Britain recalls envoy from Syria, says regime violence unacceptable to "civilised world"
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US suspends operations at its Damascus embassy over security concerns, pulls out remaining staff
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Turkey summons Swiss envoy in protest of the latter probing statements by Turkey's EU minister allegedly denying the Armenian genocide
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Protesters angry at China's veto of UN Security Council resolution calling for Syria's President Assad to step down pelt embassy with rocks
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France, Germany call Russian President Monday over Syria veto
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Palestinian Fatah movement says final declaration on the formation of the new government will be declared in Cairo on the 18th of this month
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Putin proposes slight reforms, stresses his forerunner status in approaching presidential elections despite mass protests against his candidacy
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Tensions spike in Brazil as armed policemen occupy a local legislature building in Bahia state demanding higher pay and better working conditions
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The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council will meet in Riyadh this week to discuss the Syrian crisis, days after Russia and china vetoed a UN resolution condemning the bloodshed in the Arab country
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British police have found 829 names of victims of the News of the World tabloid phone hacking scandal
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Syrian defectors create revolutionary council to supersede Free Syrian Army fighting against regime
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Rival Palestinian factions agree to name president Mahmoud Abbas as head of an interim government that will oversee preparations for presidential and legislative elections
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Driven by the Russian-Chinese veto, Syrian army shells the restive Syrian city of Homs killing dozens and injuring hundreds
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US president says he deserves a second term during pre-Super Bowl interview, which came after Friday's positive jobs data
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Presidential elections are set to take place in Yemen, though there will only be one candidate. Meanwhile, Ali Abdullah Saleh will enjoy immunity from prosecution and will continue to be a force in the ruling party
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Taliban insurgents reject 'political' UN annual report accusing Taliban of causing 77 per cent of deaths last year during Afghanistan's decade-long civil war
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Tens of thousands march through Moscow to protest fraud-tainted parliamentary elections and Vladimir Putin's stronghold on political system
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Four Al-Qaeda-linked militants and a government soldier die in clashes in southern Yemeni town, breaking a ceasefire aiming to pacify the area ahead of presidential elections
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Iran threatens to attack any country that allows 'enemies' of the Islamic state to launch a military strike against its soil ahead of the the Revolutionary Guards two-day ground exercises
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