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President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11,2012, during a forum on "Insourcing American Jobs".
Government   Obama   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Barack Obama		  Star Tribune 
Obama administration closes US embassy in Damascus, pulls American diplomats out of Syria
Mon 6 Feb 2012
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday and pulled all American diplomats out of violence-wracked Syria as the U.S. stepped up pressure on President Bashar... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack Obama pauses as he delivers remarks at Gen44 fundraiser event at Sony Studios in Los Angeles, Thursday, April 21, 2011.
Military   Obama   Photos   President   Syria		  STL Today 
Obama: Syria can be solved without military action
Mon 6 Feb 2012
President Barack Obama says it is important to resolve the ongoing conflict in Syria without outside military intervention. Obama says not every situation allows... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
In this Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 photo anti-government protesters carry the coffin of a slain protester, draped in the revolutionary flag, during the funeral of two comrades killed in earlier clashes in Idlib, north Syria.  BBC News  Mon 6 Feb 2012
Syria crisis: China defends veto of UN resolution
Chinese state-run media have defended Beijing's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's crackdown on anti-government protesters. China's top newspapers said the Western push for... (photo: AP)
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File - A Syrian army defector stand guards in front of closed shops at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012.  Al Jazeera  Mon 6 Feb 2012
Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive'
The Syrian army has stepped up its attacks on opposition fighters in Homs, activists and witnesses have said, a day after a UN Security Council resolution aimed at ending the bloodshed in... (photo: AP)
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Li Baodong, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the UN and President of the Security Council for March, briefs reporters following the Council’s consultations The Guardian Mon 6 Feb 2012
China defends Syria veto in People's Daily article
State paper denies giving 'free rein' to Bashar al-Assad's crackdown and points to UN mandate 'abused' in Libya by Nato Chinese UN ambassador Li Baodong vetoes the... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad, during a visit to Damascus, Syria, 10th May, 2010. Zeenews Sun 5 Feb 2012
Russia, China justify veto as criticisms mount
Moscow/Beijing: As their UN Security Council veto on Syria invited bitter criticism, both Russia and China shot back today contending that the half-baked resolution would... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)
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Syrian policeman, left, and army soldier, right, look inside the burned court building that was set on fire by Syrian anti-government protesters, in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, Monday March 21, 2011. Mourners chanting "No more fear!" have marched through a Syrian city where anti-government protesters had deadly confrontations with security forces in recent days. The violence in Daraa, a city of about 300,000 near the border with Jordan, was fast becoming a major challenge for President Bashar Assad, who tried to contain the situation by freeing detainees and promising to fire officials responsible for the violence. The Daily Mail Sun 5 Feb 2012
Mass slaughter in Syria: UN holds urgent vote - but Russia and China veto it ...
More than 200 people have been killed by Syrian forces after a barrage of mortars and artillery was unleashed on the battered city of Homs overnight. Activists claim the... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
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FILE In this Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006 file photo Vladimir Putin, then Russian President, right, and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad smile as they shake hands in Moscow's Kremlin. Russia defied international efforts to end a crackdown on civilians by Assad regime, shielding it from the United Nations sanctions and providing it with weapons. (AP photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press service, file) The State Sun 5 Feb 2012
Moscow support for Assad well-calculated
MOSCOW - By bluntly using its veto power to block a United Nations resolution urging Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, Russia has shown a willingness to defy... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press service, file)
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A view of the Security Council as thirteen Members – including Néstor Osorio (centre, back to camera) – vote in favour of a draft resolution on Syria, 4 February, 2012. San Francisco Chronicle Sun 5 Feb 2012
Violence mounts in Syria as U.N. peace plan fails
United Nations -- A U.N. Security Council effort to end the violence in Syria ended in acrimony and a veto by Russia and China on Saturday, hours after the Syrian... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
Peace   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
Members of the United Nations Security Council speak with the media at the end of their second day in Khartoum, Sudan. From left Susan Rice (United States), Gerard Araud (France), Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation). The Star Sun 5 Feb 2012
Russia, China veto U.N. plan for Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China vetoed on Saturday a U.N. resolution that backed an Arab plan calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit, stalling... (photo: UN / Stuart Price)
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A wide view of the Security Council Chamber as representatives arrive for a meeting on the situation in Syria, 31 January, 2012. Breitbart Sat 4 Feb 2012
Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria
This image from amateur video made available by Shaam News Network on Satur... This image from amateur video made available by Shaam News Network on Satur... Portuguese... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
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