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Syria is ready to take part in UN-organized peace talk
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stanley cup d Thursday. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press briefing with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at China s ministry of foreign affairs in Beijing. AP Photo The UN Security Council last Friday unanimously approved a resolution endorsing a peace process for Syria, including a cease-fire and talks between the Syrian government and the opposition. The UN plans to convene talks in Geneva in January. Syria is ready to participate in the Syrian-Syrian Dialogue in Geneva without any foreign interference, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem told reporters after meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing. Our delegation will be ready as soon as we receive a list of the opposition delegation. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi s
stanley cup aid that China and Syria had agreed on principles for the peace talks. We should stick to the peaceful resolution of Syrian issue, the people of Syria should decide the future and fate of Syria, and the UN plays a key role in negotiations, Wang said. We agreed that these three principles should be upheld throughout the whole peace process of Syria. Wang also announced that China will provide 40 million yuan $6 million of humanitarian assistance to Syria. The Syrian conflict has lasted nearly five years, killed more than 300,000 people and displaced mil Anwm 24 remain trapped in flooded coal mine in NE China
Pakistani security forces fought Taliban militants on the outskirts of the main city in the northwest s Swat Valley and entered two other Taliban-held towns there, the army said, foreshadowing what could become bloody urban battles. A top government official said Sunday that the offensive near Afghanistan had already killed more than 1,000 Taliban fighters, while a group of pro-government religious leaders endorsed the operation but condemned U.S. missile strikes in the northwest. The developments underscored Pakistan s resolve and frustration in its battle against militancy. HT Image Washington has pressed Islamabad to crack down on al-Qaida and Taliban strongholds along the Afghan frontier, saying the militants threaten not only U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan but also nuclear-armed Pakistan s future. But many in Pakistan believe the militancy here has metastasized because of U.S. intervention in Afghanistan. Recent Taliban forays into a district just 60 miles 1
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stanley cup ehman Malik said the operation in Swat and surrounding areas would continue till the last Taliban are flushed out. It was not possible to indepen
