Kofi Atta Annan, GCMG (born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1 January 1997 to 1 January 2007. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize.
Source: WNYC | New York Public Radio
It's hard to look at the images coming out of Syria today. They show the bloodied bodies of dozens of children strewn on the floors of morgues. Some of them are just babies, their gazes frozen, still wearing the outfits they had on when t ...
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Source: Austin American-Statesman
BEIRUT — Gruesome video Saturday showed rows of dead Syrian children lying in a mosque in bloody shorts and T-shirts with gaping head wounds, haunting images of what activists called one of the deadliest regime attacks yet in Syria's 14-month-old ...
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Source: Los Angeles Times
BEIRUT— The blood-spattered children lay on a patterned rug, their wounds graphic proof that youth offers no protection from the dark forces unleashed in Syria. An unidentified man picks up the limp corpse of one boy, display ...
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Source: The Seattle Times
WASHINGTON — In a new effort to halt more than a year of bloodshed in Syria, President Obama will push for the departure of President Bashar Assad under a proposal modeled on the transition in another strife-torn Arab country ...
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Source: RIA Novosti
British Foreign Secretary William Hague is heading to the Russian capital on a working visit on Sunday to discuss the situation around Syria, Hague said. “In Moscow tomorrow. Will call on Russia to support ra ...
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Source: China Daily
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Saturday strongly condemned an incident of massive killings in a village in Syria, according to a statement released by his spokesperson. "The Secretary-general and the (UN-Ar ...
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Source: Vancouver Sun
OTTAWA — Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister is condemning the latest bloodshed in Syria, calling the violence “very disconcerting because of its depravity.” John Baird says the international community needs to redouble its efforts to ge ...
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Source: Deutsche Welle
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan issued a joint statement on Saturday condemning the massacre of 92 people, reportedly carried out by Syrian government forces a day earlier in the Houla ...
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Source: The Huffington Post
OTTAWA - Le ministre des Affaires étrangères du Canada a condamné les plus récents massacres en Syrie, qualifiant ces actes de violence de «très troublants en raison de la perversité de l'acte». John Baird a déclaré que la communauté interna ...
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