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All rights reservedWed, 27 Jun 2012 18:44:07 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/russia/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mongolians-polls-hoping-mining-wealth-224407988.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iuKbSIalDcR2epJe9.X8WQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1340837008848-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="New high-rise buildings under construction are pictured on the eve of parlimentary elections in Ulan Bator" align="left" title="New high-rise buildings under construction are pictured on the eve of parlimentary elections in Ulan Bator" border="0" /></a>Mongolians head to the polls Thursday to elect a new parliament with both major parties promising frustrated voters that they can deliver a better share of a spectacular but divisive mining boom.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mongolians-polls-hoping-mining-wealth-224407988.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 18:44:07 -0400AFPmongolians-polls-hoping-mining-wealth-224407988<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mongolians-polls-hoping-mining-wealth-224407988.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iuKbSIalDcR2epJe9.X8WQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1340837008848-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="New high-rise buildings under construction are pictured on the eve of parlimentary elections in Ulan Bator" align="left" title="New high-rise buildings under construction are pictured on the eve of parlimentary elections in Ulan Bator" border="0" /></a>Mongolians head to the polls Thursday to elect a new parliament with both major parties promising frustrated voters that they can deliver a better share of a spectacular but divisive mining boom.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-violence-escalates-us-seeks-turning-point-194434548.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hpMhxH5wc_c5FY.6Cf2B3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dafa33190344ba12130f6a706700dbbe.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, the damaged control room of Al-Ikhbariya TV station is seen after it was attacked by gunmen, in the town of Drousha, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, demolishing the building and killing three employees, the state media reported. Syrian officials denounced what they called a rebel &quot;massacre against the freedom of the press.&quot; (AP Photo/SANA)" align="left" title="In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, the damaged control room of Al-Ikhbariya TV station is seen after it was attacked by gunmen, in the town of Drousha, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, demolishing the building and killing three employees, the state media reported. Syrian officials denounced what they called a rebel &quot;massacre against the freedom of the press.&quot; (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /></a>Gunmen attacked a pro-government TV station Wednesday near the Syrian capital, killing seven employees in the latest barrage of violence as world powers prepared for a high-level meeting that the U.S. hopes will be a turning point in the crisis.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syria-violence-escalates-us-seeks-turning-point-194434548.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 18:20:36 -0400Associated Presssyria-violence-escalates-us-seeks-turning-point-194434548<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-violence-escalates-us-seeks-turning-point-194434548.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hpMhxH5wc_c5FY.6Cf2B3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dafa33190344ba12130f6a706700dbbe.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, the damaged control room of Al-Ikhbariya TV station is seen after it was attacked by gunmen, in the town of Drousha, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, demolishing the building and killing three employees, the state media reported. Syrian officials denounced what they called a rebel &quot;massacre against the freedom of the press.&quot; (AP Photo/SANA)" align="left" title="In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, the damaged control room of Al-Ikhbariya TV station is seen after it was attacked by gunmen, in the town of Drousha, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, demolishing the building and killing three employees, the state media reported. Syrian officials denounced what they called a rebel &quot;massacre against the freedom of the press.&quot; (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /></a>Gunmen attacked a pro-government TV station Wednesday near the Syrian capital, killing seven employees in the latest barrage of violence as world powers prepared for a high-level meeting that the U.S. hopes will be a turning point in the crisis.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gunmen-storm-pro-assad-syrian-tv-channel-071800985.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Zf_65dDRdivAOYRjYUSdhA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-27T144939Z_1_CBRE85Q0Z0B00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Damaged buildings are seen after gunmen stormed the headquarters of Al-Ikhbariya news channel near Damascus" align="left" title="Damaged buildings are seen after gunmen stormed the headquarters of Al-Ikhbariya news channel near Damascus" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a pro-government Syrian TV channel headquarters on Wednesday, bombing buildings and shooting dead three employees, state media said, in one of the boldest attacks yet on a symbol of the authoritarian state. More than 150 people were killed in fierce fighting across Syria on Wednesday, 86 of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Intensified fighting in the country have driven up the death toll averages to around 100 people per day in the past week. President Bashar al-Assad declared late on Tuesday that his country was &quot;at war&quot;. U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/gunmen-storm-pro-assad-syrian-tv-channel-071800985.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 18:13:53 -0400Reutersgunmen-storm-pro-assad-syrian-tv-channel-071800985<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gunmen-storm-pro-assad-syrian-tv-channel-071800985.