Tunisia News
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The “Friends of Syria” gather tomorrow in Tunisia to seek ways to oust President Bashar al- Assad, who has dug in with increasing violence against civilian opponents after two failed UN Security Council measures.
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Updated 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
On Feb. 24, the U.S., European nations, members of the Arab League and other sympathetic countries making up the newly established “Friends of Syria” group will gather in Tunisia for an emergency meeting on how to stem the bloodshed in Syria. Their deliberations are almost certain to involve calls for more crippling sanctions to bring about regime change and debates over providing military support to the fractured opposition groups inside the country.
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An American reporter working for the U.K.’s Sunday Times and a French photographer were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs when shells hit them while they were reporting from the city, French officials said.
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Residents of Homs, the Syrian city under siege for almost three weeks, sought to negotiate a cease- fire with the army, according to activists, as two western journalists were reportedly killed by an artillery attack.
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Yemenis voted today in a presidential election that formally ends the 33-year rule of Ali Abdullah Saleh, who becomes the fourth Arab leader to succumb to a popular uprising -- albeit on some of his own terms.
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Opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s rule stepped up their deadly attacks against government officials as the violence of the past 11 months pushes the country toward civil war.
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Julia Gillard predicted she will survive 2012 as Australia’s leader and Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd played down speculation he is planning a challenge, after days of wrangling that undermined the governing Labor party.
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Senior Cabinet ministers rallied behind Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard today as speculation intensified that Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd would seek a comeback and challenge for the premiership.
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Opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s rule stepped up their deadly attacks against government officials as the violence of the past 11 months pushes the country toward civil war.
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Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, backed by a Labor lawmaker to challenge Prime Minister Julia Gillard as leader, says he’s changed his autocratic style, increasing speculation he’ll bid for a comeback.
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