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Russia, China Veto UN Resolution Asking Assad to Quit

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The high-level diplomatic setback came after world leaders and Syrian opposition activists accused Assad's forces of a massacre in a sustained shelling of Homs, the bloodiest episode in 11 months of upheaval in the pivotal Arab country.
The U.N Security Council votes on a European-Arab draft resolution endorsing an Arab League plan calling for Bashar al-Assad to give up power in New York

China and Russia Veto U.N. Resolution Against Syria’s Assad

China and Russia have vetoed a resolution by the U.N. Security Council calling for the resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad amid worsening violence in that country. The resolution backed a similar resolution proposed earlier by the Arab League.
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Russia Threatens to Veto Syria Resolution at U.N.

Russia shot down suggestions from some U.N. Security Council members of an imminent deal on a draft resolution aimed at stopping Syria's bloody upheaval, warning it would veto the current text if it were put to a vote on Friday.
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