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Zf_65dDRdivAOYRjYUSdhA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-27T144939Z_1_CBRE85Q0Z0B00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Damaged buildings are seen after gunmen stormed the headquarters of Al-Ikhbariya news channel near Damascus" align="left" title="Damaged buildings are seen after gunmen stormed the headquarters of Al-Ikhbariya news channel near Damascus" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a pro-government Syrian TV channel headquarters on Wednesday, bombing buildings and shooting dead three employees, state media said, in one of the boldest attacks yet on a symbol of the authoritarian state. More than 150 people were killed in fierce fighting across Syria on Wednesday, 86 of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Intensified fighting in the country have driven up the death toll averages to around 100 people per day in the past week. President Bashar al-Assad declared late on Tuesday that his country was &quot;at war&quot;. U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran is ready to help international envoy Kofi Annan's bid to bring peace to Syria, but if some countries do not want Tehran at a meeting of global powers then "that's their problem," Iran's U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee said on Wednesday. The meeting, called by Annan, will take place in Geneva on Saturday to work out a way to end the worsening conflict in Syria and bring about a political transition. ...http://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-ready-help-solve-syria-crisis-200025530.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 17:59:47 -0400Reutersiran-says-ready-help-solve-syria-crisis-200025530GENEVA (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the global powers and Middle East countries will meet in Geneva on Saturday to work out a way to end the worsening conflict in Syria and bring about a political transition. International mediator Kofi Annan called the meeting on Wednesday just as the situation in Syria took an even more serious turn, with insurgents attacking a pro-government television station in Damascus and fighting breaking out in the capital's suburbs. Annan, who acts as envoy for the United Nations and Arab League, said he had invited foreign ministers from the five permanent ...http://news.yahoo.com/world-powers-meet-geneva-syria-213333834.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 17:33:33 -0400Reutersworld-powers-meet-geneva-syria-213333834Chinese fishing boats have returned to a lagoon in a disputed South China Sea shoal despite an agreement to clear the area of all vessels, dashing hopes of an early resolution of a territorial rift with the Philippines, officials in Manila said Wednesday.http://news.yahoo.com/manila-says-chinese-boats-back-disputed-lagoon-212419969--finance.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 17:24:19 -0400Associated Pressmanila-says-chinese-boats-back-disputed-lagoon-212419969--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/federer-cruises-wimbledon-third-round-133453817--ten.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/biL3duPFcq8zhUujp1iO1g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1340832186067-6-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Serbia&#039;s Novak Djokovic" align="left" title="Serbia&#039;s Novak Djokovic" border="0" /></a>Six-time winner Roger Federer and defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the Wimbledon third round on Wednesday as the women&#039;s draw was blown wide open with the shock exits of three top seeds.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/federer-cruises-wimbledon-third-round-133453817--ten.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 17:23:46 -0400AFPfederer-cruises-wimbledon-third-round-133453817--ten<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/federer-cruises-wimbledon-third-round-133453817--ten.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/biL3duPFcq8zhUujp1iO1g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1340832186067-6-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Serbia&#039;s Novak Djokovic" align="left" title="Serbia&#039;s Novak Djokovic" border="0" /></a>Six-time winner Roger Federer and defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the Wimbledon third round on Wednesday as the women&#039;s draw was blown wide open with the shock exits of three top seeds.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russias-putin-orders-reform-parliament-113626734.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3fDj0fv7H4vj0owb3Ugu.Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/387b3bb902d3b812130f6a7067005822.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Tuesday, June 26, 2012 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at an opening ceremony of a hotel for pilgrims of the Russian Orthodox Church in Jordan.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)" align="left" title="In this Tuesday, June 26, 2012 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at an opening ceremony of a hotel for pilgrims of the Russian Orthodox Church in Jordan.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)" border="0" /></a>President Vladimir Putin submitted a bill Wednesday that would change how the upper house of the Russian parliament is formed, a move he said would make it more democratic but which critics said wouldn&#039;t change the body&#039;s role as an obedient tool of the Kremlin.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russias-putin-orders-reform-parliament-113626734.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 15:33:37 -0400Associated Pressrussias-putin-orders-reform-parliament-113626734<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russias-putin-orders-reform-parliament-113626734.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3fDj0fv7H4vj0owb3Ugu.Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/387b3bb902d3b812130f6a7067005822.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Tuesday, June 26, 2012 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at an opening ceremony of a hotel for pilgrims of the Russian Orthodox Church in Jordan.