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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives for a meeting with Israel's President Shimon Peres, not seen, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, June 29, 2010.
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Russia's Lavrov says al-Assad committed to halting violence
| Beirut/Damascus - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held Tuesday what he described as 'very useful' talks with embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and said that Damascus was committed to... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit)
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)
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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 the West at a scale rarely see... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press service, file)
A wide view of the Security Council Chamber as representatives arrive for a meeting on the situation in Syria, 31 January, 2012.  Breitbart 
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 representative Jose Filip... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
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Pro-Syrian regime protesters hold a rally in support of President Bashar Assad, pictured in the large banner, in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. Syrian forces killed at least six people - including two children - as they fired on anti-government demonstrations across the country on Friday  The Star 
Syria "massacre" puts pressure on Moscow to back U.N.
| BEIRUT/MUNICH (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed more than 200 people in an assault on the city of Homs, activists said, the bloodiest day of an 11-month uprising giving sudden urgency to a push for a... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman)
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A Syrian wounded woman who was injured by the shelling of the Syrian government forces, stands at her entrance house, at Rastan area in Homs province, central Syria, on Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012. Sun Star
Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault
| BEIRUT (Updated) -- In a barrage of mortar shells, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode... (photo: AP)
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In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, anti-Syrian regime protesters march in Bensh, Idlib Province, northern Syria. Toronto Sun
Over 200 killed in Syria as UN prepares to vote
| BEIRUT -- More than 200 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, activists said on Saturday, as the U.N. Security Council prepared to vote o... (photo: AP / Local Coordination Committees in Syria)
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Vitaly Churkin, U.N. Russian Ambassador speaks at a Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 during emergency consultations on the conflict between Russia and Georgia after France requested discussion of a new draft plan to end the hostiliti The Star
Arabs, West seek to avert Russian veto of U.N. Syria
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Arab and Western drafters of a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at stopping Syria's bloody upheaval revised their text on Thursday in a... (photo: AP / David Karp)
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File - Susan E. Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the UN, addresses a Security Council meeting on the issue of Israeli settlements and the Palestinian territories, 18 February, 2011. The New York Times
Diplomats at U.N. Haggle With Russia Toward a Compromise on Syria
| UNITED NATIONS — Security Council ambassadors on Wednesday began trying to negotiate a compromise resolution on Syria, with the bartering focused in good part on ... (photo: UN / John McIlwaine)
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File - Serge Brammertz, Commissioner of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission into the assassination of former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafik Hariri, briefs reporters outside the Security Council chamber, at UN Headquarters in New York. CNN
Hariri assassination suspects to be tried in absentia
February 2, 2012 -- Updated 0216 GMT (1016 HKT) | (CNN) -- The special court investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri announced... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz)
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In this file photo taken on March 17, 2007, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from Hamas, right, raise their linked arms as they move through the crowd at a special session of parliament in Gaza City. Mahmoud Abbas's choice 'peace or Hamas' The Australian
President Barack Obama jogs down the steps off of Air Force One at Hickam Air Force Base in Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, in Honolulu Obama Rekindles State Debates on Dropout Age Education Week
Ceremony to celebrate Slovakia's entry to the euro area with, from left to right: Lucas D Papademos, Vice President of the ECB, Joaqun Almunia, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Jn Figel', Member of the EC in charge of Education, Training, Culture and Sport, Jn Poiatek, Slovakian Minister for Finance and ? Greeks to brief eurozone on tentative debt deal The Wichita Eagle
Trade & Oil
Gasoline - Fuel Prices Oil at $99 as Greek debt woes offset Iran tension Dayton Daily News
Distillation of Crude Oil unit Oil extends gains as EU bans Iranian crude The Guardian
A man checks global stock index in Tokyo Monday, May 17, 2010. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average dropped 260.36 points, or 2.5 percent, to 10,202.15 on Monday on investor concern the Europe debt crisis will worsen. Investors attempt to kick the tobacco habit The Daily Telegraph
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A protester waves an Egyptian flag that reads "We Love Egypt" during a demonstration after Friday prayers in Tahrir Square where many have set up protest tent camps in the main city square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday July 29, 2011. Revolution in the Arab world The Guardian
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