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22 Dec 12

Syrian civil war at stalemate, Assad won't go: Russia
Syria's civil war has reached stalemate and international efforts to persuade President Bashar al-Assad to quit will fail, Russia's FM Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.-"Listen, no one is going to win this war," he told reporters aboard a gov't plane en route to Moscow from the Russia-EU summit in Brussels. "Assad is not going anywhere, no matter what anyone says, be it China or Russia."

Russia: Syrian chemical weapons 'under control'
Russian FM Sergei Lavrov said in comments cleared for release on Saturday that Syria's chemical weapons had been concentrated in one or two areas and were "under control" for the time being. Lavrov said the biggest threat from Syria's chemical weapons was that they could fall into the hands of rebel forces. "Currently the (Syrian) gov't is doing all it can to secure (chemical weapons), according to intelligence data we have and the West has," he said.

US and Russia back bid to find end to Syrian war
Lakhdar Brahimi, the United nations special envoy to Syria, is reportedly planning to fly from Cairo to Damascus to present a deal to the Syrian president. The plan would create a transitional government made up of regime and opposition figures, according to diplomatic sources.

New York Gov: Gun Confiscation and Forced Buy-back an Option
New York governor Andrew Cuomo says the state of New York is serious about gun confiscation. The Democrat and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development told an Albany radio station he plans to propose a package of draconian legislation during his State of the State address next month. “I don’t think legitimate sportsmen are going to say, ‘I need an assault weapon to go hunting,’” Cuomo said, according to the New York Times.

Trojan-horse therapy 'completely eliminates' cancer in mice
An experimental "Trojan-horse" cancer therapy has completely eliminated prostate cancer in experiments on mice, according to UK researchers. The team hid cancer killing viruses inside the immune system in order to sneak them into a tumour. Once inside, a study in the journal Cancer Research showed, tens of thousands of viruses were released to kill the cancerous cells.

John Kerry nominated as next US secretary of state
US President Barack Obama has nominated Senator John Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton as his next secretary of state. Mr Obama said Mr Kerry's "entire life" prepared him for the role, and praised him for the "respect and confidence" he has earned from world leaders. Mr Kerry ran as Democratic presidential candidate in 2004 and is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Tougher EU sanctions against Iran come into force
Rigorous new sanctions against Iran's banking, shipping and industrial sectors took effect on Saturday, as part of the European Union's effort to force Tehran to scale back its nuclear program. The sanctions, agreed in October, entered EU law with their publication in the European Union's Official Journal on Saturday.

Mob in Pakistan kills man accused of burning Quran
Police say a mob in southern Pakistan has beaten to death a Muslim man accused of burning a copy of Islam's holy book, and then set his body afire. The country's harsh blasphemy laws allow anyone found guilty of insulting Islam to be sentenced to death, but people also sometimes take such matters into their own hands.

Iran defense minister says NATO missiles harm Turkey security
The installation of Patriot anti-missile batteries sent by NATO members to bolster Turkey's defenses against a possible missile attack from Syria will only harm Turkey's security, Iran's defense minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.

Four dead, three police hurt in Pennsylvania shootings
A man with a pistol fatally shot three people on Friday in rural western Pennsylvania, one of them in a church, before he was killed in a shootout with state troopers as he tried to flee in a pickup truck, authorities said.

NKorea says it has detained a US citizen
North Korea said Friday that an American citizen has been detained after confessing to unspecified crimes, confirming news reports about his arrest at a time when Pyongyang is facing criticism from Washington for launching a long-range rocket last week.

Syria military 'continuing to fire Scud-type missiles'
Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says Syrian government forces are continuing to fire short-range ballistic missiles at rebel fighters. A Nato source told the Reuters news agency that surveillance had detected multiple launches of "Scud-type missiles" on Thursday morning. Mr Rasmussen said it was the "act of a desperate regime approaching collapse".

Authorities: 3 set deadly Ind. blast for insurance
Three people charged in a gas explosion that devastated an Indianapolis neighborhood deliberately set up the deadly blast to collect a big insurance payout, authorities said Friday.

Egypt holds second stage of vote on draft constitution
Egyptians have begun voting in a second stage of a constitutional referendum that has sparked weeks of unrest. Opponents of President Mohammed Morsi have held protests against the draft, saying it favours the Islamists now in power and betrays the revolution which overthrew Hosni Mubarak last year. Mr Morsi's supporters say the constitution will secure democracy.

75 Economic Numbers From 2012 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe
The mainstream media continues to tell us what a “great job” the Obama administration and the Federal Reserve are doing of managing the economy, but meanwhile things just continue to get even worse for the poor and the middle class.