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)" align="left" title="In this Tuesday, June 26, 2012 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at an opening ceremony of a hotel for pilgrims of the Russian Orthodox Church in Jordan.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)" border="0" /></a>President Vladimir Putin submitted a bill Wednesday that would change how the upper house of the Russian parliament is formed, a move he said would make it more democratic but which critics said wouldn&#039;t change the body&#039;s role as an obedient tool of the Kremlin.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-hopeful-syria-meeting-turning-point-125205539.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T4iVzoVJUB4tn3J6iB6IUQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/98c5b3960355ba12130f6a70670098ac.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with President of Finland Sauli Niinist?, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the Mantyniemi Presidential Residence in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with President of Finland Sauli Niinist?, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the Mantyniemi Presidential Residence in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)" border="0" /></a>U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she has &quot;great hope&quot; that an upcoming Geneva meeting of world powers can be a turning point in the Syria crisis. Clinton said the U.S. supports U.N. envoy Kofi Annan&#039;s plan for political transition in Syria.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-hopeful-syria-meeting-turning-point-125205539.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 15:06:33 -0400Associated Pressclinton-hopeful-syria-meeting-turning-point-125205539<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-hopeful-syria-meeting-turning-point-125205539.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T4iVzoVJUB4tn3J6iB6IUQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/98c5b3960355ba12130f6a70670098ac.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with President of Finland Sauli Niinist?, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the Mantyniemi Presidential Residence in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with President of Finland Sauli Niinist?, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the Mantyniemi Presidential Residence in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)" border="0" /></a>U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she has &quot;great hope&quot; that an upcoming Geneva meeting of world powers can be a turning point in the Syria crisis. Clinton said the U.S. supports U.N. envoy Kofi Annan&#039;s plan for political transition in Syria.</p><br clear="all"/>Officials from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund will begin assessing next week how much bailout money Cyprus will need to prop up its banks and flagging economy, the country's finance minister said Wednesday.http://news.yahoo.com/cyprus-eurozone-countries-accept-bailout-request-182757325--finance.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 15:00:48 -0400Associated Presscyprus-eurozone-countries-accept-bailout-request-182757325--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/palestinians-last-push-un-nod-bethlehem-171457760.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FzIOc4tjS8aWGjXzw2AfEw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/df1620fa04ddc112130f6a706700981d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Friday, Dec. 24, 2010 file photo shows a cross in front of the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, during a Christmas parade in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. The Palestinians on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 made a final push to have UNESCO recognize the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Israeli-controlled West Bank as an endangered World Heritage site, despite misgivings by Christian denominations and a cool response from the U.N. agency. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This Friday, Dec. 24, 2010 file photo shows a cross in front of the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, during a Christmas parade in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. The Palestinians on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 made a final push to have UNESCO recognize the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Israeli-controlled West Bank as an endangered World Heritage site, despite misgivings by Christian denominations and a cool response from the U.N. agency. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi, File)" border="0" /></a>The Palestinians on Wednesday made a final push to have UNESCO recognize the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Israeli-controlled West Bank as an endangered World Heritage site, despite misgivings by Christian denominations and a cool response from the U.N. agency.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/palestinians-last-push-un-nod-bethlehem-171457760.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 14:11:16 -0400Associated Presspalestinians-last-push-un-nod-bethlehem-171457760<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/palestinians-last-push-un-nod-bethlehem-171457760.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FzIOc4tjS8aWGjXzw2AfEw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/df1620fa04ddc112130f6a706700981d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Friday, Dec. 24, 2010 file photo shows a cross in front of the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, during a Christmas parade in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. The Palestinians on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 made a final push to have UNESCO recognize the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Israeli-controlled West Bank as an endangered World Heritage site, despite misgivings by Christian denominations and a cool response from the U.N. agency. