Mark Lyall Grant

Mark Lyall Grant

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  UN Security Council condemns NKorea rocket launch

  The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's successful rocket launch on Wednesday and said it will urgently consider "an appropriate response. 

• Somalia: Militants said to leave last stronghold

  Fighters from Somalia's Islamist extremist rebels have started to leave their remaining coastal stronghold in the face of advancing allied African ... 

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  UN General Assembly denounces Syrian crackdown

  The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly denounced Syria's crackdown on dissent Friday in a symbolic effort meant to push the deadlocked Security ... 

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  Russia and China again veto Syria resolution

  Russia and China again vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution Thursday aimed at pressuring President Bashar Assad's government to end the escalating ... 

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  UN vote on Syria delayed until Thursday

  The U.N. Security Council delayed a vote on a new Syria resolution until Thursday in a last-minute effort to get key Western nations and Russia to ... 

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  UN envoy says Syria president discusses transition

  Syrian President Bashar Assad has discussed the possibility of forming a transitional government for his country as proposed by an international ... 

• West seeks sanctions on Syria if no cease-fire

  Western powers say they will introduce a U.N. resolution that would threaten sanctions mainly against the Syrian government if it does not immediately ...