" align="left" title="U.N.-Arab League special envoy Annan and U.N. Secretary-General Ban speak with the media after Security Council consultations at U.N. headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. monitors came under fire on Thursday while trying to investigate reports of a new massacre that raised the pressure on world powers struggling to halt the carnage in Syria, where a U.N.-Arab League peace plan has all but collapsed. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described as &quot;unspeakable barbarity&quot; the reported killing of at least 78 villagers by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Speaking at a special session of the U.N. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syria-accused-massacre-u-n-meets-005909027.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 18:11:04 -0400Reuterssyria-accused-massacre-u-n-meets-005909027<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-accused-massacre-u-n-meets-005909027.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qv53CRIGTP_D4s.8hZL.QQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-07T235001Z_1_CBRE8561U7H00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS-UN-BAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.N.-Arab League special envoy Annan and U.N. Secretary-General Ban speak with the media after Security Council consultations at U.N. headquarters in New York" align="left" title="U.N.-Arab League special envoy Annan and U.N. Secretary-General Ban speak with the media after Security Council consultations at U.N. headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. monitors came under fire on Thursday while trying to investigate reports of a new massacre that raised the pressure on world powers struggling to halt the carnage in Syria, where a U.N.-Arab League peace plan has all but collapsed. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described as &quot;unspeakable barbarity&quot; the reported killing of at least 78 villagers by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Speaking at a special session of the U.N. ...</p><br clear="all"/>VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog will press Iran on Friday for a deal that would enable its inspectors to visit a military complex where they suspect atom bomb research has taken place, but Western diplomats are skeptical a breakthrough will be reached. World powers will be watching the IAEA-Iran meeting in Vienna closely to judge whether the Islamic Republic is ready to make concessions before its broader talks with them later this month in Moscow on their decade-old nuclear dispute. Both Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. ...http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-watchdog-press-iran-access-atom-probe-220600531.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 18:06:00 -0400Reutersu-n-watchdog-press-iran-access-atom-probe-220600531<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-unable-reach-syria-massacre-004337142.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nWYcTvA6uZHOxdahD00sIQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1339094488441-8-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="UN chief Ban Ki-moon" align="left" title="UN chief Ban Ki-moon" border="0" /></a>The United Nations said its monitors in Syria were fired upon Thursday and prevented from accessing the site of a new massacre that has ramped up fears of a drift toward all-out civil war.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/un-unable-reach-syria-massacre-004337142.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 18:02:28 -0400AFPun-unable-reach-syria-massacre-004337142<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-unable-reach-syria-massacre-004337142.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nWYcTvA6uZHOxdahD00sIQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1339094488441-8-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="UN chief Ban Ki-moon" align="left" title="UN chief Ban Ki-moon" border="0" /></a>The United Nations said its monitors in Syria were fired upon Thursday and prevented from accessing the site of a new massacre that has ramped up fears of a drift toward all-out civil war.</p><br clear="all"/>PARIS (Reuters) - France will host a meeting on July 6 of countries that back the departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but said on Thursday it would not include Iran in attempts to resolve the worsening crisis. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that, with world powers seeking a way to stop the bloodshed in the uprising against Assad, Paris would host a third "Friends of Syria" meeting with the aim of supporting the opposition and preventing the conflict spreading to neighboring countries. ...http://news.yahoo.com/france-plans-friends-syria-meet-rejects-iran-192047253.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 18:01:52 -0400Reutersfrance-plans-friends-syria-meet-rejects-iran-192047253WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday condemned a reported new massacre in Syria as "outrageous targeted killings of civilians" and again called on other countries to halt support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and to join in backing a political transition there. The White House, in a statement, also described the Syrian government's refusal to let U.N. monitors into the area as "an affront to human dignity and justice." Opposition activists said up to 40 women and children were among at least 78 people killed in the Sunni Muslim village near Hama on Wednesday. ...http://news.yahoo.com/u-condemns-syria-killings-urges-end-assad-backing-170001807.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 18:01:52 -0400Reutersu-condemns-syria-killings-urges-end-assad-backing-170001807UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ratcheted up the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday to end his 15-month onslaught against an opposition seeking to oust him, condemning a reported new massacre in Syria as an "unspeakable barbarity." Ban and international mediator Kofi Annan both criticized Assad for failing to implement Annan's six-point peace plan, and Ban later told the U.N. Security Council it may be time to reassess the U.N. observer mission, which has done little to stop the violence. ...http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-says-reported-massacre-syria-barbaric-urges-175656952.