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This Friday, Dec. 24, 2010 file photo shows a cross in front of the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, during a Christmas parade in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. The Palestinians on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 made a final push to have UNESCO recognize the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Israeli-controlled West Bank as an endangered World Heritage site, despite misgivings by Christian denominations and a cool response from the U.N. agency. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi, File)" border="0" /></a>The Palestinians on Wednesday made a final push to have UNESCO recognize the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Israeli-controlled West Bank as an endangered World Heritage site, despite misgivings by Christian denominations and a cool response from the U.N. agency.</p><br clear="all"/>TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian authorities on Wednesday impounded some assets of billionaire opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili in a move likely to raise tension in the Caucasus state ahead of a parliamentary election this year. The bailiffs from the National Enforcement Bureau said that Ivanishvili's 100 percent share in Cartu Bank, 21.7 percent share in Progress Bank as well as his 100 percent share in JSC Cartu Group had been seized after the tycoon's refusal to pay a multi-million-dollar fine imposed on him earlier this month. ...http://news.yahoo.com/georgia-impounds-assets-opposition-tycoon-173827514.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 13:38:27 -0400Reutersgeorgia-impounds-assets-opposition-tycoon-173827514<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-violence-syria-worse-ceasefire-083713745.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uzOjnwsnuTB5jXnBiLMKkA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c6448b1c0345ba12130f6a706700fd79.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, the damaged Ikhbariya TV compound is seen after it was attacked by gunmen, in in the town of Drousha, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, demolishing the building and killing three employees, the state media reported. Syrian officials denounced what they called a rebel &quot;massacre against the freedom of the press.&quot; (AP Photo/SANA)" align="left" title="In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, the damaged Ikhbariya TV compound is seen after it was attacked by gunmen, in in the town of Drousha, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, demolishing the building and killing three employees, the state media reported. Syrian officials denounced what they called a rebel &quot;massacre against the freedom of the press.&quot; (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /></a>The violence in Syria has worsened since a cease-fire deal in April and the bloodshed appears to be taking on dangerous sectarian overtones, the U.N. said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/un-violence-syria-worse-ceasefire-083713745.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 13:29:41 -0400Associated Pressun-violence-syria-worse-ceasefire-083713745<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-violence-syria-worse-ceasefire-083713745.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uzOjnwsnuTB5jXnBiLMKkA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c6448b1c0345ba12130f6a706700fd79.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, the damaged Ikhbariya TV compound is seen after it was attacked by gunmen, in in the town of Drousha, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, demolishing the building and killing three employees, the state media reported. Syrian officials denounced what they called a rebel &quot;massacre against the freedom of the press.&quot; (AP Photo/SANA)" align="left" title="In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, the damaged Ikhbariya TV compound is seen after it was attacked by gunmen, in in the town of Drousha, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, demolishing the building and killing three employees, the state media reported. Syrian officials denounced what they called a rebel &quot;massacre against the freedom of the press.&quot; (AP Photo/SANA)" border="0" /></a>The violence in Syria has worsened since a cease-fire deal in April and the bloodshed appears to be taking on dangerous sectarian overtones, the U.N. said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-outraged-over-senate-approval-magnitsky-bill-155620463.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UK3Yt.rrgE.14oI9BZkW5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-27T165814Z_3_CBRE85Q11YP00_RTROPTP_2_JORDAN-RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia&#039;s President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of the Russian Pilgrims&#039; House at the Jordanian side of the Jordan River" align="left" title="Russia&#039;s President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of the Russian Pilgrims&#039; House at the Jordanian side of the Jordan River" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow expressed outrage on Wednesday over a U.S. Senate panel&#039;s approval of a bill that would penalize Russian officials for human rights abuses, and warned Washington that adoption of the sanctions would force Russia to respond in kind. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the &quot;Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act,&quot; named after a Russian anti-corruption lawyer whose death in 2009 while in pre-trial detention drew widespread condemnation. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russia-outraged-over-senate-approval-magnitsky-bill-155620463.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 12:58:14 -0400Reutersrussia-outraged-over-senate-approval-magnitsky-bill-155620463<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-outraged-over-senate-approval-magnitsky-bill-155620463.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UK3Yt.rrgE.14oI9BZkW5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-27T165814Z_3_CBRE85Q11YP00_RTROPTP_2_JORDAN-RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia&#039;s President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of the Russian Pilgrims&#039; House at the Jordanian side of the Jordan River" align="left" title="Russia&#039;s President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of the Russian Pilgrims&#039; House at the Jordanian side of the Jordan River" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow expressed outrage on Wednesday over a U.S. Senate panel&#039;s approval of a bill that would penalize Russian officials for human rights abuses, and warned Washington that adoption of the sanctions would force Russia to respond in kind. