Syria: Call For Peace Terms
- March 31st, 2011
- Posted by EUEditor
An address to the public by the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (picture) (30.3.11) which skipped the key point of suspending the State of Emergency, in force since 1963, is seen as weakening chances of a viablel truce.
In Brussels the International Crisis Group has detailed measures it considers necessary to stop a prolongation of the present confrontations between police and protesters, taking dozens if not hundreds of lives. … Read More »
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Elizabeth Taylor has died in Los Angeles aged 79.