The New Dark Age

24 August 2011 — williambowles.info

West pushes for Syria sanctions
BBC News
The US and several European nations have called for the UN to impose sanctions against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and his ruling circle. But the draft resolution circulated at UN headquarters in New York faces opposition from veto-wielding …
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-14645641

Gulfsands Stops Paying Assad’s Cousin After Syria Sanctions
Bloomberg
By Kari Lundgren – Wed Aug 24 08:16:59 GMT 2011 Gulfsands Petroleum Plc (GPX), a UK oil explorer working in Syria, suspended payments to a cousin of the country’s President Bashar al-Assad as Europe imposed sanctions on the regime after a state …
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-24/gulfsands-stops-paying-assad-s-cousin-after-syria-sanctions-1-.html

240 OFWs in Syria want to come home
ABS CBN News
By Nina Corpuz, ABS-CBN News MANILA, Philippines – Of the estimated 17000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Syria, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has confirmed that 240 of them want to be repatriated. DFA Undersecretary Esteban Conejos …
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/08/24/11/240-ofws-syria-want-come-home

US still backs India on UNSC seat despite Syria vote
Hindustan Times
The United States continues to support a UN Security Council seat for India even as it’s in touch with Indian officials on the situation in Syria, according to a US official. “It remains our position that we support a UN Security Council seat for India …
http://www.hindustantimes.com/US-still-backs-India-on-UNSC-seat-despite-Syria-vote/Article1-736844.aspx

Libya vs. Syria
York News-Times
With all that’s happening in Libya and Syria some ask why the US, NATO, and friends aren’t doing the same thing to help the people in Syria as they’ve done to help the people in Libya. The abuse and suffering of the people in both countries is the same …
http://www.yorknewstimes.com/articles/2011/08/24/editorials/doc4e544d48acf35569439671.txt

Syria economy hit by demos but not collapsed: experts
The Daily Star
By Sammy Ketz Damascus, Syria. – AP Damascus: The Syrian economy, hit hard by five months of anti-government protests, could survive unrest and sanctions into next year but experts and officials warn of a sharp deterioration afterward. …
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Middle-East/2011/Aug-24/Syria-economy-hit-by-demos-but-not-collapsed-experts.ashx

DOLE: Govt. ready to repatriate OFWs in Syria
Philippine Information Agency
by Susan G. de Leon MANILA, August 24 (PIA)— The Department of Labor (DOLE), yesterday assured overseas Filipino workers in the conflict-stricken Syria that the government is ready to bring them home. Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said …
http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=50643

The View from Syria
FrontPage Magazine
In scenes reminiscent of the jubilation in Cairo’s Tahrir Square when Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown, cheering Libyans, firing gunshots into the air, filled Tripoli’s Green Square on Sunday August 21st to celebrate what they believed …
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/24/the-view-from-syria/

KUWAIT URGES SYRIA TO COOPERATE IN UN RIGHTS PROBE
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
Kuwait on Monday stressed the need for Syria to cooperate with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, and for comprehensive reforms that fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the Syrian people. “These reforms should begin immediately,” …
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/172988/reftab/36/Default.aspx

S. Korea bans citizens from traveling to Syria
Yonhap News
23 (Yonhap) — South Korea on Tuesday banned its citizens from traveling to Syria amid deepening conflict between protesters and government forces in the country, the foreign ministry said. The travel ban will go into effect next Tuesday and will be in …
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2011/08/23/48/0301000000AEN20110823009600320F.HTML

Source: Syria ‘whitewashing’ bloody crackdown before U.N. team …
The Syrian government worked Sunday to clean away evidence of a recent bloody crackdown in Latakia province in advance of an expected visit by a U.N. …
http://us.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/08/21/syria.unrest/index.html