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 18:01:52 -0400Reutersu-n-says-reported-massacre-syria-barbaric-urges-175656952AMMAN (Reuters) - Tattooed youths with AK-47s descend from hilltops onto villages pounded by Syrian artillery and break into homes, slit the throats of women and children or hack them to death. They leave, sometimes carrying bodies to hide traces of the massacre. Accounts like this from witnesses and opposition campaigners are heard with mounting frequency in north and central Syria, centers of the 15-month revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. Invariably, activists blame the feared "shabbiha" militia, the most ruthless opponents of the uprising. ...http://news.yahoo.com/assads-ghost-militia-strikes-fear-syria-revolt-150813300.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 18:01:52 -0400Reutersassads-ghost-militia-strikes-fear-syria-revolt-150813300MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia would accept a Yemen-style power transition in Syria if it were decided by the people, Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Thursday, the latest statement seemingly aimed at distancing the Kremlin from President Bashar al-Assad. The United States is seeking Russia's support in getting Assad to step aside but Mikhail Bogdanov said the president's fate was "not a question for us" but for the Syrian people. ...http://news.yahoo.com/russia-yemen-plan-ok-syria-backed-people-191527577.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 18:01:52 -0400Reutersrussia-yemen-plan-ok-syria-backed-people-191527577<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-against-outside-armed-intervention-syria-184131100.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GugmROGaNaAJV4KYe1k.JQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1339094435055-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Kofi Annan addresses the 66th session of the General Assembly" align="left" title="Kofi Annan addresses the 66th session of the General Assembly" border="0" /></a>China said Thursday it was firmly opposed to &quot;outside armed intervention&quot; in Syria or &quot;any attempt to forcibly promote regime change&quot;, resisting pressure for further action following a new massacre.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/china-against-outside-armed-intervention-syria-184131100.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 17:50:15 -0400AFPchina-against-outside-armed-intervention-syria-184131100<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-against-outside-armed-intervention-syria-184131100.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GugmROGaNaAJV4KYe1k.JQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1339094435055-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Kofi Annan addresses the 66th session of the General Assembly" align="left" title="Kofi Annan addresses the 66th session of the General Assembly" border="0" /></a>China said Thursday it was firmly opposed to &quot;outside armed intervention&quot; in Syria or &quot;any attempt to forcibly promote regime change&quot;, resisting pressure for further action following a new massacre.</p><br clear="all"/>BRUSSELS (Reuters) - World powers will insist on Iran curbing its production of high-grade uranium at the next round of nuclear talks in Moscow, a senior European Union negotiator told her counterpart in Tehran on Thursday. In a letter to Tehran, the European Union's Helga Schmid said an offer by the six powers trying to resolve a standoff with Iran over its nuclear work, proposed at talks in Baghdad in May, was still on the table. ...http://news.yahoo.com/world-powers-want-talks-iran-over-high-grade-165833004.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 17:32:12 -0400Reutersworld-powers-want-talks-iran-over-high-grade-165833004about 80 people, including women and children who were shot or stabbed. The deaths added urgency to diplomatic efforts to end the escalating bloodshed.http://news.yahoo.com/un-observers-syria-come-under-fire-try-reach-213021162.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 17:30:21 -0400Associated Pressun-observers-syria-come-under-fire-try-reach-213021162<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/annan-fears-syria-soon-spiral-control-212947278.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/081CNvxwON16E5J3.T1lvQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1339104527598-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="L-R: Kofi Annan, Ban Ki Moon, Narrie Abulaziz Al-Nasser, and Dr. Nabil El-Araby" align="left" title="L-R: Kofi Annan, Ban Ki Moon, Narrie Abulaziz Al-Nasser, and Dr. Nabil El-Araby" border="0" /></a>UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan told the UN Security Council on Thursday that the Syria crisis will &quot;spiral out of control&quot; unless substantial pressure is put on President Bashar al-Assad, diplomats said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/annan-fears-syria-soon-spiral-control-212947278.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 17:29:47 -0400AFPannan-fears-syria-soon-spiral-control-212947278<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/annan-fears-syria-soon-spiral-control-212947278.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/081CNvxwON16E5J3.T1lvQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1339104527598-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="L-R: Kofi Annan, Ban Ki Moon, Narrie Abulaziz Al-Nasser, and Dr. Nabil El-Araby" align="left" title="L-R: Kofi Annan, Ban Ki Moon, Narrie Abulaziz Al-Nasser, and Dr. Nabil El-Araby" border="0" /></a>UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan told the UN Security Council on Thursday that the Syria crisis will &quot;spiral out of control&quot; unless substantial pressure is put on President Bashar al-Assad, diplomats said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/panetta-patience-pakistan-reaching-limits-085857670.