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the &quot;Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act,&quot; named after a Russian anti-corruption lawyer whose death in 2009 while in pre-trial detention drew widespread condemnation. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Wimbledon?s fortnight is underway, and already two storied players are out: Venus Williams, a five-time singles champion, and fellow American John Isner, who won the longest match in tennis history ? an 11-hour marathon ? while playing at the Big W two years ago. Early-round tremors aside, the main story lines seem secure for now.http://news.yahoo.com/wimbledon-101-know-164621659.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 12:46:21 -0400Christian Science Monitorwimbledon-101-know-164621659(Reuters) - Here are the main events in the uprising in Syria since it began: March 15, 2011 - About 40 people join a protest in Old Damascus, chanting political slogans in a brief first challenge to the ruling Baath Party before dispersing into side streets. March 18 - Security forces kill three protesters in southern Deraa, residents say. The demonstrators were demanding political freedoms and an end to corruption. March 22 - Hundreds of people march in Deraa and Nawa demanding freedom in the fifth straight day of demonstrations. ...http://news.yahoo.com/timeline-violence-syria-162348325.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 12:23:48 -0400Reuterstimeline-violence-syria-162348325VIENNA (Reuters) - Western states pressured China at closed-door talks last week to address concerns about its plans to expand a nuclear power plant in Pakistan and provide more information, but were rebuffed, two diplomatic sources said on Wednesday. Beijing's atomic relations with Islamabad have caused unease in Washington, Delhi and other capitals due to Pakistan's history of spreading nuclear arms technology and fears about the integrity of international non proliferation rules. ...http://news.yahoo.com/west-worried-china-pakistan-atomic-ties-sources-143238015.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 11:53:02 -0400Reuterswest-worried-china-pakistan-atomic-ties-sources-143238015<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-backs-annan-push-toward-post-assad-syria-005430852.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1UXBr51F7mR8FSXsudfFCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1340801529267-4-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan&#039;s six-point peace plan has failed to stop the bloodshed in Syria" align="left" title="UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan&#039;s six-point peace plan has failed to stop the bloodshed in Syria" border="0" /></a>International peace envoy Kofi Annan said on Wednesday that an action group on Syria would meet this weekend in a new bid to shore up his faltering peace plan, but Iran was kept off the invitation list.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-backs-annan-push-toward-post-assad-syria-005430852.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 11:41:53 -0400AFPclinton-backs-annan-push-toward-post-assad-syria-005430852<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-backs-annan-push-toward-post-assad-syria-005430852.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1UXBr51F7mR8FSXsudfFCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1340801529267-4-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan&#039;s six-point peace plan has failed to stop the bloodshed in Syria" align="left" title="UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan&#039;s six-point peace plan has failed to stop the bloodshed in Syria" border="0" /></a>International peace envoy Kofi Annan said on Wednesday that an action group on Syria would meet this weekend in a new bid to shore up his faltering peace plan, but Iran was kept off the invitation list.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-syrias-assad-faces-growing-rebel-foreign-threat-150243026.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3IGMRVFKZ4VDLESWn10dhw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-27T153012Z_2_CBRE85Q16X300_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SYRIA-ESCALATION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Demonstrators hold Syrian opposition flags during a protest against Syria&#039;s President Bashar al-Assad at Kfr Suseh area in Damascus" align="left" title="Demonstrators hold Syrian opposition flags during a protest against Syria&#039;s President Bashar al-Assad at Kfr Suseh area in Damascus" border="0" /></a>LONDON, June x (Reuters) - With a high profile attack on a government TV station, escalating fighting around Damascus and talk of increasing covert foreign support, Syria&#039;s rebels are bringing the fight ever closer to Bashar Al Assad. In a speech on Tuesday night, Assad said the country was now &quot;at war&quot; and that all sectors of the government and country must devote their energies to the war effort. A string of recent military defections suggest even some of his supporters may have had enough, but most analysts and foreign officials believe his government could cling on well into 2013. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-syrias-assad-faces-growing-rebel-foreign-threat-150243026.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 11:41:49 -0400Reutersanalysis-syrias-assad-faces-growing-rebel-foreign-threat-150243026<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-syrias-assad-faces-growing-rebel-foreign-threat-150243026.