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• China refused backing of Arab league

  thewall.com | 11:40 am Feb 13, 2012

  • China refused backing of an Arab league call U.N. Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping force for Syria and Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin gave vague answer by saying China backs the Arab League's "political mediation efforts"
  • China and Russia upset United States, Europe and Arab hen they vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have pressured Syria's President Bashar Assad to step down
  • league has been trying hard to end 11 month blood shed in Syria , it demanded the regime forces lift the siege on neighborhoods and villages
  • This group was created last weekend's veto of a Western and Arab draft resolution that would have pressured Assad to step down

• Arab bloc to request Syria peacekeeping force

  aljazeera.com | 5:06 pm Feb 12, 2012

  Security forces have also made house-to-house raids over the last two days in Homs, which has been under siege for the last week, anti-government activists have said. They say at least 300 people have been killed there since the government's latest assault…

• Syria's slide towards civil war

  bbc.co.uk | 8:12 pm Feb 12, 2012

  There are Sunnis in the security forces; Christians and Alawites have joined the revolution. It is not yet a purely sectarian conflict. But the pressures for it to become one are enormous. Yousseff Hannah was a prisoner of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) - the…

• What's Happening in Syria Now

  motherjones.com | 3:25 pm Feb 2, 2012

  The basics: Syria is an Arab country with more than 22 million people; it borders many of the major players in the Middle East (Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey) and is roughly the size of North Dakota. Syria famously lost the Golan Heights to Israel…

• France recalls ambassador to Syria

  ap.org | 3:22 pm Nov 16, 2011

  France's ambassador to Syria says the government in Paris has ordered him home in the wake of recent attacks against diplomatic missions and a crackdown by Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. Ambassador Eric Chevallier said by phone Wednesday he "was…

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• CNN's Whitney Houston Coverage Rewarded in Ratings - NYTimes.com

  nytimes.com | 4:43 am Feb 14, 2012
• AJE - Al Jazeera English

  aljazeera.com | 8:42 pm Nov 12, 2011

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  7:11 am Feb 14, 2012
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  6:24 am Feb 14, 2012
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  5:36 am Feb 14, 2012
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  5:22 am Feb 14, 2012
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  5:21 am Feb 14, 2012
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  5:08 am Feb 14, 2012
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  4:54 am Feb 14, 2012
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  4:22 am Feb 14, 2012
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  3:28 am Feb 14, 2012
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  2:46 am Feb 14, 2012
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  2:38 am Feb 14, 2012
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  2:21 am Feb 14, 2012
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  2:15 am Feb 14, 2012
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  2:11 am Feb 14, 2012
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  2:06 am Feb 14, 2012
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  1:54 am Feb 14, 2012
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  1:14 am Feb 14, 2012
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  1:14 am Feb 14, 2012
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  1:02 am Feb 14, 2012
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  12:59 am Feb 14, 2012
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  12:54 am Feb 14, 2012
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  12:33 am Feb 14, 2012
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  11:59 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  11:54 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  11:42 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  11:32 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  11:15 pm Feb 13, 2012
• U.N. Chief Condemns Syria: Says Assad regime has likely committed crimes against humanity. http://t.co/0Hqz9VRV #cheatsheet

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  11:14 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  8:38 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  8:05 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  7:58 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  7:47 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  7:18 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  7:12 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  6:54 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  6:44 pm Feb 13, 2012
• Syrian troops are raping and torturing, UN watchdog claims http://t.co/YPCqGmrN

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  6:39 pm Feb 13, 2012
• @OccupyChicago China and Russia were backstabbed on contracts back when they approved of the Libya Resolution, hence the veto on Syria

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  6:29 pm Feb 13, 2012
• UN rights chief: Syria crimes against humanity must not go unpunished http://t.co/AsVYycdU

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  6:20 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  6:17 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  6:09 pm Feb 13, 2012
• BREAKING: A large number of foreign terrorists causing instability in Syria have been arrested. http://t.co/8dNkyB2F

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  5:58 pm Feb 13, 2012
• Ayman Zawahri & Alqaeda go to hell. #Syria is for Syrians. Funny how they beg to put their disgusting terrorist hands in2 everything.

  @tweets4peace - ♡ Freedom ✌ Syria ♡
  

  5:52 pm Feb 13, 2012
• Russia wants peace before peacekeeping mission to Syria http://t.co/9w8dcM4G

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  5:11 pm Feb 13, 2012
• In sum, Jaafari blames youtube, google, al jazeera and GCC states for conspiracy against Syria

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  5:08 pm Feb 13, 2012
• Congrats @GOOGLE, you've joined in on the war on the #Syria'n regime. Syrian rep at UN is accuding google maps of changing street names.

