At a meeting of the League’s foreign ministers on Sunday, the group called on Arab nations to sever diplomatic relations with Syria in an effort to pressure it to end the violence there.
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Arab League Requests U.N. Peacekeepers for Syria
After three days of “careful consideration” and increasing pressure, CNN suspended political contributor Roland Martin for a series of Super Bowl tweets that GLAAD and other groups condemned as homophobic and promoting anti-LGBT violence. Read full article > >
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The TV Column: CNN suspends Roland Martin over ‘regrettable’ tweets
As violence in Syria spikes.
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Arab League and U.N. Discuss Joint Mission
Syria’s opposition dismisses assurances that President Assad is committed to ending the violence sweeping the country.
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Syria: Assad assurances dismissed
Two fundraisers for President Obama are brothers of a casino magnate linked to violence and corruption in Mexico who is seeking a pardon.
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Major Obama Donors Are Tied to Pepe Cardona, Mexican Fugitive
MEXICO CITY — With a decisive primary victory Sunday night, Josefina Vazquez Mota became the first woman to represent a major party in the Mexican presidential election, which backers hope will excite voters weary of the drug violence and political gridlock of her party’s leader, President Felipe Calderon. Read full article > >
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3 Mexican presidential hopefuls vie to lead a nation weary of politics
DAMASCUS, Syria — The United States closed its embassy in Damascus on Monday citing security concerns, while Britain summoned its ambassador to London to discuss Syria’s increasingly bloody crackdown on anti-government demonstrators. Read full article > >
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U.S. closes embassy, pulls diplomats from Syria as violence intensifies
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague accuses China and Russia of “betraying the Syrian people” by vetoing a UN resolution condemning violence there.
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Syria veto was ‘betrayal’ – Hague
MOSCOW – A meeting scheduled for Tuesday between top Russian officials and Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad is being portrayed by the Russian government as an attempt to bring about “the swiftest stabilization of the situation in Syria” in response to the growing conflict . Read full article > >
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Russia raps West, sends mission to Syria
A United Nations Security Council effort to end the violence in Syria ended in acrimony hours after the Syrian military attacked the ravaged city of Homs.
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Russia and China Block U.N. Action on Syrian Crisis
CAIRO — Throngs of young Egyptians incensed over a deadly melee at a soccer match clashed with security forces outside the Interior Ministry in Cairo on Thursday night as the episode threatened to plunge the country into a new cycle of recriminations and violence. Read full article > >
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In Egypt, protesters clash with police
ARAB AND WESTERN governments plan to mount a major diplomatic offensive at the United Nations on Tuesday in the hope of breaking a deadlock in the Security Council on Syria. Nabil el-Araby, secretary general of the Arab League, will present a plan to end the swelling violence by calling for dictator Bashar al-Assad to step down and be replaced by a coalition government that would organize elections. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the foreign ministers of Britain and France will attend the meeting as a way of raising the pressure on Russia, which has been blocking action by the Security Council since the Syrian uprising began 10 months ago. Read full article > >
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Editorial Board: Saving Syria requires Russia’s cooperation
Aggressive measures helped reduce gang violence in a city that is notorious for it. Then the budget cuts came.
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In Salinas, Fighting Gang Violence on a Shoestring
The Arab League says it is suspending its controversial monitoring mission in Syria because of the upsurge in violence.
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Arab League halts Syria mission
The TV Column: CNN suspends Roland Martin over ‘regrettable’ tweets
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