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In this undated photo provided by Studio Total teddy bears hang on parachutes during a training in Stockholm, Sweden. Thomas Mazetti and Hannah Frey from Sweden intruded with a light plane on the Belarus' airspace and dropped hundreds of teddy bears carrying slogans supporting human rights and media freedom, on July 4, 2012. The two Swedes behind the stunt, said their idea was to show support for Belarusian human rights activists and to embarrass the country's military, which is a pillar of President Lukashenko's power. (AP Photo/Studio Total/Per Cromwell)

Paratrooper teddy bears 'invade' ex-Soviet state

Frank Jordans, Yuras Karmanau The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 11:29am

MINSK, Belarus — It’s probably the first time in history that teddy bears have defeated generals.

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Fayssal al-Hamwi , Syrian Ambassador in Geneva delivers his statement to the urgent debate on Syria during the 19th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2012. The U.N.'s human rights chief Navanethem Pillay says the situation in Syria has deteriorated rapidly in recent weeks and demands an immediate humanitarian cease-fire. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)

Situation in Syria deteriorating

Frank Jordans The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 10:44am

GENEVA -- There needs to be an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Syria, the U.N. human rights chief declared Tuesday, saying the situation has deteriorated rapidly as the Assad regime steps up its onslaught against the opposition.

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In this Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, houses are seen destroyed from Syrian government forces shelling, at Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province, Syria. An opposition group says several people have been killed in heavy shelling of a district in central Syria a day after the army sent reinforcements ahead of a possible ground assault. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO

Red Cross calls for cease-fire in Syria

Frank Jordans, Zeina Karam The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 10:57am

BEIRUT -- The Red Cross called Tuesday for a daily two-hour cease-fire in Syria so that it can deliver emergency aid and reach people who are wounded or sick, an appeal that came as government troops heavily shelled rebellious districts in the resistance stronghold of Homs, killing at least 16 people.

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(STEFFEN SCHMIDT/The Associated Press) In this Tuesday Aug. 4, 2009 file photo Oswald Gruebel, CEO of Switzerland’s biggest bank UBS, is seen during a news conference in Zurich, Switzerland. UBS chief executive Oswald Gruebel has resigned over a $2.3 billion rogue trading loss, the bank said Saturday Sept. 24, 2011. The move ends days of speculation about whether Gruebel could retain his position following the latest scandal to hit Switzerland’s biggest bank.

UBS CEO Gruebel resigns over rogue trading loss

Frank Jordans The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 5:24pm

GENEVA — UBS chief executive Oswald Gruebel has resigned over a $2.3 billion loss caused by rogue trading at its investment division, which is to be restructured now to prevent similar incidents in future, the Swiss bank said Saturday.

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