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UN Security Council discusses conflict in Syria
Passenger van falls into ravine in northwestern Pakistan, killing 11
Wolves Suffer First Conference Loss of Season 60-56
Lady Wolves Get 52-40 Win Over Highland Tech
Egyptian tribesmen free 25 kidnapped Chinese workers

UN Security Council discusses conflict in Syria

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 05:35 PM PST

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations (UN) Security Council on Tuesday afternoon began discussing the situation in Syria, where thousands of people have been killed over the past 10 months in a government crackdown against a popular uprising.

Senior representatives of UN Member States began addressing the 15-member body on the situation in the Middle Eastern country following a briefing by Nabil El Araby, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States (LAS), describing the work of the League's human rights monitors inside Syria.

El Araby urged members of the Council to back a draft resolution, prepared by Morocco and based on the LAS plan of action on Syria, which calls for an immediate cessation of violence by all parties and progress towards national dialogue that leads to a peaceful political resolution of the crisis.

With UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon previously urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to "stop killing his own people" and embark on a path to greater democracy, the UN has demonstrated constant pressure on Syrian officials to end the string of violence.

During his visit to Jordan on Tuesday, Ban stated that "it is more urgent than ever to put an end to this bloodshed and violence, to start a credible political solution that addresses the legitimate aspiration of the Syrian people and to protect their fundamental freedoms."

El Araby said the Arab League is attempting to avoid any foreign intervention, especially military intervention, noting that the draft resolution calls for the full respect of Syria's territorial integrity and unity of the country's people.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, told the Council that LAS initiatives to end the violence in Syria "have been in vain" because the Syrian government has failed to make any sincere effort to cooperate.

"The reality on the ground bears witness that bloodshed has not stopped, that the killing machine is still at work, and that the violence is spreading," said Al-Thani.

Al-Thani continued by asking that the Council "assume your responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations to address the humanitarian tragedy taking place in Syria, by adopting a clear resolution that supports the latest Arab initiative that was adopted in the resolution of LAS Ministerial Council in Cairo on January 22."

"We also call on the Security Council to take all measures based on the resolutions adopted by LAS and notably the economic resolutions and travel ban on Syria," he added.

"We are not calling for a military intervention," Al-Thani continued. "We are advocating the exertion of a concrete economic pressure so that the Syrian regime might realize that it is imperative to meet the demands of its people. We are not after regime change neither, for this is a matter that is up to the Syrian people to decide."

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also pressed for a clear message of support to the people of Syria, urging the international community to put aside differences. "Syria is a unique situation that requires its own approach, tailored to the specific circumstances occurring there," she said. "And that is exactly what the Arab League has proposed - a path for a political transition that would preserve Syria's unity and institutions."

William Hague, the UK's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, also urged the council to unite behind the LAS plan to facilitate a peaceful resolution of the conflict. "To fail to do so would be to undermine the credibility of this institution, betray the Syrian people, snub the Arab League and fail in this Council's responsibilities," he sid.

Meanwhile, Syria's Ambassador to the UN, Bashar Ja'afari, said his country rejects any "international intervention" and added that "homelands are built by their own citizens."

Ja'afari also added that Syria will continue to protect its own people against armed elements, denouncing what he termed "feverish attempts" to interfere in Syria's internal affairs by misleading world public opinion.

Russia's Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, urged both the Syrian Government and all opposition groups to send their representatives to Moscow on an agreed upon timeline to conduct informal contacts without preconditions.

"This would allow for the Syrian parties to discuss many issues on the national agenda without any limitation, in particular the task of preparing inter-Syrian dialogue," Churking said. "Today it is more important than ever to engage in dialogue which would lead to the realization of the necessary agreements on the political future of the country," he added, urging the Council to play "a constructive role" in the process.

Passenger van falls into ravine in northwestern Pakistan, killing 11

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 05:25 PM PST

DIR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Eleven people were killed on Wednesday when a van plunged into a ravine in northwestern Pakistan, police said. Several others were injured.

Police sources told Geo TV that the van, carrying about 20 people, went off a road and plunged down a ravine in Sher Bangal, which is located in the Upper Dir district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.

The news channel said eight passengers died at the scene of the accident while three others later succumbed to their injuries after emergency teams rushed them to area hospitals. Nine others were also reported injured, but their conditions were not immediately know.

Reports said the accident was likely the result of speeding.

Road accidents are common in Pakistan with more than 5,500 fatalities in 2007, according to the most recent figures released by national police. Many accidents are the result of poor infrastructure and the disregard of traffic laws.

On November 13, at least 23 people were killed when a van collided head-on with a passenger bus on a highway near the historic town of Thatta in Sindh province. The speeding passenger van was attempting to overpass a bus when it crashed into a bus coming from the opposite direction.

And in late September, at least 38 people were killed when a school bus carrying more than 100 young people overturned near the town of Kallar Kahar in Pakistan's Punjab province. Around 70 others were injured.

Wolves Suffer First Conference Loss of Season 60-56

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:47 PM PST

Jonathan Gidney looks inside to pass

By Bill Ward

Gastonia- It took two overtimes for the Highland Tech Rams to hand the Lincolnton Wolves their first conference loss of the season.

Lincolnton was led in scoring by Lorenzo Carter’s 24 points and Michael Cunningham’s 17 points.

The Wolves (15-3, 10-1) still are in first place in the Southern Piedmont Conference and host the East Lincoln Mustangs on Friday.

Kameron Harper lets a shot roll off his fingertips.

Jevon Patton sets up the offense.

Lorenzo Carter drives around a Rams' defender.

Jonathan sherril and Josh Neely tip off.

Jalen Littlejohn shoots over joe deese.

Lady Wolves Get 52-40 Win Over Highland Tech

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:04 PM PST

Treasure Avery puts up a shot.

By Bill Ward

GASTONIA- The Lady Wolves (11-7, 7-4) earned a big win Tuesday over conference foe Highland Tech 52-40.

Chelsea Slentz led the offensive attack with 17 points while Alexis Killian added 14 and Treasure Avery tacked on 11 points.

The Lady Wolves with host the East Lincoln Mustangs on Friday.

Alexis Killian makes a pass.

Players from both squads battle for the ball.

Egyptian tribesmen free 25 kidnapped Chinese workers

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 07:03 AM PST

CAIRO, EGYPT (BNO NEWS) -- All twenty-five Chinese nationals who were previously kidnapped by Bedouin tribesmen in Egypt's central Sinai were released on early Wednesday morning, officials at the Chinese embassy in Cairo told the state-run Xinhua news agency.

The kidnapped workers were freed early Wednesday morning at around 3 a.m. local time, about 15 hours after being kidnapped. Commercial affairs counselor of the embassy Ma Jianchun told Xinhua that the workers were in a good condition and were now staying at a military hotel in Arish.

The Chinese nationals, who work for a cement factory, were riding a bus to their plant when they were stopped by locals in the northern Sinai town of Arish on Tuesday. The 24 workers and a translator were then taken to a makeshift tent nearby.

Throughout the ordeal, some of the workers were able to keep contact with the embassy through their mobile phones. Pan, 25, one of the kidnapped workers, told the media outlet that the text messages being sent from the embassy helped them feel relieved that there were officials working to free them.

Pan also thanked both Chinese and Egyptian officials for their efforts and said none of those kidnapped suffered from physical harm or loss of any property. The tribesmen have been demanding that the Egyptian government release their relatives detained several years ago because of suspected involvement in attacks in south Sinai between 2004 and 2006.

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