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Moscow and the West Once Again Cross Swords Over Syria

23:56 01/02/2012 Andrei Murtazin, political analyst, for RIA Novosti

Next Thursday (February 2), the UN Security Council will vote on a new West- and LAS-sponsored draft resolution on Syria urging President Bashar al-Assad to resign and delegate his powers to Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa.

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