#SYRIA: Syrian opposition leader resigns, says group divided, Burhan Ghalioun, stepped down on Thursday

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The head of the Syrian National Council, Burhan Ghalioun, stepped down on Thursday, saying the opposition group was splintered between Islamist and secular activists and had failed to live up to the sacrifices of the Syrian people.

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US Poised To Vet Possible Arms For Syrian Rebels

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by AP WASHINGTON (AP) — As one diplomatic effort after another fails to end more than a year of brutal violence in Syria, the Obama administration is preparing a plan that would essentially give US nods of approval to arms transfers from Arab nations to some Syrian opposition fighters.

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Britain to ban leaders guilty of rights abuses during Olympics


LONDON —
World leaders and politicians guilty of human rights abuses will be banned from entering Britain for the 2012 London Olympics, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.

“Entry will be refused where an individual’s presence at the Games or in the UK would not be conducive to the public good,” Jeremy Browne, minister of state at the Foreign...

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#Syria and #Lebanon

Returning Lebanese tell of kidnapping in Syria

Several members of a group of Lebanese Shia Muslim pilgrims caught up in a kidnapping in Syria have returned to the Lebanese capital, sources say.

The 34 female pilgrims arrived at Beirut's airport on Wednesday. They were travelling with at least 11 men and a Syrian driver, who were abducted on Tuesday in the the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and are still being held.

The Free Syrian Army says it was not involved in the kidnapping.

Rula Amin reports from Beirut, where she spoke to the wife of one of the abducted.

Returning Lebanese tell of kidnapping

Several members of a group of Lebanese Shia Muslim pilgrims caught up in a kidnapping in Syria have returned to the Lebanese capital, sources say. The 34 female pilgrims arrived at Beirut's airport on Wednesday. They were travelling with at least 11 men and a Syrian driver, who were abducted on Tuesday in the the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and are still being held. The Free Syrian Army says it was not involved in the kidnapping. Rula Amin reports from Beirut, where she spoke to the wife of one of the abducted.

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