  China no "rubber stamp" on Syria: paper
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Pakistan cricket defeat not "all doom and gloom" for England
| England captain Andrew Strauss stressed a 3-0 hammering inflicted by Pakistan was not "all doom and gloom" for his team, hoping they learn from their mistakes and move on. | Pakistan thumped England by 71 run...
Stomach flu sickens St. Maarten cruise passengers
| PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten (AP) — A health ministry official in St. Maarten says that more than two dozen cruise passengers were sick as the vessel docked in the Caribbean island. | Maria Henry of the Collect...
Panama Indians seek release of detained protesters
| PANAMA CITY (AP) — Indigenous groups in Panama are demanding the release of anti-mining protesters detained when police used tear gas to clear blockades of the Pan-American highway. | The Coalition of Indig...
Syrian forces attack Homs on eve of Lavrov visit
| BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian military assault on Homs killed dozens of people on the eve of a visit to Damascus by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov aimed at pressing President Bashar al-Assad to end an ...
Gunmen kill five in Libyan refugee camp - hospital staff
| TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Gunmen killed five Libyan refugees at their camp in a Tripoli suburb Monday, residents and hospital sources said, underscoring the volatility in the country months after Muammar Gaddafi's ...
Syria: Arab spring or foreign conspiracy
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Syrian forces attack Homs on eve of Lavrov visit
| BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian military assault on Homs killed dozens of people on the eve of a visit to Damascus by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov aimed at pressing President Bashar al-Assad to end an ...
China: Body of missing worker recovered in Sudan
| BEIJING (AP) — State media say the body of a Chinese worker who went missing during a rebel attack on a work site in Sudan has been found and that 29 others abducted in the assault would be freed soon. | Th...
Australian pilot sues Virgin over heavy bag: report
| An Australian pilot is suing Virgin Australia after reportedly claiming he hurt his back carrying a heavy flight bag full of charts which he argues could have been left on the plane or stored on an iPad. | Th...
Britain and US recall embassy staff
| The surge in violence prompted the US to close its embassy in Damascus and pull all American diplomats out of the country. William Hague, the British Foreign Secretary, said he had summoned the Syrian ambassa...
Leading article: The world must not abandon Syrians now
| But if the accelerating death toll is sickening, perhaps more appalling still is that the surge in government-sponsored violence is so predictable. Russia and China, by vetoing an Arab League-inspired UN reso...
Robert Fisk: From Washington this looks like Syria's 'Benghazi moment'. But not from here
| It's not difficult to see how the opposite plays in the West. The barrage of horrifying Facebook images from Homs, and statements from the "Free Syrian Army", and the huffing of La Clinton and the a...
The Case for Reform of the Humanitarian System - Report by Oxfam
| The international humanitarian response system will fail to cope with the expected rise in the number of people exposed to crises unless there are more resources closer to where disasters happen and there is ...
China Needs to Change Mideast Foreign Policy: James Dorsey
| China’s decision to veto a condemnation of Syria’s regime at the United Nations Security Council is just the latest signal that illustrates the need for a fundamental change in Chinese foreign policy. | T...
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