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• March 12, 2012
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Damascus is planning to respond in kind to countries that have recalled their ambassadors from Syria in response to President Bashar al-Assad's bloody crackdown on a nearly year-long uprising, Syria's envoy to Russia Riad Haddad said on Monday. "There are certain European countries that have already recalled their ambassador […]
• March 12, 2012
  JAKARTA (Reuters) - Fitria Yusuf is a bag lady, but you won't find her sleeping rough in Jakarta. Her bag of choice is Hermes, a French brand so coveted in the Indonesian capital it can cost as much as a luxury car. Yusuf owns five of them, having cut down from the early days of her infatuation with the products. "Back in 2006, seeing a Hermes bag […]
• March 12, 2012
  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Dozens of civilians were killed in cold blood in Homs, the Syrian government and opposition said on Monday, although they disputed responsibility for what both sides called a massacre. The carnage in Homs, as well as an army assault on Idlib city in the northwest, coincided with a weekend visit to Syria by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan […]
• March 12, 2012
  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil traders arranging millions of dollars worth of fuel shipments to Syria sit in the office of a little-known firm in Greece. The fuel, liquid petroleum gas for cooking and domestic heating, is not covered by international sanctions against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, but some critics charge that by keeping the supplies f […]
• March 12, 2012
  BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan feels his Syria mediation mission is on track even though violence still raged as he held talks with President Bashar al-Assad, his spokesman said on Monday. Annan twice met Assad in Damascus, as well as opposition figures, at the weekend and saw Qatari leaders in Doha on Monday before heading to Turkey. B […]

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