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BBC News UN Syria text drops call for Assad power handover BBC News Diplomats at the UN Security Council have watered down a resolution on Syria in an apparent attempt to overcome Russian objections to an earlier draft. The new text - seen by the BBC - drops reference ...

TIME Diplomats hail Syria talks progress The Press Association Diplomats have claimed considerable progress towards overcoming Russian objections to a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at halting the violence in Syria. However demands that President Bashar Assad step aside remained a major sticking ... Syrian troops open a ...

BBC News Senegal police deploy for banned opposition M23 rally BBC News A large number of Senegalese police have deployed in central Dakar to prevent a banned opposition rally from taking place in the capital. The opposition grouping, June 23 Movement (M23), is objecting to President Abdoulaye Wade's plans ...

AFP Year of the Dragon roars into Asia AFP BEIJING — Asia welcomed the Year of the Dragon on Monday with a cacophony of fireworks, hoping the mightiest sign in the Chinese zodiac will usher in the wealth and power it represents. From Malaysia to South Korea, millions of ...

AFP US 'concerned' over possible Israel strike on Iran AFP WASHINGTON — The US government is concerned that Israel is preparing to take military action against Iran over US objections, and has stepped up contingency planning to safeguard US facilities in the region, The Wall Street Journal reported. ... ...

Telegraph.co.uk Online Suggestion Box a Peril for Putin New York Times MOSCOW — It took only a few hours after its launch on Thursday for Vladimir V. Putin's presidential campaign Web site to become an object lesson in the hazards that await him between now and the election on ...

The Guardian NZ police release names of hot air balloon crash victims Herald Sun COUPLES made up eight of the 11 people who died when a hot air balloon went up in flames and plunged to the ground in New Zealand yesterday. Police have released the names of the ...

CBC.ca Police name NZ balloon crash victims Sydney Morning Herald New Zealand police have named the victims of a hot-air balloon crash in Wairarapa on Saturday. - Howard Cox, 71, and his wife Diana, 63, of Wellington. - Desmond Dean, 70, and his wife Ann, 65, of Masterton. - ...

The Guardian New Zealand balloon crash pilot was due to marry fiancée Herald Sun Ballooning NZ director Lance Hopping is thought to be the owner of the hot air balloon, although it is not known if he was on board the flight. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied A police officer ...

Sydney Morning Herald Dream wedding plans come to grief in fiery crash Sydney Morning Herald The hot air balloon that crashed in flames, killing 11 people on New Zealand's North Island, was flown by an experienced pilot. Invitations are in the post for a big day that will now ...