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US officials call for investigation into alleged chemical weapons use in Syria
The White House and US State Department expressed concern on Wednesday at reports suggesting that the Syrian government used toxic gas to kill at least 130 people in the eastern suburbs of Damascus.
The Syrian government adamantly denied...
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SNC spokesperson welcomes PMs defections, says government trying to limit losses
The defection of Prime Minister Riad Hijab was "a major blow" to the Syrian regime and shows that President Bashar Assad is losing both political and military control of the country, a member of the Istanbul-based opposition group Syrian...
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TRIBAL LEADERS COMMENT FOLLOWING TALKS WITH UN ENVOY
Special envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday met with representatives of some of the Syrian tribes to discuss the crisis in the country.
Annan spoke to the tribal leaders at his hotel in Damascus following a meeting with Syrian President Bashar...
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Vatican ambassador meets Syrian officials
1. Various of photo opportunity between Syrian grand mufti Sheik Ahmad Badereddine Hassoun and the Vatican ambassador Giovanni Battista Morandini to Syria, with aides
The Vatican's ambassador to Damascus, Giovanni Battista Morandini,...
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ISRAEL: BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY RIFKIND MEETS SHIMON PERES
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British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind met Israel's acting prime minister Shimon Peres on Thursday, a day after securing a commitment to Middle East peace from Syrian leaders in Damascus.
The two men met in an atmosphere...
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Security Council call on Syria to withdraw troops from Lebanon
New York, USA - 19 October 2004
1. Wide shot Security Council
2. SOUNDBITE (English): Adam Thomson, British Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations (UN):
"The council notes with concern that the requirements set out in (the Sept. 2)...
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Government-organised talks on possible political reforms
Government-sponsored talks continued in Damascus on Monday as members of the Syrian opposition tried to find a solution to the unrest that has plagued the country in recent months.
But some opposition leaders and activists shunned the...
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ISRAEL: ISRAELI LEBANON DECISION WRAP
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Israel's cabinet has voted unanimously to withdraw troops from southern Lebanon by July, a pullback that will end an 18-year occupation.
A Cabinet statement said the government would "act to ensure" that the pullout came...
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Iraqi PM reax as Syrian diplomat summoned over Baghdad bombs
1. Wide of audience
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister:
"We must declare war against those who are carrying out a political agenda and affiliating themselves with other countries. So despite the fact that we do...
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SYND 16/06/74 US PRESIDENT NIXON LEAVES SYRIA
US President Richard Nixon leaves Syria.
1. gv Palace
2. ms Nixon and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad seated
3. cu Kissinger, pan to Nixon and Assad
4. mcu Assad speaks (SOUNDBITE): Arabic
5. mcu officials
6. mcu Nixon speaks...
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Allawi says he discussed UN buffer zone with Syrian president
1. Iraq's Former Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi walks in
2. Cutaway hands
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ayad Allawi, Iraq's Former Interim Prime Minister:
''As we are having a dialogue we crystallised some concepts and ideas. One of these...
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3 chartered flights bring expats back home from Kuwait to vote in elections
Syrian expatriates arrived at Damascus International Airport from Kuwait on Tuesday to vote in Syria's presidential elections.
At least three flights from Kuwait, chartered by an anonymous Syrian businessman, were to bring Syrian...
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+4:3 New UN envoy to Syria comments on trip to Damascus; meets Lebanese PM
The United Nation's newly-appointed envoy to Syria met Lebanon's Prime Minister in Beirut on Saturday, shortly after arriving in the country.
At a news conference in the capital, Beirut, Staffan de Mistura said he would "try to find new...
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ANNAN MEETS DEPUTY FM AHEAD OF ASSAD TALKS
International envoy Kofi Annan met Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad in Damascus on Tuesday ahead of a meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad to discuss a peace plan meant to end the country's 15-month-old crisis.
Speaking...
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Ban meets President Nikolic, comments on Syria chemical weapons
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, expressed concern on Monday that Syria "may be tempted" to use chemical weapons after Damascus warned it would do so if it faced a foreign attack.
During a visit to the Serbian capital, Belgrade, where...
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Red Cross ambulances said to be carrying dead journalists arrive in Damascus
1. Wide pan of Red Crescent ambulances driving into Al Assad University Hospital, believed to be carrying the bodies of American reporter Marie Colvin and French
photographer Remi Ochlik
2. Tilt down of hospital sign to ambulances at the...
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Lavrov meets Libyan FM comment on Syria, Westerwelle sbite, Damascus voxpops
Russia said on Tuesday that it's working on the details of its proposal for Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control for subsequent dismantling.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, during a joint news conference with...
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Elections set to take place against background of continuing violence
1. Pan of Bab Touma square in Damascus
2. Mid of banners
3. Close of candidates posters
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Rami El-Zoghbi, Resident:
"I hope the new National Assembly could propose many new ideas. I hope they would take the people...
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SYND 19 6 81 NUCLEAR ENERGY SYMPOSIUM
Opening session of the first Arab nuclear energy symposium in which Syrian Minister for Electric Power makes speech. Syrian Prime Minister, Dr Abdul-Rauf Kassem, speaks about the recent Israeli attack on the nuclear reactor near...
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UN observers group leave for Homs, visit airport, comment
The UN observer mission in Syria visited Damascus International Airport on Sunday and held talks with officials before they left the capital for Homs.
Until last Sunday, the monitors had been confined to their hotel after they suspended...
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Further reactions from across to globe to election of Pope Francis
Damascus, Syria
1. Zoom out from mid of church tower to wide of the Greek Catholic church of Notre Dame de Damas
2. Mid of church interior
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Woman, no name given, churchgoer:
"We're very pleased that the new pope...
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Reactions in Syria to new UN-brokered peace plan
++This material was shot by an AP Television contractor working within Syrian government media guidelines++
1. Wide of street
2. Mid of newsstand
3. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) local resident (no name given):
"I think this summit was set up to...