| Russian embassy in Libya stormed over veto on Syria Dozens of Syrian protesters stormed the Russian embassy in Libyan capital Tripoli Sunday, a day after Russia and China blocked a UN resolution on the Syrian crisis.
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| Outrage Builds Against Russia, China Over UN Veto Arab countries and Muslim organizations are reacting angrily to a veto by Russia and China of a UN Security Council draft resolution based on an Arab League plan to end the violence in Syria. ... |
| M.E. officials attack Russia, China, urge cutting ties with Syria ARAB leaders and officials have attacked the UN after Russia and China blocked a resolution condemning the Damascus regime, as Tunisia urged the world to cut diplomatic ties with Syria. Tunisian... |
| Lebanon may suffer Greece’s fate, says a lebanese banker A leading Lebanese banker fears a Greek economic scenario in Lebanon this year if the government fails to take immediate action to reduce the budget deficit, cut waste and implement broad... |
| Analysis: The UN Fails Syria By Marc Lynch The veto cast by Russia and China on Saturday blocked action by the United Nations Security Council to back the Arab League’s initiative to stop the killing and facilitate a... |
| Clinton urges ‘friends of democratic Syria’ to rally against Assad SOFIA, Bulgaria -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Sunday for "friends of democratic Syria" to unite and rally against President Bashar Assad's regime, previewing... |
| Iran threatens to hit any country used to attack its soil Iran will target any country used as a launchpad for attacks against its soil, the deputy Revolutionary Guards commander said, expanding Tehran ’s range of threats in an increasingly volatile... |
| 'Hezbollah will attack Israel if West intervenes in Syria' Hezbollah is prepared to attack should Western powers interfere in Syrian affairs, believes that a war in the Middle East could prevent the fall of the Assad regime, Lebanese official... |
| Islamists call for boycotting Russian, Chinese goods A major Islamic Movement called for boycotting the Russian and Chinese goods in protest of their veto of a Security Council resolution on the Syria crisis, a statement issued on Sunday at the... |
| Lebanon fundraiser today to benefit injured contractor Lebanon residents are coming together for a Super Bowl fundraiser to help pay the medical bills of a local man who was injured after a fall from a ladder. Jeff Novotny, a self-employed contractor,... |
| Protesters attack Russian embassy, tear down Russian flag in Tripoli CAIRO, February 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Protesters have attacked the Russian embassy in Tripoli and tore down the Russian flag, Al Jazeera reported on... |
| Lebanon County Burglary Suspect Arrested Lebanon County has been arrested. Eric Pabon Jr., 19, was taken into custody by Lititz Borough police late Saturday night. Pabon was wanted in connection with several burglaries in the Creekside and... |
| Anger after Russia, China block U.N. action on Syria BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Western and Arab countries responded with outrage on Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have urged Syrian President... |
| Chinese team arrives in Tripoli for assets protection, reconstruction participation TRIPOLI, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- A work team of China's Ministry of Commerce arrived here Saturday night to discuss with Libyan authorities on protecting assets of Chinese companies and its... |
| Chavez: Iran sanctions have hurt joint auto venture in Venezuela Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that international sanctions on Iran are impeding some of his country's business deals with Tehran. The U.S. and European governments have imposed... |
| Tens of thousands protest in Moscow against Putin Undeterred by subzero temperatures that froze their breath and left icicles adorning many men’s mustaches and beards, tens of thousands of Russians marched through the streets of Moscow on... |
| Chinese gov't team arrives in Tripoli for assets protection, reconstruction participation A work team of China's Ministry of Commerce arrived Saturday night to discuss with Libyan authorities on protecting assets of Chinese companies and its participation in the North African... |
| Kokomo guts out a win at Lebanon LEBANON - It didn’t take clairvoyance to deduce that Saturday night’s showdown between Class 4A No. 6-ranked Kokomo and Class 3A No. 3-ranked Lebanon in the Tigers’ Rosenstihl... |
| Mitt Romney wins Nevada GOP caucuses Mitt Romney, solidly back in the frontrunner’s seat, swept to victory in Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses Saturday. His win was his second in a row, after a double-digit victory... |
| Al Arabiya documentary on Rafik al-Hariri’s assassination On Feb. 14, 2005, more than one ton of explosives claimed the lives of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri and 22 of his companions and innocent passers-by. From that point onwards, the... |
| Amnesty: Syria veto a ’shockingly callous betrayal’ Russia and China’s veto on Saturday of a UN resolution on the bloodshed in Syria is a ’shockingly callous betrayal’ of the Syrian people, Amnesty International said. Moscow and... |
| Syria: After U.N. vote fails, now what? The offensive appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said Saturday. The U.N. says more than 5,400 people have been killed over almost 11 months in a... |
| Russian FM: “We Are not Friends or Allies of Assad.” Hardly a word. This was despite the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was expected this weekend to try to persuade her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, to support... |
| Lebanese bid farewell to Nassib Lahoud Lebanese Politicians, foreign diplomats and religious leaders of various sects gathered Saturday at the St. George Cathedral in downtown Beirut to pay their respects to the head of the Democratic... |
| Protesters storm Syria’s embassies in Europe, Middle East, Australia Demonstrators have stormed Syrian embassies in Europe, the Middle East and Australia after Syrian forces reportedly killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs. British police used batons to... |
| Clinton: US, Europe must do more against tyrants And, as America shifts its primary strategic focus to Asia and reduces its military presence in Europe, President Barack Obama’s top two national security aides -- attending an international... |
| Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a Security Council resolution backing an Arab League peace plan that calls for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down amid escalating violence. The other 13... |
| MP Merhabi: Lebanon army is acting on orders from Syria March 14 MP Mouin Merhabi said on Saturday that the Lebanese army "was deployed today along the Lebanese-Syrian border on orders from Damascus to President Michel Suleiman, Prime Minister Najib... |
| After Homs massacre, protests erupt on several continents A wave of protests broke out at Syrian embassies on several continents amid reports of hundreds of deaths in one Syrian city and hours before a possible U.N. Security Council vote on a response to... |
| NATO used its forces to the maximum to take Tripoli Italy's L'Espresso daily publication wrote that NATO's special forces played the key role when taking Tripoli, the capital of Libya. A participant of the operation shared his... |
| Lebanon photographer captures Giant star When Lebanon photographer Scott Church traveled to New York City on Dec. 20 to photograph Victor Cruz, Cruz was merely a second-year NFL player having a solid season on a team whose playoff hopes... |
