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Taliban militants launched a series of attacks on as many as seven sites across the Afghan capital and in three other cites Sunday, targeting NATO bases, the parliament and Western embassies. A Taliban spokesperson said the coordinated attacks were the beginning of a major spring offensive. The Kabul attack began with explosions in the diplomatic [...]
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Taliban Attack Afghan Parliament, NATO Bases, and Western Embassies
Posted by sukakita on April 16th, 2012
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Tags: Afghan, Attack, Bases, Embassies, NATO, Parliament, Taliban, Western 
No Comments »UN Set to Vote on Sending Observers to Syria
Posted by sukakita on April 14th, 2012
The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Saturday on whether to send a team of military observers to Syria to monitor a cease-fire between the government and opposition fighters. Brokered by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, the truce went into effect Thursday, but it began to show signs of unraveling Friday as Syrian [...]
Uneasy Quiet Descends on Syria
Posted by sukakita on April 12th, 2012
An uneasy calm is taking hold in Syria, hours after a United Nations-brokered cease-fire went into effect. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says there have no reports of violence since the 6 a.m. local time deadline. The deal set out by U.N.-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan aims to end 13 months of [...]
Annan Hopeful for Syria Cease-Fire Despite Continued Violence
Posted by sukakita on April 11th, 2012
U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan is holding out hope that Syria’s government and opposition will abide by terms of a cease-fire plan that he brokered, as a Tuesday deadline for Damascus to begin pulling its forces out of urban areas came without a cessation of attacks. The deal brokered by Annan said Syria’s government must [...]
Syria Peace Plan in Jeopardy as Govt. Raises New Demands
Posted by sukakita on April 9th, 2012
A peace deal to stop bloodshed in Syria brokered by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan appeared in jeopardy Sunday, after President Bashar al-Assad’s government raised new, last-minute demands that the country’s main rebel group quickly rejected. Damascus said it wanted iron-clad “written guarantees” that insurgents would stop fighting before it withdraws troops from cities. A [...]
