Syria: Vice President Ends Talk Of Defection
Sky’s Foreign Affairs Editor has confirmed that Syrian Vice President Farouk al Sharaa has not defected from the Assad government – amid claims of a massacre by regime troops. Tim Marshall spoke to Mr Sharaa in the Syrian capital and wrote on Twitter: “I am with the Syria Vice President. In Damascus. He has not [...]
Paraguay’s Senate has voted to impeach left-wing President Fernando Lugo, forcing him to step down. Both houses of Congress had voted on Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings over his handling of clashes between farmers and police last week in which at least 17 people died. Mr Lugo likened the move to a coup by the [...]
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Cairo (CNN) – Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was in a coma Monday in a Cairo prison hospital, officials said. Defibrillators have been used several times to revive Mubarak “due to heart complications,” said Adel Saeed, the prosecutor’s spokesman. “Mubarak entered today into full coma. His two sons Gamal and Alaa submitted a request to the [...]
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(CNN) — Global debate over the Syrian crisis is expected to ratchet up this week, with Russian and European Union leaders grappling with the thorny issue and U.N. members reassessing whether to take further action. Kofi Annan, joint envoy to Syria for the United Nations and the Arab League, will meet Friday with U.S. Secretary [...]
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