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US tells G8 Syria's Assad must go, cites Yemen as model

Articles: 5, Last update: May 20, 2012 12:16:00 AM, Start: May 19, 2012 11:26:00 PM

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Syrie : Plus grandes manifestations à Alep depuis plus de 14 mois

Source country lemaghrebdz Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:20:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[2]; secrétaire général[1]; Ki-moon[2]; Ban[2];

Entities: Robert Mood[1]; Ban Ki Moon[2]; Mohammad al-Halabi[1]; Bashar Assad[3]; Martin Nesirky[1]; Ahmed Fawzi[1]; Bashar Jaafari[1]; Najib Mikati[1];

Other categories: Security Council; Conflict; Terrorist Attack; UN Bodies;

Quotes in this article

Robert Mood déclaré: "à donner une chance au dialogue"

Robert Mood ajouté: "Je suis plus convaincu que jamais que la violence ne pourra pas résoudre la crise"

Najib Mikati jugé: "un nid de terroristes d'Al-Qaïda"

La deuxième ville de Syrie, Alep, était le théâtre avant-hier des plus importantes manifestations dans la cité depuis le début il y a plus de 14 mois de la révolte populaire contre le régime du président Bachar al-Assad, selon une ONG et des militants. Il s'agit des manifestations les plus importantes à Alep depuis le début de la révolte....

Articles published more than 50 minutes ago

Syrie: neuf morts dans un attentat, le G8 réclame la fin des violences et le respect du plan Annan

Source country LePoint Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:01:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; secrétaire général[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[1];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Laurent Fabius[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Kofi Annan[3]; Ban Ki Moon[1];

Other categories: Political Unrest; Conflict; Security Council; Terrorist Attack; UN Bodies;

Ailleurs dans le pays, la répression menée par les troupes du régime et les combats entre soldats et insurgés ont fait 23 morts --12 civils, quatre déserteurs et huit soldats-- malgré la présence des observateurs de l' ONU chargés de surveiller une trêve constamment violée, selon une ONG syrienne....

Articles published more than 1 hour ago

Саммит НАТО с участием более 50 государств открывается в Чикаго

Source country zavtra Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:48:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Пан Ги Мун[1]; Пан[1]; Ги Мун[1];

Entities: Ban Ki Moon[1];

Other categories: Political Unrest; Security; UN Bodies;

Главы государств, министры обороны и иностранных дел более чем из 50 стран, включая НАТО и их союзников, соберутся в воскресенье на встречу в верхах в Чикаго (США). За два дня саммита они планируют обсудить несколько тем - от "триумфа" по свержению режима...

Syrie: neuf morts dans un attentat, le G8 réclame la fin des violences et le respect du plan Annan

Source country lamontagne Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:32:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; secrétaire général[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[1];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Laurent Fabius[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Kofi Annan[3]; Ban Ki Moon[1];

Other categories: Political Unrest; Conflict; Security Council; Terrorist Attack; UN Bodies;

Un attentat suicide à la voiture piégée a frappé pour la première fois samedi la ville de Deir Ezzor faisant neuf morts, dans une nouvelle escalade de la violence en Syrie.Ailleurs dans le pays, la répression menée par les troupes du régime et les combats entre soldats et insurgés......

Blast, attacks kill 19 in Syria

Source country dailytimesPK Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:23:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[1];

Entities: Robert Mood[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: Conflict; Terrorist Attack; UN Bodies;

* International ceasefire plan still not taking hold DAMASCUS: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car outside security headquarters in Syria’s biggest eastern city on Saturday, killing nine people and wounding 100, state media said. The attack was the first of its kind in Deir Ezzor.......

Syrie: neuf morts dans un attentat suicide, divergences au G8

Source country lavoixdunord Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:08:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[1];

Entities: Laurent Fabius[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Kofi Annan[1]; Mikhail Margelov[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: Conflict; Terrorist Attack; UN Bodies;

Sept personnes ont été tuées et une centaine d'autres blessées dans l'attentat suicide qui a frappé la ville de Deir Ezzor dans l'Est de la Syrie samedi, a indiqué le porte-parole du ministère des Affaires étrangères. Articles en rapport Chine : le militant des droits civiques Chen Guangcheng relate.......

Articles published more than 2 hours ago

Syria Blames Terrorists for Car Bombing

Source country voanews Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:53:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[1]; Secretary-General[1];

Entities: Jihad Makdissi[1]; Ahmed Fawzi[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Nadim Shehadi[1];

Other categories: Conflict; Terrorist Attack;

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Nadim Shehadi said: "It's a mind game. It's each side trying to prove its own merit, here, and confusing the West basically into inaction. [This is] the main reason why there is no clear policy on Syria,"

A car-bomb exploded outside a Syrian state security compound in the eastern oasis town of Deir el-Zour Saturday, killing nine people and wounding dozens. Syrian TV accused terrorists of the blast, which appears to have been the second major attack against a government security building in just under 10 days....

