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Syria death toll rises as UN holds emergency talks
More people are killed in Syria as emergency talks take place at the UN. But Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt tells Channel 4 News military intervention is not on the agenda.
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Pope’s Irish Ambassador withdrawn over child abuse response
The Vatican labels reaction to an inquiry into child abuse in the Catholic church “excessive” after recalling the Pope’s ambassador to Ireland.
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Nato kills Kabul Intercontinental hotel attackers
A Taliban attack on a landmark hotel in Kabul has left nine people dead. An expert tells Channel 4 News the Taliban are staging “spectacular” attacks like this to show their continuing power.
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Ban Ki-moon wins second term as UN Secretary General
The UN Secretary General has been unanimously approved by the UN’s General Assembly for a second 5 year term.
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Syrians dismiss Assad’s promise of reforms
Damascus and several cities across Syria are teeming with anti-government protesters following a speech by President Bashar al-Assad in which he called for stability and pledged new reforms.
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Fake blogger is latest ‘liberal hoax’ with a good cause
Following the revelation that the lesbian Syrian blogger “damascusgaygirl” was a man living in Scotland, Samira Ahmed examines the history of the hoax with a purpose.
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Syria’s army holds the key to Assad regime’s future
As refugees flee the Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour in the face of a concerted military assault, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones writes that the army holds the country’s future in its hands.
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Syrian army begins military operation in Jisr al-Shughour
The Syrian army has begun a military operation in the town of Jisr al-Shughour according to state TV. Ealier in the week the Government said 120 security personnel were killed there.
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Assad’s Syria vows retribution for ‘deadly attack’
Syrian troops with tanks are believed to be moving on the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughur after the Assad regime vowed ‘firm retribution’ on ‘armed groups’ who they say killed 120 soldiers.
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Yemenis celebrate departure of President Saleh
The protesters rejoice as Yemen’s injured President flies to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment – have they won? Or is he coming back?
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Liam Fox challenges overseas aid pledge
Defence Secretary Liam Fox has challenged David Cameron’s plan to enshrine the Government’s overseas aid budget in law, a leaked letter reveals.
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Princess Beatrice Royal Wedding hat for sale on eBay
Entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne has opened the bidding for Princess Beatrice’s Royal Wedding hat on eBay at £5,000 – but Channel 4 News has a solution if that’s out of your price range.
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EU imposes sanctions on Syrian officials
The European Union imposes travel bans and freezes the assets of 13 Syrian officials, including President Assad’s brother, as part of efforts to end months of deadly violence.
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Brothers in arms: Palestinian peace deal signed
Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller on the signing of a deal between former rivals Hamas and Fatah to bring in a joint caretaker government for Palestine.
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Libyan ambassador expelled from UK amid Tripoli attacks
The Foreign Secretary expels the Libyan ambassador to the UK in the wake of attacks on British embassy premises in Tripoli. It comes after the apparent death of Gaddafi’s son in a NATO air strike.