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1S9i1ZyQ9gDRRKIlnJ4.Uw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e5638816ff82d60f110f6a706700fabc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, center right, speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, second right, and the head of NATO coalition forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen, center left, upon his arrival at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday, June 7, 2012. Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday to take stock of progress in the war and discuss plans for the troop drawdown, even as violence spiked in the south. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, center right, speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, second right, and the head of NATO coalition forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen, center left, upon his arrival at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday, June 7, 2012. Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday to take stock of progress in the war and discuss plans for the troop drawdown, even as violence spiked in the south. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)" border="0" /></a>The United States stepped up pressure on Pakistan Thursday as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said &quot;we are reaching the limits of our patience&quot; with a nominal ally that continues to provide a safe haven to al-Qaida-linked militants.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/panetta-patience-pakistan-reaching-limits-085857670.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 16:57:41 -0400Associated Presspanetta-patience-pakistan-reaching-limits-085857670<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/panetta-patience-pakistan-reaching-limits-085857670.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1S9i1ZyQ9gDRRKIlnJ4.Uw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e5638816ff82d60f110f6a706700fabc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, center right, speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, second right, and the head of NATO coalition forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen, center left, upon his arrival at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday, June 7, 2012. Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday to take stock of progress in the war and discuss plans for the troop drawdown, even as violence spiked in the south. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, center right, speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, second right, and the head of NATO coalition forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen, center left, upon his arrival at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday, June 7, 2012. Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday to take stock of progress in the war and discuss plans for the troop drawdown, even as violence spiked in the south. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)" border="0" /></a>The United States stepped up pressure on Pakistan Thursday as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said &quot;we are reaching the limits of our patience&quot; with a nominal ally that continues to provide a safe haven to al-Qaida-linked militants.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/annan-wants-strategy-end-syria-conflict-051837852.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xKNyZmm2CjcYdPW.ZTYQHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/848384790157de10110f6a70670053e1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic as Nassir Abdulaziz Al -Nasser President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly listens, Thursday, June 7, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" align="left" title="United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic as Nassir Abdulaziz Al -Nasser President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly listens, Thursday, June 7, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /></a>U.N. diplomats say international envoy Kofi Annan is urging the divided Security Council to unite and act immediately to pressure the Syrian government to implement his peace plan and keep the escalating conflict from spiraling out of control.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/annan-wants-strategy-end-syria-conflict-051837852.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 16:46:39 -0400Associated Pressannan-wants-strategy-end-syria-conflict-051837852<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/annan-wants-strategy-end-syria-conflict-051837852.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xKNyZmm2CjcYdPW.ZTYQHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/848384790157de10110f6a70670053e1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic as Nassir Abdulaziz Al -Nasser President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly listens, Thursday, June 7, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" align="left" title="United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic as Nassir Abdulaziz Al -Nasser President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly listens, Thursday, June 7, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /></a>U.N. diplomats say international envoy Kofi Annan is urging the divided Security Council to unite and act immediately to pressure the Syrian government to implement his peace plan and keep the escalating conflict from spiraling out of control.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-vows-block-un-mandate-syria-intervention-193355337.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uYgUSa9nPnnHLTUvWdo68g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1339097572358-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, pictured in May" align="left" title="Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, pictured in May" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russia-vows-block-un-mandate-syria-intervention-193355337.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 15:33:55 -0400AFPrussia-vows-block-un-mandate-syria-intervention-193355337<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-vows-block-un-mandate-syria-intervention-193355337.