Syria spurns solutions by Arab League ‘plotters’
Syria: Syria said on Tuesday it will spurn
further Arab efforts to resolve its political crisis, as Gulf states
piled on pressure by deciding to pull out their observers and urging
strong UN action. The Arab League said its monitors would be
confined to base from Wednesday unless Damascus gives its approval
for the mission to continue for a second month,
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Floods in Australia
Australia: Thousands of Australians were
evacuated yesterday, with dozens being rescued, as monsoonal rains
sparked flash flooding and landslides and a cyclone threatened to
form in the Pacific Ocean. Emergency authorities ordered 4,200
residents of five towns in New South Wales to abandon their homes as
a huge storm lashed northeast Australia, causing rivers to break
their banks.
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London’s Big Ben leaning, parliament sinking
UK: The landmark clock tower containing Big Ben
at Britain's Palace of Westminster, is tilting, while media reports
Monday said the mother of all parliaments was slipping into the
River Thames, raising fears over its future. The House of Commons
commission, which is responsible for the upkeep of the 19th century
neo-Gothic parliamentary estate popular with tourist photographs,
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