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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Reuters Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the streets of Hanoi on Sunday to protest , for the third time this month, China 's claims to sovereignty in the South China Sea. Protestors stopped frenetic mid-morning traffic as they carried...
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The Economic Times
| 10 months ago
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed the bill ratifying Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization after 18 years of often acrimonious negotiations, the Kremlin press office said.
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Japan Times
| 10 months ago
Okinawa As the government of Japan continues to stumble over Nagata-cho politics, fumble away the Senkaku Islands and bumble the introduction of the MV-22 Osprey aircraft to Japan, it may soon find itself isolated from its people, the international...
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The Hindu
| 10 months ago
Russia and China savoured significant diplomatic success after the U.N. Security Council agreed to their proposal not to threaten Syria with economic sanctions if it failed to live by a peace plan authored by the U.N. and Arab League envoy, Kofi...
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China News
| 10 months ago
Li said that China is very happy to see that this is happening today and China's suggestion has been taken into consideration, adding that it is a very positive development. "We are also very happy to see the Security Council come back to the right...
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Washington Post
| 10 months ago
Thousands of Syrians have died and President Bashar al-Assad remains in power, despite numerous calls by the international community for him to step down...Security Council resolution that would have imposed sanctions on Syria the third such double...
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DAWN
| 10 months ago
The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously voted to give the UN observer mission in Syria a final 30-day mandate. Russia had threatened to veto a British-drafted resolution, but Russia's ambassador Vitaly Churkin finally backed the resolution...
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Voice of America
| 10 months ago
VOA News July 20, 2012 Members of the United Nations Security Council are meeting Friday to consider a resolution on the future of the U.N. observer mission in Syria. The meeting in New York follows Thursday's Russian and Chinese veto of a...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed on Friday "deep disappointment" over the Security Council's failure to agree on a resolution on Syria, Slovenian media reported as he visited the country. "The Security Council failed to reach agreement...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| 10 months ago
Russia says it will veto a British resolution that would extend the 300-strong U.N. observer force in Syria for a final 30 days. Russia supports a rival Pakistani resolution that would extend the mission for 45 days, with the possibility of further...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 10 months ago
China filed an appeal with the World Trade Organization on Friday in a case brought by the United States to challenge Chinese import duties on a type of speciality steel product used in power transformers, the WTO said. A WTO dispute panel handed the...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
The comments came after the rebel Free Syria Army said it had taken control of the country's border crossings with Turkey and Iraq. Fierce fighting raged in Damascus overnight, with over 300 people killed, according to London-based Syrian rights...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Articles The turmoil in Syria intensified as rebels seized control of the border in Iraq . Meanwhile, Russia and China , two of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, vetoed resolution to sanction against Syria for the third time in...
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I Africa
| 10 months ago
Co-operation Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim said on Friday. "We abstained because we felt the resolution was unbalanced; it only targeted the Syrian government," Ebrahim told reporters in Pretoria. "It said nothing about the opposition, who are now...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
South Africa is not opposed to sanctions on the Syrian regime but also wants to see measures to prod the rebels into complying with a proposed peace plan, the deputy foreign minister said Friday. South Africa and Pakistan abstained from a heated UN...
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Voice of America
| 10 months ago
VOA News July 20, 2012 Syrian activists say more than 300 people were killed across Syria on Thursday, in what is believed to be the deadliest day in the 16-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. The London-based Syrian Observatory for...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
Russia on Friday slammed the "unacceptable" Western criticism that followed its decision to block together with China the threat of sanctions against its ally Syria at the UN Security Council. "It is absolutely unacceptable that some Western...
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All Africa
| 10 months ago
Speaking highly of China-Africa relationship, Zuma said China's commitment to Africa was already been demonstrated through tangible and concrete results, particularly in terms of human resource development, debt relief and investment. On the other...
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Kuwait News Business
| 10 months ago
Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution threatening sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if he did not end the use of heavy weapons against an uprising, drawing sharp criticism from Western powers. "Frankly...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
Syria yet again today," Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said. Russia and China blocked UN action against Syria for the third time in nine months, triggering outrage by Western powers intent on heaping more pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Security Council resolution on Thursday that threatened Syrian authorities with sanctions if they did not halt violence against an uprising, again thwarting Western hopes for tough action as the crisis in Syria escalates. It was the third time that...
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Taiwan News
| 10 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-07-20 09:53 AM Diplomatic efforts to resolve Syria 's bloody crisis collapsed Thursday with the failure of a U.N. Security Council resolution threatening...
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War In Context
| 10 months ago
Ambassador Susan Rice called the vetoes dangerous and deplorable. She said the Council's failure to act is a recipe for more violence, terrorism, and a war that could engulf the entire region. The resolution would have extended the U.N. monitoring...
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Epoch Times
| 10 months ago
July 19, 2012 Russia (L) and China (R) cast a veto as members vote during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Syria July 19, 2012 at the United Nations in New York. Done Emmert/AFP/Getty Images) Russia and China again vetoed a United Nations...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 10 months ago
The resolution would have stopped the Syrian regime importing ammunition and food. "That would have represented, we think, overwhelming pressure on the Assad regime to accept a ceasefire and to enter negotiations with opposition forces," Senator Carr...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 10 months ago
For the third time since the crisis began, Russia and China teamed up to defeat a UN Security Council resolution on Syria. The US may now pursue 'action outside of the council.' United Nations, N.Y. Russia 's veto Thursday of a Security Council...