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uYgUSa9nPnnHLTUvWdo68g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1339097572358-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, pictured in May" align="left" title="Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, pictured in May" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-against-outside-armed-intervention-syria-190411580.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wbu2acTGmY32L4liigU8zg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1339095814036-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="China&#039;s UN envoy Li Baodong is pictured in 2011" align="left" title="China&#039;s UN envoy Li Baodong is pictured in 2011" border="0" /></a>China said Thursday it was firmly opposed to &quot;outside armed intervention&quot; in Syria or &quot;any attempt to forcibly promote regime change&quot; amid mounting violence in the country, Xinhua reported.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/china-against-outside-armed-intervention-syria-190411580.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 15:04:11 -0400AFPchina-against-outside-armed-intervention-syria-190411580<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-against-outside-armed-intervention-syria-190411580.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wbu2acTGmY32L4liigU8zg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1339095814036-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="China&#039;s UN envoy Li Baodong is pictured in 2011" align="left" title="China&#039;s UN envoy Li Baodong is pictured in 2011" border="0" /></a>China said Thursday it was firmly opposed to &quot;outside armed intervention&quot; in Syria or &quot;any attempt to forcibly promote regime change&quot; amid mounting violence in the country, Xinhua reported.</p><br clear="all"/>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional committee unanimously approved on Thursday a measure to penalize Russian officials for human rights abuses, adding to tensions with Moscow and complicating White House efforts to pass Russian trade legislation in the coming months. The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee approved on a voice vote the "Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act," named for a 37-year-old anti-corruption lawyer who worked for the equity fund Hermitage Capital. ...http://news.yahoo.com/house-panel-approves-magnitsky-sanctions-russia-141843951.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 12:40:10 -0400Reutershouse-panel-approves-magnitsky-sanctions-russia-141843951<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-massacre-clinton-lays-strategy-040235337.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dyFJjvfg._b1eRtMAk1yXw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1339063799104-5-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Activists say at least 55 people were killed in an attack in Hama province" align="left" title="Activists say at least 55 people were killed in an attack in Hama province" border="0" /></a>Pro-regime militiamen swept through farmlands in central Syria slaughtering dozens including women and children, activists said Thursday, sparking opposition calls for increased military raids by armed rebels.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syria-massacre-clinton-lays-strategy-040235337.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 11:54:33 -0400AFPsyria-massacre-clinton-lays-strategy-040235337<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-massacre-clinton-lays-strategy-040235337.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dyFJjvfg._b1eRtMAk1yXw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1339063799104-5-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Activists say at least 55 people were killed in an attack in Hama province" align="left" title="Activists say at least 55 people were killed in an attack in Hama province" border="0" /></a>Pro-regime militiamen swept through farmlands in central Syria slaughtering dozens including women and children, activists said Thursday, sparking opposition calls for increased military raids by armed rebels.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-supports-peaceful-nuclear-drive-iran-143020051.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2tQ_tfMAk8M722W.7Zpr3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1339079258947-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The leaders were meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing" align="left" title="The leaders were meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing" border="0" /></a>Russia supports Tehran&#039;s atomic programme as long as it is &quot;peaceful&quot;, President Vladimir Putin told Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Thursday ahead of global talks on Iran&#039;s nuclear ambitions.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russia-supports-peaceful-nuclear-drive-iran-143020051.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 10:30:20 -0400AFPrussia-supports-peaceful-nuclear-drive-iran-143020051<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-supports-peaceful-nuclear-drive-iran-143020051.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2tQ_tfMAk8M722W.7Zpr3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1339079258947-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The leaders were meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing" align="left" title="The leaders were meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing" border="0" /></a>Russia supports Tehran&#039;s atomic programme as long as it is &quot;peaceful&quot;, President Vladimir Putin told Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Thursday ahead of global talks on Iran&#039;s nuclear ambitions.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-russia-repeat-stance-syria-intervention-102339379.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/97Ol.U9jZbj1CnLZAKDNKg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0a36d459ff65d50f110f6a706700966c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a signing ceremony at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Thursday, June 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Ralston, Pool)" align="left" title="Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a signing ceremony at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Thursday, June 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Ralston, Pool)" border="0" /></a>Ahead of U.N. discussions on Syria, a conference of Central Asian nations Thursday rejected outside military intervention to end the violence there and called for a domestic resolution.