"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

Lübnan Marunîleri / Yasin Atlıoğlu

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Friday, February 17, 2012

Syria crisis: UN assembly approves Arab-backed resolution- BBC News

The UN General Assembly has voted in favour of a resolution condemning human rights violations in Syria and calling for an end to the violence.
The Arab-backed initiative, which also calls on President Bashar al-Assad to resign, is the latest of several attempts to bring an end to the crisis.
Syria said the move would only worsen the crisis and encourage "terrorists".
Earlier China said it was sending a senior envoy to Damascus to negotiate a "peaceful and proper" solution.
The non-binding resolution before the General Assembly backs an Arab League plan aimed at stopping the killings - it was modelled on an earlier resolution in the Security Council that was vetoed by Russia and China...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17065056