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3IGMRVFKZ4VDLESWn10dhw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-27T153012Z_2_CBRE85Q16X300_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SYRIA-ESCALATION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Demonstrators hold Syrian opposition flags during a protest against Syria&#039;s President Bashar al-Assad at Kfr Suseh area in Damascus" align="left" title="Demonstrators hold Syrian opposition flags during a protest against Syria&#039;s President Bashar al-Assad at Kfr Suseh area in Damascus" border="0" /></a>LONDON, June x (Reuters) - With a high profile attack on a government TV station, escalating fighting around Damascus and talk of increasing covert foreign support, Syria&#039;s rebels are bringing the fight ever closer to Bashar Al Assad. In a speech on Tuesday night, Assad said the country was now &quot;at war&quot; and that all sectors of the government and country must devote their energies to the war effort. A string of recent military defections suggest even some of his supporters may have had enough, but most analysts and foreign officials believe his government could cling on well into 2013. ...</p><br clear="all"/>HELSINKI - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she's optimistic that relations with Moscow will not suffer despite planned legislation in Congress that would impose tough sanctions on Russian human rights violators.http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-worries-human-rights-russia-optimistic-overall-us-150015748.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 11:00:15 -0400Associated Pressclinton-worries-human-rights-russia-optimistic-overall-us-150015748<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-may-fly-military-cargo-syria-145503914.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jGJxfyGSJoCn8pdKJFKwDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1340808735213-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian-made Mi-24 attack helicopters" align="left" title="Russian-made Mi-24 attack helicopters" border="0" /></a>Russia may decide to fly a controversial military cargo of helicopters and air defence systems to Syria after it abandoned an attempt to ship the materiel by sea, a report said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russia-may-fly-military-cargo-syria-145503914.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 10:55:03 -0400AFPrussia-may-fly-military-cargo-syria-145503914<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-may-fly-military-cargo-syria-145503914.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jGJxfyGSJoCn8pdKJFKwDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1340808735213-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian-made Mi-24 attack helicopters" align="left" title="Russian-made Mi-24 attack helicopters" border="0" /></a>Russia may decide to fly a controversial military cargo of helicopters and air defence systems to Syria after it abandoned an attempt to ship the materiel by sea, a report said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>MOSCOW - Dozens of Russian intellectuals have signed an open letter calling on the Kremlin to release feminist punk rockers who face up to seven years in jail for staging a prank prayer against President Vladimir Putin.http://news.yahoo.com/russian-intellectuals-call-kremlin-release-jailed-punk-feminists-144541467.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 10:45:41 -0400Associated Pressrussian-intellectuals-call-kremlin-release-jailed-punk-feminists-144541467<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-cites-concerns-over-human-rights-russia-143013064--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T4iVzoVJUB4tn3J6iB6IUQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/98c5b3960355ba12130f6a70670098ac.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with President of Finland Sauli Niinist?, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the Mantyniemi Presidential Residence in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with President of Finland Sauli Niinist?, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the Mantyniemi Presidential Residence in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)" border="0" /></a>U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she&#039;s optimistic that relations with Moscow will not suffer despite planned legislation in Congress that would impose tough sanctions on Russian human rights violators.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-cites-concerns-over-human-rights-russia-143013064--finance.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 10:30:13 -0400Associated Pressclinton-cites-concerns-over-human-rights-russia-143013064--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-cites-concerns-over-human-rights-russia-143013064--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T4iVzoVJUB4tn3J6iB6IUQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/98c5b3960355ba12130f6a70670098ac.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with President of Finland Sauli Niinist?, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the Mantyniemi Presidential Residence in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with President of Finland Sauli Niinist?, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the Mantyniemi Presidential Residence in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)" border="0" /></a>U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she&#039;s optimistic that relations with Moscow will not suffer despite planned legislation in Congress that would impose tough sanctions on Russian human rights violators.</p><br clear="all"/>The potential kingmaker in forming the next Serbian government said Wednesday he is thinking of ditching his alliance with the country's main pro-European Union party and turning to pro-Russian nationalists instead.http://news.yahoo.com/nationalist-dominated-serb-government-likely-142753142.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 10:27:53 -0400Associated Pressnationalist-dominated-serb-government-likely-142753142U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she's optimistic that relations with Moscow will not suffer despite planned legislation in Congress that would impose tough sanctions on Russian human rights violators.http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-optimistic-over-us-russian-relations-133845540.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 09:34:22 -0400Associated Pressclinton-optimistic-over-us-russian-relations-133845540<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-britain-outside-eu-switzerland-nukes-123950282--business.