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  5:08 pm Feb 13, 2012
• Syrian speaker at UN basically ends with: "I try to use Google maps and it misspells street names so i get lost, please fix that kTxbai" WTF

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  5:08 pm Feb 13, 2012
• China avoids clear support for U.N. peacekeepers in Syria http://t.co/64qzcsbx

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  5:06 pm Feb 13, 2012
• Video Shows Syrian Anti-Aircraft Tank Firing Randomly Into Peoples' Homes http://t.co/tyhTYV7s

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  5:01 pm Feb 13, 2012
• Arab peace moves on Syria herald more diplomatic wrangling http://t.co/9lRSvAal

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  4:56 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  4:51 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  4:37 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  4:32 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  4:30 pm Feb 13, 2012
• "The people of Syria are asking for the rights that every human being is entitled to and they are looking to this Assembly for those rights"

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  4:29 pm Feb 13, 2012
• "Crimes against humanity have likely been committed in Syria." ~UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

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  4:28 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  4:20 pm Feb 13, 2012
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  4:17 pm Feb 13, 2012
• Global Media Promotes Syrian “Activist” Begging For Military Invasion - http://t.co/fhcuLbkc

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  4:06 pm Feb 13, 2012
• Global Media Promotes Syrian “Activist” Begging For Military Invasion - http://t.co/ztwMjr7Y

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  4:06 pm Feb 13, 2012
• [infowars] Global Media Promotes Syrian “Activist” Begging For Military Invasion http://t.co/1R4rYRwF #nwo

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  3:52 pm Feb 13, 2012
• Al-Qaeda and West in cahoots in Syria? http://t.co/XltV2Q2r #news

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  3:52 pm Feb 13, 2012
• Fresh attacks in Syria ahead of U.N. vote http://t.co/SHf9TBj2

  @cnni - CNN International
  

  3:46 pm Feb 13, 2012
• Syria envoy Jaafari tells his "brother" the pres of the UN Gen Assembly that special session on Syria is "illegal" and should be cancelled

  @denisfitz - Denis Fitzgerald
  

  3:45 pm Feb 13, 2012
• No real sense of urgency as diplomats file into GA Hall for *10am* special session on Syria http://t.co/1T8vRd1F ch:3

  @denisfitz - Denis Fitzgerald
  

  3:29 pm Feb 13, 2012
• US officials say Syrian regime elite seeking exit strategy, moving money out of Syria: http://t.co/i3EGNXX9

  @michaeldweiss - michaeldweiss
  

  3:11 pm Feb 13, 2012
• #News Today's letters: What does the West do about Syria? - National Post (blog) http://t.co/YOymtUg0 #Syria #Damascus

  @DamascusTweets - FREEDOM
  

  2:34 pm Feb 13, 2012
• http://t.co/dnNpWwOk - Bahraa Hijazi's working on a documentary about the lives of women in Syria. Imprisoned Feb2. WE HOLD #SYRIA RESP

  @ProfKahf - Mohja Kahf
  

  2:27 pm Feb 13, 2012
• British journalist Lizzie Phelan Exposed the Lies of MSM on Syria : Western Media Fabricated Mass Killings of Sy... http://t.co/KS0hAhUu

  @glptweets - Godlike Productions
  

  2:11 pm Feb 13, 2012
• Danny Dayem has now safely left Syria. http://t.co/fHNJqZOY

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  12:46 pm Feb 13, 2012
• Syria: The whole truth. Game on! http://t.co/AICj3gCn

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  12:17 pm Feb 13, 2012
• 9 dead in Syria today. 4 in Damascus, 2 in Daraa, 1 in Aleppo, 1 in Hama and only 1 in Homs. Hopefully today will be a low death count.

  @ArabSpringFF - Arab Spring
  

  11:38 am Feb 13, 2012
• The cost of the Syrian revolution for the man on the street http://t.co/PLyfCqE0 #Syria #Assad

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  10:56 am Feb 13, 2012
• Syrian military storm key town held by rebels but fail to push through their defense lines: http://t.co/wuGrVBVw -VW #Syria

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  10:01 am Feb 13, 2012
• Syria near tipping into serious sectarian bloodshed, says BBC's Paul Wood after spending days under fire in Homs http://t.co/qropWsUw #Syria

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  10:00 am Feb 13, 2012
• Arab League will not provide Syrian opposition with military support - UAE FM #news

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  9:51 am Feb 13, 2012
• Russian foreign minister: there must be comprehensive political dialogue over #Syria to reach a solution satisfactory to the Syrian people

  @AlArabiya_Eng - Al Arabiya English
  

  9:20 am Feb 13, 2012
• Damascus rejects Arab League-UN peacekeepers proposal to tackle Syrian crisis http://t.co/zvYZMRU1

  @AlArabiya_Eng - Al Arabiya English
  

  8:42 am Feb 13, 2012
• Link: UK Foreign Secretary William Hague official statement on 12 Feb Arab League Syria meeting - http://t.co/I9Lg7wuN http://t.co/TmNAG4gE

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  7:55 am Feb 13, 2012
• Iraqis arming Syrian rebels: "I used to bring [weapons] from Syria; now it’s the other way around." http://t.co/okTYH3OX

  @glcarlstrom - Gregg Carlstrom
  

  7:51 am Feb 13, 2012
• Al Jazeera #news network hacked by Syrian Hackers http://t.co/NEGy4fu9 #Security #THN #defacements #hackernews

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  7:47 am Feb 13, 2012
• Exclusive: TIME talks to Syrian rebels as they plot their next move | http://t.co/p5VruYVw

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  7:00 am Feb 13, 2012
• Syria rejects new Arab League peace mission proposal http://t.co/KzLfZiQc #Syria

  @Mar15Syria - Syrian Revolution
  

  5:47 am Feb 13, 2012
• Syria rejects new Arab League resolutions http://t.co/4EZt2Kgk

  @RT_com - RT
  

  5:42 am Feb 13, 2012
• Syria rejects new Arab peace plan http://t.co/QwwE2fJK

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  5:00 am Feb 13, 2012