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Syria crisis spillover 'likely after Turk jet attack'Syria's downing of a Turkish plane marks a serious escalation of the Syrian crisis, which risks spilling over into neighbouring countries, Iraq warned on Saturday as Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan prepared for a second security meeting More… |
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Syria downs Turkish jet, Ankara to act decisivelySyria shot down a Turkish warplane over the Mediterranean on Friday and Ankara warned it would respond decisively to the incident that threatened to open a new international dimension in the 16-month revolt against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad More… |
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Egypt's Brotherhood urges foreign action in SyriaEgypt's Muslim Brotherhood called on Arab and other world powers on Monday to intervene in Syria after 108 people were killed in the town of Houla in an attack it blamed on President Bashar Al-Assad's forces. Images of the bloodied More… |
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Syria rebels demand UN action after 'massacre'The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has urged the UN Security Council to act urgently after regime forces 'massacred' over 90 people, including many children, in the Syrian town of Houla. Opposition activists said on F More… |
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S&P downgrades Spain, calls for EU actionStandard & Poor's has cut its credit rating on Spain by two notches, citing expectations the government finances will deteriorate even more than previously thought as a result of a contracting economy and an ailing banking sector. More… |
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UN mulls Syria crisis action amid mounting violenceThe UN Security Council began discussing a new European-Arab draft resolution against Syria's government aimed at halting 10 months of bloodshed in Syria, said senior officials. This comes a day after security forces killed over 40 peo More… |
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Indian rupee up 2pc after RBI actionThe Indian rupee jumped more than 2 percent on Friday and was on track to post its biggest single-day rise in more than two years after the central bank took steps to stem the currency's plunge to a series of record lows. At 10.47am (0517 More… |
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Call for urgent Arab action on SyriaArab governments have been urged to take the lead in helping to protect innocent civilians in Syria even as the UN warned of a 'full-blown civil war.' A major rally was held in Bahrain on Friday to show solidarity with 'their S More… |
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ECB under pressure to take actionThe US, China and other countries piled pressure on Europe to come to grips with its debt crisis before it risks causing bank runs and pushing the global economy into ruinous recession. US Treasury chief Timothy Geithner, in his most expli More… |
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Global action on cyber attacks soughtGovernments, multinational corporations and global institutions are losing the battle against computer hackers and must combine their resources if they are to lock out cyber intruders, experts say. The International Monetary Fund has joine More… |