U.S. tells G8 Syria’s Assad must go, cites Yemen as model

Source country montrealgazette Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:44:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[1];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Ali Abdullah Saleh[2]; Mikhail Margelov[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Bashar Assad[2]; Ben Rhodes[1];

Other categories: UN Bodies;

President Barack Obama told G8 leaders meeting at Camp David that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave power, and pointed to Yemen as a model of how political transition could work there, the White House said on Saturday....

US tells G8 Syria's Assad must go, cites Yemen as model

Source country jpost Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:34:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[1];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Ali Abdullah Saleh[2]; Mikhail Margelov[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Bashar Assad[2]; Ben Rhodes[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack; UN Bodies;

Quotes in this article

Ben Rhodes said: "It is our assessment that you are not going to be able to solve this problem just with monitors and ceasefires, that you need to have a political process underway that is responsive to the Syrian people, because otherwise you are not going to solve the problem,"

Mikhail Margelov said (about Bashar Assad) : "Some may like or dislike the Syrian government, some may have different views on the last election which took place in Syria but one cannot avoid a question - if Assad goes, who will replace him?"

Ben Rhodes said (about Bashar Assad) : "We believe that change has to include Bashar Assad leaving power. And unless you begin the process of a political transition of some sort, you are not going to be able to deal with reducing the violence and addressing the grievances of the people who came out in the street to start with,"

Washington says recent focus on securing access for UN monitors and keeping track of ceasefires has distracted from the fundamental problems in Syria; Russian envoy: "If Assad goes, who will replace him?"...

В Чикаго открывается саммит НАТО

Source country obozrevatel Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:33:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Пан Ги Мун[1]; Пан[1]; Ги Мун[1];

Entities: Ban Ki Moon[1];

Other categories: Political Unrest; Security; UN Bodies;

Главы государств, министры обороны и иностранных дел 50 стран, включая НАТО и их союзников, соберутся на встречу в Чикаго...

U.S. tells G8 Syria's Assad must go, cites Yemen as model

Source country alertnet Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:26:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[1];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Laura MacInnis[2]; Ali Abdullah Saleh[2]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Ben Rhodes[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Christopher Wilson[1]; Jeff Mason[1]; Mikhail Margelov[1]; Warren Strobel[1]; Vicki Allen[1]; Gleb Bryanski[1]; Bashar Assad[2];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack; UN Bodies;

Quotes in this article

Mikhail Margelov said: "Some may like or dislike the Syrian government, some may have different views on the last election which took place in Syria but one cannot avoid a question - if Assad goes, who will replace him?"

Ben Rhodes said (about Bashar Assad) : "We believe that change has to include Bashar al-Assad leaving power. And unless you begin the process of a political transition of some sort, you are not going to be able to deal with reducing the violence and addressing the grievances of the people who came out in the street to start with,"

19 May 2012 21:09 Source: reuters // Reuters (Adds background, context) By Jeff Mason CAMP DAVID, Md., May 19 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told G8 leaders meeting at Camp David that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave power, and pointed to Yemen as a model of how political transition.......

Articles published more than 3 hours ago

Darabos: Israels Verteidigungsminister „unerträglich“

Source country ORF Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:45:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[1];

Entities: Norbert Darabos[1]; Muammar Gaddafi[1]; Shaul Mofaz[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Bashar Assad[1]; Avigdor Lieberman[1];

Other categories:

Quotes in this article

Norbert Darabos sagte (about Avigdor Lieberman) : „Ein Herr Lieberman ist für mich als Mitglied der israelischen Regierung unerträglich“

Norbert Darabos sagte: „Insgesamt ist die israelische Politik für mich schwer nachzuvollziehen“

Verteidigungsminister Norbert Darabos (SPÖ) hat den israelischen Außenminister Avigdor Lieberman „unerträglich“ genannt. „Ein Herr Lieberman ist für mich als Mitglied der israelischen Regierung unerträglich“, sagte Darabos der „Presse am Sonntag“. „Israel ist besser gefahren, als es einen Ausgleich.......

Саммит НАТО с участием более 50 государств открывается в Чикаго

Source country rian Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:42:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Пан Ги Мун[1]; Пан[1]; Ги Мун[1];

Entities: Ban Ki Moon[1];

Other categories: Political Unrest; Security; UN Bodies;

За два дня участники саммита планируют обсудить несколько тем - от "триумфа" по свержению режима Муамара Каддафи в Ливии до неопределенной судьбы будущего Афганистана, от развертывания системы противоракетной обороны в Европе до укрепления и НАТО в условиях финансовых потрясений....