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21 Dec 12

Iran, Russia to continue supporting Syria: Iran deputy FM
“I have seen that there has not been any change in the Russian strategy towards Syria,” Amir-Abdollahian said on the sidelines of a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in Moscow. “Tehran and Moscow will continue supporting Syria,” he noted, adding that Iran’s six-point peace plan allows for a political solution to the unrest in Syria “and Russia and Iran share this position.” (Video)

NATO: Collapse of Syrian regime a matter of time
The collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria is a matter of time, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an interview to TRT Haber TV channel on Thursday.-Rasmussen said placing Patriot anti-aircraft missiles on the Turkish-Syrian border poses no threat to Iran or Syria, and is not directed against them. Their placement is aimed to defend Turkey against possible aggression.

New Missiles for Iran Impact Hagel Debate
The Iranian nuclear threat has been put on the back burner both in the United States and Israel in recent weeks, but the latest news out of Syria has the potential to alter the discussion about the West’s leverage over Tehran. According to a report broadcast this morning on Fox News, diplomatic sources are saying that a Russian air defense system sold to Syria is now being transferred to Iran. The move can be interpreted as yet another sign that the Assad regime is faltering and transferring its assets out of the country.

Russia-NATO standoff over Syria looms
The kidnapping of Russian nationals on Monday is drawing Moscow deeper into the Syrian crisis, which is becoming increasingly internationalised as battle lines get more sharply defined between foreign supporters of the government and the armed opposition.-Analysts point out that there is body of opinion building up in Russia that argues that the kidnapping of the Russian nationals provides legitimate grounds for Moscow’s forceful intervention in Syria.

22 UN General Assembly Resolutions Targeted Israel This Year, 4 for Rest of World
By the end of this week the current 2012 UNGA session will have adopted 22 country-specific resolutions targeting Israel – and only four on the rest of the world combined, one each for Syria, Iran, North Korea and Burma, according to UN Watch. On Tuesday alone The U.N. General Assembly adopted nine resolutions on ”Palestinian rights and the Golan,” sharply criticizing Israel yet making no mention of Sunday’s massacre of Palestinian Arabs by Syrian warplanes firing missiles into a mosque in a refugee camp near Damascus.

Iranian Spiritual Leader: Prepare For Environment That Will Bring Mahdi/End Times
Khamenei warned of the imminent return of the Mahdi, or the 12th imam. “The issue of Imam Mahdi is of utmost importance, and his reappearance has been clearly stated in our holy religion of Islam,” he said. “We must study and remind ourselves of the end of times and Imam Mahdi’s era. … We must prepare the environment for the coming so that the great leader will come.”

Great Train Robbery in Progress- Goldmans of the World Are Going Massively Long Gold
Sinclair states that as soon as the bullion banks have grabbed every last available ounce of gold they can lay their hands on, gold will EXPLODE to $3,500.

'Hate speech' targets 2nd Amendment supporters
That’s the word from Second Amendment Foundation Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb on the issue of the vitriol that is being directed both at gun owners and firearms rights organizations in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shooting tragedy. Gottlieb said the hostile tone against gun owners may lead to actual “hate crimes,” and some of the communications that have come into his office have been “vulgar.”

Syria conflict: Assad fires more Scuds - live updates
A Syrian footballer raised a revolutionary flag after Syria beat Iraq to the win West Asian championships, according to the Saudi news site al-Arabiya. An image showed striker Omar al-Soma raising a flag to Syrian fans at the match in Kuwait, but it unclear what type of flag he was holding aloft.

U.N. imposes sanctions on 2 Iranian companies
The U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions on two Iranian companies Thursday for smuggling arms to Syria and other countries. The council's committee monitoring an arms embargo and other sanctions against Iran added cargo airline Yas Air and SAD Import Export Company to its blacklist.

Israel: Palestinians power-drunk
"Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is seeking to incite a confrontation with Israel no matter what," the Foreign Ministry said Friday, following the Palestinian leader's announcement that Ramallah will actively try to isolate Israel in the international arena.

US cancels vote on Boehner's fiscal cliff 'Plan B'
US Republicans have cancelled a tax vote in Congress, less than two weeks before a deadline for budget reform. Republican House speaker John Boehner proposed the bill, which would have raised taxes on high earners. But right-leaning Republicans rejected it. Analysts say the rejection has weakened Mr Boehner's position in negotiations with the White House.

Many dead in fresh Tana River clashes on Kenyan coast
At least 30 people have been killed in fresh clashes between rival farming communities in the Tana River district on the Kenyan coast, police say. The latest outbreak of violence is reported to be a revenge attack by Pokomo farmers on Orma homesteads.


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