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World powers meet in bid to halt Syria conflict
World powers meet Saturday in a desperate bid to salvage international envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan for Syria to end 16 months of bloodshed and agree on a transition plan for the strife-hit country. Ahead of the multi-nation talks in Geneva, a meeting in Russia between US Secretary of State…
Russia vows to block UN mandate for Syria intervention
ASTANA — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday vowed there would be no UN Security Council mandate for outside intervention in Syria, indicating Moscow would use its veto to block any military action. “There will not be a Security Council mandate for outside intervention, I guarantee you that,” Lavrov told…
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