Syrie: neuf morts dans un attentat suicide, divergences au G8

Source country tv5 Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:34:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[1];

Entities: Laurent Fabius[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Kofi Annan[1]; Mikhail Margelov[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: Conflict; Terrorist Attack; UN Bodies;

Un attentat suicide à la voiture piégée a frappé pour la première fois samedi la ville de Deir Ezzor faisant neuf morts, dans une nouvelle escalade de la violence en Syrie face à laquelle la communauté internationale reste impuissante en raison de ses divisions....

UN chief meets French foreign minister

Source country xinhuanet_en Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:17:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] ban[1]; UN Secretary-General[1]; Ban[3]; Secretary-General[1];

Entities: Laurent Fabius[1];

Other categories: Middle East Peace Process; Security Council; Environment (general); UN Bodies;

UNITED NATIONS, May 19 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Saturday met with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the UN Headquarters in the city of New York, and the two discussed a range of issues on the global agenda. During the meeting, they discussed the situation in Syria,.......

Syria dismisses EU sanctions as "economic terrorism"

Source country xinhuanet_en Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:17:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] ban[1]; UN Secretary General[1]; Secretary General[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Society; Terrorist Attack; Conflict; Market; UN Bodies; FRA-EU;

DAMASCUS, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Syria said Saturday that the EU sanctions imposed on Syria over the past year are "economic terrorism" against Syrian people. In a report addressed to the UN Human Rights Council and the UN Secretary General, Syrian Foreign Ministry said the stances of countries that.......

Car Bomb Explodes Near Security Agencies in Syria

Source country wsj-en Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:11:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[1]; Secretary-General[1];

Entities: Jihad Makdissi[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: Conflict; Security; Terrorist Attack;

A strong explosion shook Syria's eastern city of Deir el-Zour Saturday, apparently targeting a security agency in the latest of a wave of blasts to hit the country in recent months, state media and opposition activists reported....

Interdiction de voyage pour les auteurs du coup d'Etat

Source country afriquejet Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:10:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[2]; Secrétaire général[2]; Ki-moon[2]; Ban[2];

Entities: Said Djinnit[1]; Ban Ki Moon[2];

Other categories: Security Council; Institutional Affairs; UN Bodies;

Les auteurs du coup d'Etat de Guinée-Bissau interdits de voyage par le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU - Le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies a imposé une interdiction de voyager à cinq officiers de l'armée qui ont renversé le gouvernement civil en Guinée-Bissau le mois dernier et invité les Etats.......

Articles published more than 4 hours ago

Car bomb in eastern Syrian city kills 9

Source country AP Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:19:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[1]; Secretary General[1];

Entities: Jean-Marie Guehenno[1]; Walid Muallem[1]; Robert Mood[1]; Kofi Annan[1]; Al-Nusra Front[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Hervé Ladsous[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Anne Gearan[1]; Bashar Assad[1]; Jim Kuhnhenn[1]; Babacar Guèye[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Society; Security; Terrorist Attack; Conflict; Peace Keeping; UN Bodies; External Relations;

Quotes in this article

Barack Obama said: "We all believe that a peaceful resolution and political transition in Syria is preferable,"

BEIRUT (AP) â€” A car bomb in the parking lot of a Syrian military compound killed at least nine people Saturday, the latest in increasingly frequent bombings in the country's major cities to target the regime's security services. President Barack Obama said the members of the Group of Eight industrial nations support the U....

Secretary-General discusses range of global issues with France39s Foreign Minister

Source country irishsun Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:01:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[1]; Secretary-General[3];

Entities: Laurent Fabius[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1];

Other categories:

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with the Foreign Minister of France, Laurent Fabius, for talks which covered a range of issues on the global agenda. During their meeting, held in New York, ......

Fabius s'est entretenu avec Ban Ki-moon

Source country Europe1 Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:00:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[3]; secrétaire général[1]; Ki-moon[3]; Ban[3];

Entities: Laurent Fabius[3]; Ban Ki Moon[3];

Other categories: UN Bodies;

Le ministre français des Affaires étrangères Laurent Fabius s'est entretenu samedi à New York de "la situation extrêmement grave en Syrie et de ses conséquences préoccupantes" sur les pays voisins avec le chef des Nations unies Ban Ki-moon, a indiqué la mission française auprès de l'ONU....