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/china-russia-repeat-stance-syria-intervention-102339379.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 08:48:51 -0400Associated Presschina-russia-repeat-stance-syria-intervention-102339379<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-russia-repeat-stance-syria-intervention-102339379.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/97Ol.U9jZbj1CnLZAKDNKg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0a36d459ff65d50f110f6a706700966c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a signing ceremony at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Thursday, June 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Ralston, Pool)" align="left" title="Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a signing ceremony at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Thursday, June 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Ralston, Pool)" border="0" /></a>Ahead of U.N. discussions on Syria, a conference of Central Asian nations Thursday rejected outside military intervention to end the violence there and called for a domestic resolution.</p><br clear="all"/>ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday to hand over power and leave his country, condemning a massacre near the town of Hama that opponents have blamed on his supporters as "unconscionable". Clinton said the United States was willing to work with all members of the U.N. Security Council, which includes Russia, on a conference on Syria's political future as long as it started with the premise that Assad gave way to a democratic government. ...http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-tells-syrias-assad-quit-leave-country-111608395.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 08:16:05 -0400Reutersclinton-tells-syrias-assad-quit-leave-country-111608395<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/philanthropist-billionaire-transforms-georgian-politics-113348840.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8LDJcRVC1Q1puRyK1InMJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-07T114625Z_1_CBRE8560WPF00_RTROPTP_2_GEORGIA-OPPOSITION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Local resident Giorgi Ivanashvili walks in his courtyard in Chorvila, the home village of Bidzina Ivanishvili" align="left" title="Local resident Giorgi Ivanashvili walks in his courtyard in Chorvila, the home village of Bidzina Ivanishvili" border="0" /></a>CHORVILA, Georgia (Reuters) - Billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili has spent the last decade making dreams come true for Georgia&#039;s poor by dipping into his vast fortune to build houses, hospitals and schools. He has paved roads, built villagers new homes with water, electricity and gas, provided each household with 200 lari ($120) a month and given newlyweds $3,000 in Chorvila, where he spent his childhood playing football with his friends. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/philanthropist-billionaire-transforms-georgian-politics-113348840.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 07:33:48 -0400Reutersphilanthropist-billionaire-transforms-georgian-politics-113348840<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/philanthropist-billionaire-transforms-georgian-politics-113348840.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8LDJcRVC1Q1puRyK1InMJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-07T114625Z_1_CBRE8560WPF00_RTROPTP_2_GEORGIA-OPPOSITION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Local resident Giorgi Ivanashvili walks in his courtyard in Chorvila, the home village of Bidzina Ivanishvili" align="left" title="Local resident Giorgi Ivanashvili walks in his courtyard in Chorvila, the home village of Bidzina Ivanishvili" border="0" /></a>CHORVILA, Georgia (Reuters) - Billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili has spent the last decade making dreams come true for Georgia&#039;s poor by dipping into his vast fortune to build houses, hospitals and schools. He has paved roads, built villagers new homes with water, electricity and gas, provided each household with 200 lari ($120) a month and given newlyweds $3,000 in Chorvila, where he spent his childhood playing football with his friends. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-syria-policy-guided-principle-analysts-113233921.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9yaiO5fRJHFTDlkMTdfGaQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1339068363133-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Beijing has steadfastly maintained that its ally Assad must not be forced from power, resisting Western pressure" align="left" title="Beijing has steadfastly maintained that its ally Assad must not be forced from power, resisting Western pressure" border="0" /></a>China has stuck by the Syrian regime through nearly 15 months of bloody revolt, a position analysts say stems largely from its principle of not getting involved in other countries&#039; affairs.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-syria-policy-guided-principle-analysts-113233921.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 07:32:33 -0400AFPchinas-syria-policy-guided-principle-analysts-113233921<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-syria-policy-guided-principle-analysts-113233921.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9yaiO5fRJHFTDlkMTdfGaQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1339068363133-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Beijing has steadfastly maintained that its ally Assad must not be forced from power, resisting Western pressure" align="left" title="Beijing has steadfastly maintained that its ally Assad must not be forced from power, resisting Western pressure" border="0" /></a>China has stuck by the Syrian regime through nearly 15 months of bloody revolt, a position analysts say stems largely from its principle of not getting involved in other countries&#039; affairs.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-china-oppose-military-intervention-mideast-052827346.