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UN refugee chief fears mass exodus from Syria
Aug 3rd, 2012
Stepped up fighting in Syria could create a "gigantic outflow" of people on a previously unseen scale, the UN's refugee commissioner said on Friday. (Source: AFP) -
BEIRUT (AP) - An international aid organization is appealing for more funds to help Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, saying warmer weather will increase health risks due to lack of shelter, water and basic sanitation. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the fall of the Damascus regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period." (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - Investors recovered their poise after a shaky start to trading on Wall Street that sent stocks sharply lower. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
MADRID (Reuters) - Small investors in shares of in Spain's nationalised lender Bankia suffered new massive losses on Thursday as the stock plunged by more than 50 percent amid an abnormally high volume of trading which the stock market regulator said would be looked at closely. Tens of thousands of small savers, who were often missold preferen... [Full Article]
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's opposition resumed talks on Saturday aimed at closing their fractious ranks, as government forces launched a fierce onslaught on a rebel-held border town to try to gain the upper hand in the civil war. A failure of the opposition to unite could weaken the hand of Russia and the United States,... [Full Article]
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