March 14 officials slam Syria's U.N. envoy over Lebanon claims

Source country dailystar-LB Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:49:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-Moon[1]; Ki-Moon[1]; Ban[2];

Entities: Antoine Zahra[1]; Kofi Annan[1]; Saad Hariri[1]; Ban Ki Moon[2]; Boutros Harb[1]; Bashar Jaafari[1]; Najib Mikati[1]; Farid Makari[1];

Other categories: Conflict;

Members of the March 14 slam recent accusations by Syria that Lebanon has become a center for smuggling fighters and weapons into its neighbor and accuse Damascus of seeking to divert attention away from its months-long crisis....

Fatfat wants Mansour to summon Syrian envoy

Source country nowlebanon Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:40:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[2];

Entities: Adnan Mansour[1]; Ali Abdel Karim[1]; Karim Ali[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Ahmad Fatfat[1];

Other categories: UN Bodies;

Future bloc MP Ahmad Fatfat said on Saturday that Foreign Affairs Minister Adnan Mansour should summon Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim Ali to inquire about the letter sent by the Syrian Foreign Ministry to UN chief Ban Ki-moon. â€œWe are waiting for Mansour to summon the Syrian envoy,â€ Fatfat told LBC television....

Articles published more than 6 hours ago

West African ministers tackle Mali, Guinea-Bissau crises

Source country vanguardngr Saturday, May 19, 2012 7:51:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] ban[1]; Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[2]; Secretary General[1];

Entities: Amadou Toumani Touré[3]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; António Indjai[1]; Djibril Bassole[1]; Amadou Konare[1]; Adama Bictogo[1]; Daniel Kablan Duncan[1]; Dioncounda Traore[1];

Other categories: Security Council; UN Bodies;

West African ministers met Saturday to try to resolve the impasse gripping Mali and speed up the return to constitutional rule in Guinea-Bissau, both struggling to recover from recent military coups. Category News...

Syrian forces fire on major protest in Aleppo City

Source country taipeitimes Saturday, May 19, 2012 7:39:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] UN Secretary-General[1]; Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[2]; Secretary-General[1];

Entities: Abdul Rahman[1]; Robert Mood[1]; Kofi Annan[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Bashar Assad[1]; Rami Abdel Rahman[1];

Other categories: Conflict; Terrorist Attack; UN Bodies;

Regime forces fired on protesters who took to the streets of Aleppo on Friday, wounding several people at the biggest rally seen in Syria’s second city since a revolt erupted last year, a watchdog said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said demonstrators also suffered gunshot wounds in Douma,.......

UN official: Israeli practices cause great human suffering

Source country palestine-info-en Saturday, May 19, 2012 7:19:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] UN Secretary-General[1]; Secretary-General[1];

Entities: Catherine Bragg[1];

Other categories: UN Bodies;

Quotes in this article

Catherine Bragg added: “Many Palestinian children cannot exercise their right to safe education because their schools are threatened with demolition. Children should not have to worry whether their school will still be standing tomorrow”

The Assistant UN Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs expressed her deep concern about the plight of the Palestinians under occupation, including those rendered homeless....

Sarajevo Business Forum

Source country oslobodjenje Saturday, May 19, 2012 6:35:00 PM CEST | info

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] UN Secretary-General[1]; Secretary-General[1];

Entities: Sulejman Tihic[2]; Valentin Inzko[1]; Mevlid Jasarevic[1]; Zeljko Komsic[1]; Radovan Karadzic[1]; Jelko Kacin[1]; Nicolai Wammen[1]; Franc Kos[1]; Zoran Milanović[1]; Ratko Mladic[3]; Bakir Izetbegovic[2]; Milorad Dodik[2];

Other categories: Financial Crisis; EU-USA; Banking - Financial Services; All Media; Terrorist Attack; Conflict; Science; Market; Serbia - EU; EU Russia; Security Council; European Parliament; UN Bodies; FRA-EU; Development; External Relations; Foreign and Security Policy;

Monday, May 14, 2012 The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council completed its disciplinary procedure against Milorad Barasin . The procedure has been completed by adopting an agreement on disciplinary responsibility, under which it was proposed to impose disciplinary measures against Milorad.......

Heftige Explosion in syrischer Geheimdienstzentrale

Source country baz Saturday, May 19, 2012 6:24:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNSecretaryGeneral] Ban Ki-moon[1]; Ki-moon[1]; Ban[1];

Entities: Kofi Annan[1]; Ahmed Fawzi[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Abou Moustafa[1]; Babacar Guèye[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack; Society; Conflict;

Im Osten Syriens sind bei einer Bombendetonation bis zu neun Menschen getötet und offenbar 100 verletzt worden. Das Regime spricht von einem Anschlag von Extremisten – genaueres ist jedoch nicht bekannt....

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