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National Public Radio
| 10 months ago
Security Council resolution that could permit sanctions against Syria unless the government of President Bashar Assad stops using weapons against civilians. This is the third time China and Russia have rebuffed measures pushed by the United States...
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USA Today
| 10 months ago
Updated White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said China and Russia "are on the wrong side of history" after the two countries earlier on Thursday vetoed a U.N. Security Council effort to press for tougher sanctions against the Bashar a-Assad's...
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NY Daily News
| 10 months ago
EPA United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, right, bows as he arrives to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao, not in picture, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 18 July 2012.
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Mario Tama/Getty Images The UK, US and France rounded on Russia and China following the veto of a UN draft resolution on fresh Syrian sanctions, lambasting the move as "inexcusable" and accusing Moscow of buying time for Bashar al-Assad to "smash the...
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War In Context
| 10 months ago
The bombing, close to Mr. Assad's own residence, called into question the ability of a government that depends on an insular group of loyalists to function effectively as it battles a strengthening opposition. The outlook for a peaceful outcome in...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
The United States condemned Thursday the "highly regrettable decision" of China and Russia to veto a UN Security Council resolution threatening sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It is a "mistake to prop up that regime," President...
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Israel National News
| 10 months ago
It's the third such veto by the two powers since the 2011 start of the Damascus regime's violent attempts to suppress dissent.
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 10 months ago
Russia-China veto on Syria "highly regrettable" The White House on Thursday criticized the vetoes of Russia and China of a UN Security Council sanctions resolution against Syria as "highly regrettable" and "highly unfortunate" and said it meant a UN...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Russia and China have voted against the UN security council's draft resolution to impose sanctions on Syria, prompting fierce attacks from the UK, the US and France, who accused Russia of buying time "for the Syrian regime to smash the opposition".
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Novinite
| 10 months ago
Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution proposed by Western powers designed to impose sanctions on the Syrian regime of embattled President Bashar Al-Assad . The resolution, tabled by France, Germany, Portugal, the UK and USA,...
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Times of India
| 10 months ago
Russia and China vetoed a new UN Security Council resolution that would have slapped new sanctions against President Bashar Al Assad's regime, while India was among the 11 countries that voted in favour on Thursday. Reacting to the outcome of the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
Russia on Thursday accused Western nations of seeking to use a proposed UN Security Council on Syria to justify military intervention in the country. The resolution sought to "open the path to the pressure of sanctions and further to external...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
The Syrian regime is in its last days, the head of the main exiled opposition group said on Thursday, warning that a veto by Russia and China at the United Nations could have "disastrous" consequences. "The regime is in its final days," Syrian...
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DAWN
| 10 months ago
N AFP 12 mins ago Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin (L) and China's Ambassador to the UN Li Baodong speaks before a United Nations Security Council vote on Syria July 19, 2012 at the United Nations in New York. China and Russia...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 10 months ago
Russia and China again vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution Thursday threatening sanctions against President Bashar Assad 's government if it didn't stop using heavy weapons in the escalating 16-month conflict. The 11-2 vote, with two abstentions...
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The Globe & Mail
| 10 months ago
The vetoed resolution, which would have extended a UN observer mission in Syria for 45 days, received 11 votes in favour, while South Africa and Pakistan abstained. Britain's UN Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant told the council he was appalled by Russia...
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Al Jazeera English
| 10 months ago
30 Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that threatened Syrian authorities with sanctions over use of deadly force against civilians in the ongoing conflict. The vote was held on Thursday, with 11 countries voting in favour,...
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The New York Times
| 10 months ago
In a Security Council session broadcast live on the United Nations Web site, the Russian and Chinese delegates exercised their veto power as permanent members of the council to derail the resolution, which was offered by Britain and was backed by 10...
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The Daily Star
| 10 months ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speak during a press conference after their meeting to discuss differences on Syria as UN Security Council prepared to vote on the conflict, in Moscow's Kremlin on...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
| 10 months ago
Russia and China have again vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution threatening non-military sanctions against Syria. It was aimed at stepping up pressure on President Bashar Assad's government to end the escalating 16-month conflict. Thursday's 11-2...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
As widely expected, Russia and China vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution threatening nonmilitary sanctions against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. Share This Story Before the vote, both Beijing and Moscow indicated they would not support...
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The Daily Star
| 10 months ago
China Thursday strongly condemned a suicide bombing in Syria that killed senior regime officials and urged all sides in the bloody conflict to end violence. "China opposes all forms of terrorism and violence and strongly condemns yesterday's bombing...
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DAWN
| 10 months ago
UN chief Ban Ki-moon and international envoy Kofi Annan called on the UN Security Council to take strong action on the Syria conflict ahead of a vote Thursday on a western-backed resolution calling for sanctions. Russia and China are expected to veto...