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9Q8xPQjLWuC.56k9ueWnEA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-27T131144Z_1_CBRE85Q10NT00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-BRITAIN-EU.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Poland&#039;s Finance Minister Rostowski talks to Italy&#039;s PM Monti and Britain&#039;s Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne during an EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels" align="left" title="Poland&#039;s Finance Minister Rostowski talks to Italy&#039;s PM Monti and Britain&#039;s Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne during an EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Without a coherent plan for going it alone, Britain may be drifting towards its biggest strategic move in a generation: a disorderly exit from the European Union. Prime Minister David Cameron wants Britain to remain inside the EU, but if the British people ever get a referendum on whether to stay inside a Europe that sees its survival in closer unity then polls suggest they would vote &quot;No&quot;. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-britain-outside-eu-switzerland-nukes-123950282--business.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 09:13:03 -0400Reutersanalysis-britain-outside-eu-switzerland-nukes-123950282--business<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-britain-outside-eu-switzerland-nukes-123950282--business.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9Q8xPQjLWuC.56k9ueWnEA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-27T131144Z_1_CBRE85Q10NT00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-BRITAIN-EU.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Poland&#039;s Finance Minister Rostowski talks to Italy&#039;s PM Monti and Britain&#039;s Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne during an EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels" align="left" title="Poland&#039;s Finance Minister Rostowski talks to Italy&#039;s PM Monti and Britain&#039;s Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne during an EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Without a coherent plan for going it alone, Britain may be drifting towards its biggest strategic move in a generation: a disorderly exit from the European Union. Prime Minister David Cameron wants Britain to remain inside the EU, but if the British people ever get a referendum on whether to stay inside a Europe that sees its survival in closer unity then polls suggest they would vote &quot;No&quot;. ...</p><br clear="all"/>International envoy Kofi Annan is summoning permanent members of the U.N. Security Council for a conference on Syria but has not invited Iran or Saudi Arabia, two of the biggest regional players.http://news.yahoo.com/annan-iran-saudi-not-invited-syria-conference-130917082.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 09:09:17 -0400Associated Pressannan-iran-saudi-not-invited-syria-conference-130917082Kyrgyzstan's parliament backed a motion Wednesday to review the operating license of a company developing a major gold mine that accounts for 12 percent of the Central Asian nation's economy.http://news.yahoo.com/kyrgyz-parliament-votes-revise-mine-license-123054090.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 09:05:43 -0400Associated Presskyrgyz-parliament-votes-revise-mine-license-123054090<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-outraged-u-senate-passed-magnitsky-bill-094415158.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WZVzOrWBplkosok0FK5HdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-27T113615Z_1_CBRE85Q0W8H00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA-USA-MISSILES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia&#039;s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov speaks during a news briefing in the main building of Foreign Ministry in Moscow" align="left" title="Russia&#039;s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov speaks during a news briefing in the main building of Foreign Ministry in Moscow" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow expressed outrage on Wednesday over the Senate&#039;s approval of a bill that would penalize Russian officials for human rights abuses, and warned Americans that adoption of the sanctions would strain U.S.-Russian relations. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the &quot;Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act,&quot; named after an anti-corruption lawyer whose death in jail in 2009 while in pre-trial detention has drawn widespread condemnation. Despite broad support in Congress, the bill&#039;s future remains uncertain, partly because U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russia-outraged-u-senate-passed-magnitsky-bill-094415158.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 05:51:42 -0400Reutersrussia-outraged-u-senate-passed-magnitsky-bill-094415158<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-outraged-u-senate-passed-magnitsky-bill-094415158.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WZVzOrWBplkosok0FK5HdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-27T113615Z_1_CBRE85Q0W8H00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA-USA-MISSILES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia&#039;s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov speaks during a news briefing in the main building of Foreign Ministry in Moscow" align="left" title="Russia&#039;s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov speaks during a news briefing in the main building of Foreign Ministry in Moscow" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow expressed outrage on Wednesday over the Senate&#039;s approval of a bill that would penalize Russian officials for human rights abuses, and warned Americans that adoption of the sanctions would strain U.S.-Russian relations. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the &quot;Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act,&quot; named after an anti-corruption lawyer whose death in jail in 2009 while in pre-trial detention has drawn widespread condemnation. Despite broad support in Congress, the bill&#039;s future remains uncertain, partly because U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>World powers are going to meet in Geneva on Saturday in an attempt to find ways of ending the violence in Syria, senior diplomats at the United Nations said.http://news.yahoo.com/world-powers-discuss-syria-geneva-072001494.htmlWed, 27 Jun 2012 04:22:40 -0400Associated Pressworld-powers-discuss-syria-geneva-072001494<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-says-iran-part-syria-summit-164036515.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dZNns3BYfMPcPVhgbG7W_A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1340740701993-5-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Christian religious clergymen in Jordan" align="left" title="Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Christian religious clergymen in Jordan" border="0" /></a>Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Iran should be invited to an international meeting on the Syria conflict in Geneva at the weekend.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russia-says-iran-part-syria-summit-164036515.htmlTue, 26 Jun 2012 20:36:03 -0400AFPrussia-says-iran-part-syria-summit-164036515<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-says-iran-part-syria-summit-164036515.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dZNns3BYfMPcPVhgbG7W_A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1340740701993-5-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Christian religious clergymen in Jordan" align="left" title="Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Christian religious clergymen in Jordan" border="0" /></a>Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Iran should be invited to an international meeting on the Syria conflict in Geneva at the weekend.</p><br clear="all"/>UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend a meeting on the escalating conflict in Syria that international mediator Kofi Annan is attempting to organize in Geneva this weekend, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said on Tuesday. "Sergei Lavrov has officially accepted the invitation to come to the actual meeting in Geneva on Saturday, June 30," Churkin told reporters ahead of a closed-door meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Syria. "We attach great importance to this meeting." U.S. ...http://news.yahoo.com/russias-lavrov-attend-syria-meeting-happens-003201293.htmlTue, 26 Jun 2012 20:32:01 -0400Reutersrussias-lavrov-attend-syria-meeting-happens-003201293WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite some military defections, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's inner circle remains cohesive and the 16-month conflict with rebels is likely to be a drawn-out struggle, senior U.S. intelligence officials said on Tuesday. That assessment appears to dash any U.S. hopes that Assad, whose ouster Washington has called for, will fall soon of his own accord. The Obama administration has declined to intervene militarily in Syria, citing the lack of international backing and the country's sectarian divisions. ...http://news.yahoo.com/u-intelligence-sees-few-cracks-assads-inner-circle-224025303.htmlTue, 26 Jun 2012 18:40:25 -0400Reutersu-intelligence-sees-few-cracks-assads-inner-circle-224025303<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/euro-zone-big-four-confer-more-states-seek-100329725--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HgO3y0TbmgqwFQa3fEXXVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-26T223858Z_3_CBRE85P0RXW00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-EUROZONE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(From L) Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy, French President Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Monti and German Chancellor Merkel attend a meeting in Rome" align="left" title="(From L) Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy, French President Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Monti and German Chancellor Merkel attend a meeting in Rome" border="0" /></a>BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to bury once and for all the idea of common euro zone bonds on Tuesday, saying Europe would not share total debt liability &quot;as long as I live&quot;, as the bloc&#039;s big four finance ministers met to narrow differences on how to solve a worsening debt crisis. Two days before a crucial European Union summit, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy released a seven-page report on closer fiscal and banking union envisaging a euro zone treasury that would issue common debt in the medium term. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/euro-zone-big-four-confer-more-states-seek-100329725--sector.htmlTue, 26 Jun 2012 18:38:58 -0400Reuterseuro-zone-big-four-confer-more-states-seek-100329725--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/euro-zone-big-four-confer-more-states-seek-100329725--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HgO3y0TbmgqwFQa3fEXXVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-26T223858Z_3_CBRE85P0RXW00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-EUROZONE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(From L) Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy, French President Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Monti and German Chancellor Merkel attend a meeting in Rome" align="left" title="(From L) Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy, French President Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Monti and German Chancellor Merkel attend a meeting in Rome" border="0" /></a>BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to bury once and for all the idea of common euro zone bonds on Tuesday, saying Europe would not share total debt liability &quot;as long as I live&quot;, as the bloc&#039;s big four finance ministers met to narrow differences on how to solve a worsening debt crisis. Two days before a crucial European Union summit, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy released a seven-page report on closer fiscal and banking union envisaging a euro zone treasury that would issue common debt in the medium term. ...</p><br clear="all"/>9th circuit court of appeals gisele bundchen tom brady randy travis arrested dickens amber portwood cujo greg kelly