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Collection of opposition news, found 243 news.

Annan asks Syria to stop using heavy weapons

UN envoy Kofi Annan on Sunday asked the Damascus regime and the opposition to immediately halt violence and the use of ...

Syria oposition calls for UN military intervention

The opposition Syrian National Council renewed on Saturday its call for the United Nations to intervene militarily in ...

2 die in Syria violence UN monitors land

Syrian forces killed two civilians and were locked in fierce clashes with rebels in one city while bombarding ...

Australia to lift some Myanmar sanctions

Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Monday said Australia will lift sanctions against Myanmar`s president and more than 200 ...

Syria opposition hails UN vote on observers

Syria`s opposition on Saturday hailed the UN Security Council resolution on the deployment of observers as a "first ...

UN monitors face risky mission in Syria

UN monitors arriving in Syria are starting a perilous mission as there is no formal ceasefire between President Bashar ...

British PM meets Myanmar leader on historic visit

British Prime Minister David Cameron met Myanmar's president Friday on the first visit in decades by a Western leader ...

North Korea rocket launch fails

North Korea`s rocket launch failed and did not cause any damage to neighboring countries, Defense Ministry spokesman ...

Russia urges time for Annan`s plan to work ini Syria

Russia called for more time on Thursday for international envoy Kofi Annan`s Syrian peace plan to work, as a ceasefire ...

Five dead in north Iraq ambush

Unknown gunmen firing Kalashnikovs and machineguns ambushed a police patrol Thursday in north Iraq, killing two ...

Syrian government pulls back troops from armed conflict areas: fm

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said on Tuesday that the Syrian government has pulled back troops from cities in ...

Heated argument expected if elections bill voted on: Pramono

House Deputy Speaker Pramono Anung said a heated debate would occur if three crucial issues in the general elections ...

Venezuela`s Chavez in cuba for 3rd anti-cancer treatment

Cuban leader Raul Castro welcomed his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez as the latter arrived in Cuba midnight ...

President advised to weigh consequences of ousting PKS from coalition

A political analyst has recommended that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono consider the impact if he decides to ...

PKS to remain in government coalition: PKS president

President of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq has said his party would remain in the government ...