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Which way now for Burma?
Western leaders rush to embrace Burma following a series of reforms, yet human rights abuses against ethnic groups are getting worse. Channel 4 News asks: is Burma really on the brink of a new dawn?
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French school shooting a ‘national disaster’ says Sarkozy
Toulouse is in “lockdown” after a father, his two sons, and a third pupil were shot dead outside a Jewish school. It is the third drive-by shooting in the region in recent days.
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Netanyahu’s Washington visit adds to confusion on Iran
Israel’s prime minister leaves Washington with President Obama’s promise that the US ‘has Israel’s back’, but two Middle East experts say Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit has created even more confusion.
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Red Cross aid blocked from entering Baba Amro in Homs
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it has not been allowed to enter the stricken district of Baba Amro in Homs, where it had hoped to deliver food and medical supplies.
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Syrian rebel forces withdraw from Baba Amr
Syrian rebel forces “strategically withdraw” from their stronghold of Homs, reportedly leaving the area and its 4,000 civilians in control of government forces.
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Fierce bombardment reported in Homs
Residents of the Syria city of Homs have reported hearing massive shelling of the besieged Baba Amro district, as the Assad regime refuses a visit by a top United Nations official.
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UK ‘to deport 100 Tamils’ as Sri Lanka fights UN resolution
A plane chartered by the British government is to deport about 100 Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka, according to a human rights charity.
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Syria’s ‘sham’ constitution wins approval
Syria’s “sham” constitution wins approval, meaning President Assad could stay in power until 2028. Meanwhile efforts continue to rescue two wounded journalists from Homs, as Jonathan Miller reports.
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Women and children evacuated from Homs
The ICRC says the Red Crescent has begun evacuating women and children from the besieged Syrian city of Homs – and wants all the sick and injured to be allowed to leave “without exceptions”.
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Injured journalists join calls for ceasefire in Syria
Journalists injured in the attack that killed Marie Colvin appeal for a ceasefire to allow them to receive urgent medical help, joining calls from the ICRC for a daily pause in fighting.
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Tributes pour in for veteran war reporter Marie Colvin
Words of praise flood in from across the world for veteran Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin after she was killed in a shell attack in the Syrian city of Homs.
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Veteran war reporter Marie Colvin killed in Syria
Award-winning Sunday Times journalist, Marie Colvin, is killed in the Syrian city of Homs. The paper’s owner Rupert Murdoch calls her “one of the most outstanding correspondents of her generation”.
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Iran questions: How close is war?
Channel 4 News takes a closer look at the hurdles between Israel and an attack on Iran.
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Inside ‘free’ Syria
Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Rugman travels to rural northern Syria where local villagers have joined the revolt against the Assad regime. His report contains eyewitness accounts of brutality.
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Syria and the west ‘running out of options’
While the Syrian government bombards Homs, what is the international community doing? Channel 4 News looks at what is happening on the surface and behind the scenes – and why.