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1ki4zbGmAwJ5Rd3rZOLT6w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1339065945322-2-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia and China have vetoed two Security Council resolutions against Assad&#039;s regime" align="left" title="Russia and China have vetoed two Security Council resolutions against Assad&#039;s regime" border="0" /></a>A regional group led by Russia and China said Thursday it opposed military intervention in the Middle East, a day after the Syrian opposition accused forces loyal to the regime of massacring 100 people.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russia-china-oppose-military-intervention-mideast-052827346.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 06:50:41 -0400AFPrussia-china-oppose-military-intervention-mideast-052827346<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-china-oppose-military-intervention-mideast-052827346.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1ki4zbGmAwJ5Rd3rZOLT6w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1339065945322-2-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia and China have vetoed two Security Council resolutions against Assad&#039;s regime" align="left" title="Russia and China have vetoed two Security Council resolutions against Assad&#039;s regime" border="0" /></a>A regional group led by Russia and China said Thursday it opposed military intervention in the Middle East, a day after the Syrian opposition accused forces loyal to the regime of massacring 100 people.</p><br clear="all"/>BEIJING (Reuters) - Leaders of a bloc grouping China, Russia and Central Asian states called on Thursday for dialogue to address the violence in Syria, all but guaranteeing that there will be no end to the deadlock in discussions at the U.N. Security Council. Russia and China - permanent members of the U.N. Security Council with the power to veto resolutions - have stymied efforts by Western powers to condemn or call for the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, whose forces, the U.N. says, have killed at least 10,000 people in more than a year of unrest. ...http://news.yahoo.com/bloc-led-china-russia-says-no-syria-intervention-051458322--business.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 06:19:44 -0400Reutersbloc-led-china-russia-says-no-syria-intervention-051458322--business<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-official-urges-repeal-russia-trade-law-065102418--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v9WeZDg7.RJbCIkPfkY20g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/57ed3317ff6fd60f110f6a7067007435.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk gestures while speaking during an AmCham Breakfast Briefing in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 7, 2012. Kirk said Thursday that his administration views lifting of the discriminatory Jackson-Vanick agreement as a key priority this year. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)" align="left" title="U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk gestures while speaking during an AmCham Breakfast Briefing in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 7, 2012. Kirk said Thursday that his administration views lifting of the discriminatory Jackson-Vanick agreement as a key priority this year. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)" border="0" /></a>U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Thursday that the repeal of a U.S. law that can be used to put trade restrictions on Russia is a top priority for his office this year.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/us-official-urges-repeal-russia-trade-law-065102418--finance.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 05:28:26 -0400Associated Pressus-official-urges-repeal-russia-trade-law-065102418--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-official-urges-repeal-russia-trade-law-065102418--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v9WeZDg7.RJbCIkPfkY20g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/57ed3317ff6fd60f110f6a7067007435.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk gestures while speaking during an AmCham Breakfast Briefing in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 7, 2012. Kirk said Thursday that his administration views lifting of the discriminatory Jackson-Vanick agreement as a key priority this year. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)" align="left" title="U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk gestures while speaking during an AmCham Breakfast Briefing in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 7, 2012. Kirk said Thursday that his administration views lifting of the discriminatory Jackson-Vanick agreement as a key priority this year. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)" border="0" /></a>U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Thursday that the repeal of a U.S. law that can be used to put trade restrictions on Russia is a top priority for his office this year.</p><br clear="all"/>Senator John McCain may be cranking up the political heat on the Obama Administration over Syria amid reports of a new massacre at Hama, but don't expect Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to berate Kofi Annan over the failure of his peace plan when she meets the U.N. special envoy in Washington on Friday. Clinton knows better than the pundits and politicians bashing Annan that his mission is not an obstacle to more decisive action -- it's a product of the limited leverage and poor options available to Western powers to bring about regime change in Syria. ...http://news.yahoo.com/why-u-wont-kofi-annans-syria-plan-082403866.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 04:24:03 -0400Time.comwhy-u-wont-kofi-annans-syria-plan-082403866<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/central-asia-group-admits-afghanistan-observer-052800284--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BU8lRMCunzPbcZw6ktgxqw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fbcc4de5ff0fd40f110f6a7067007a67.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Great Hall of the Peopl

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