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China defends Syria veto, doubts West's intentions
(Reuters)
Reuters - China defended its rejection of a U.N. resolution pressing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to abandon power, with a top state newspaper saying Western intervention in Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq exposed the risks of forced regime change.
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US Official: China and Russia will regret UN vote
(AP)
 AP - U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice says China and Russia are running of risk of suffering the same sort of international isolation as Syria's Bashar Assad because of their decision to block a U.N. Security Council vote embracing an Arab League solution for the Syrian crisis.
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Syria protesters hurl rocks at China embassy in Libya
(Reuters)
Reuters - Syrian and Libyan demonstrators hurled rocks, eggs and tomatoes at the Chinese embassy in Tripoli on Monday, after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution backing an Arab plan urging Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to give up power.
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Ambassador Rice: Egypt must release Americans
(AP)
AP - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is keeping up the Obama administration's pressure on Egypt to release 19 Americans facing trial on allegations of encouraging unrest in the country.
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China defends its veto of UN measure on Syria
(AP)
AP - China said Monday it was forced to veto a United Nations vote on Syria because it was called before differences in the proposal were bridged, but denied playing spoiler and said it wants to see an end to violence there.
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Russia and China Challenge the West on Syria: What Implications for Iran?
(Time.com)
Time.com - The breach among the Permanent Five members of the U.N. Security Council in Saturday's vote on Syria's increasingly bloody power struggle could have profound implications for Syria's immediate future
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UN envoy says Myanmar should admit to rights violations
(Reuters)
Reuters - A top United Nations envoy warned Myanmar Sunday not to backtrack on its ongoing reform program and said the civilian government should acknowledge its past human rights violations to allow the country to move forward.
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Anger after Russia, China block U.N. action on Syria
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Western and Arab states voiced outrage Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power, and Washington vowed harsher sanctions against Damascus.
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Clinton calls U.N. Syria vote a "travesty"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Russia and China's veto of a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria was a travesty, the United States said on Saturday, saying it would work with other nations to support democratic change in the Arab nation.
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UN envoy says Myanmar may allow election observers
(AP)
 AP - A U.N. human rights envoy said Sunday that Myanmar is considering letting foreign observers monitor April elections that are viewed as crucial for gauging the nation's much-heralded democratic reforms.
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Syria next steps: With diplomacy stalled, escalation expected
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Syria appear to have reached an impasse following the vetoing by Russia and China of a United Nations Security Council resolution.
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After UN veto, US floats coalition on Syria
(AP)
 AP - The United States proposed an international coalition to support Syria's opposition Sunday after Russia and China blocked a U.N. attempt to end nearly 11 months of bloodshed, raising fears that violence will escalate. Rebel soldiers said force was now the only way to oust President Bashar Assad, while the regime vowed to press its military crackdown.
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Arab, Turkish officials urge dialogue with Iran
(AP)
 AP - Arab and Turkish officials slammed talk of a military strike against Iran, saying Sunday it would be a disaster for the region and calling for renewed negotiations, while also urging the international community to keep pressure on Syria to end the bloodshed there.
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Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria
(AP)
 AP - The U.N. Security Council failed again Saturday to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution backing an Arab League plan that calls for President Bashar Assad to step down. The double-veto outraged the U.S. and European council members who feared it would embolden the Assad regime.
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Clinton warns more bloodshed if Syria action blocked
(Reuters)
Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Saturday that the risk of more bloodshed and civil war in Syria had increased after her attempt to get Russia to back a U.N. Security Council vote condemning President Bashar al-Assad had failed.
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Text of proposed UN resolution on Syria
(AP)
AP - Text of the proposed U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria that was vetoed Saturday by Russia and China:
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Obama-backed Syria resolution rebuffed
(AP)
 AP - President Barack Obama's call on Saturday for the U.N. Security Council to stand up against the Syrian regime's "relentless brutality" was rebuffed by Russia and China when both vetoed a resolution calling for President Bashar Assad to leave power.
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(AP)
AP - Russia, China veto UN resolution backing Arab plan calling on Syrian president to step down
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Obama: U.N. must take stand against Syria brutality
(Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged the U.N. Security Council to take a stand against what he called the "relentless brutality" of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Russia: still 2 big problems with Syria resolution
(AP)
 AP - Moscow still sees two problems of "crucial importance" with a draft U.N. resolution on the violence in Syria, Russia's foreign minister said Saturday amid Western attempts to head off a Russian veto in the Security Council.
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