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dipsydoodle

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Thu Feb 16, 2012, 08:53 AM Feb 2012

Syria crisis: China sends senior envoy

China says it is sending a senior envoy to Syria in a bid to find a peaceful resolution to the country's crisis.

Deputy Foreign Minister Zhai Jun will go to the capital, Damascus, on Friday.

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The UN General Assembly will vote later on an Arab-sponsored resolution condemning the Syrian government. Rights groups say some 7,000 civilians have been killed there since March.

The resolution also backs an Arab League plan calling for President Bashar al-Assad to hand power to his vice-president. The measure cannot be vetoed in the assembly, but the resolution would be non-binding.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17058192

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