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- Iran's envoy to IAEA is hopeful on eve of nuclear watchdog visit
Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday he is hopeful that this weekend's planned visit by representatives of the nuclear watchdog will "resolve any ambiguity and show (our) transparency and cooperation with the agency." - Deaths rise in Syria as U.N. Security Council holds talks
Deaths mounted in Syria on Friday as world powers in the U.N.Security Council weighed a draft resolution calling on the country's president to step down. - Draft resolution calls for al-Assad to step down
The U.N. Security Council discussed Friday a resolution introduced by Morocco that calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and transfer power to his vice president. - Protesters storm Syrian Embassy in Cairo
More than 50 protesters opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime stormed the Syrian Embassy building in Cairo on Friday, smashing windows and tearing down the Syrian flag before dispersing, embassy officials and a witness said.
