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A major change in downtown Arab may finally be coming. Mayor Gary Beam cautioned at Monday night's council meeting that anything could happen, but right now the downtown bypass project designed to re-route Alabama Highway 69 away from the downtown business district "looks good right now." Beam said he received a package from the Department of ... (more)

The theme of the speeches at Tuesday afternoon's U.N. Security Council meeting was for the Assad regime to immediately end the violence against the Syrian civilians.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other high-level officials will attend a UN Security Council meeting on Syria on Tuesday, the U.S. envoy to the UN said Monday.

Syria expressed Saturday "regret and astonishment" over the Arab League decision to suspend its observer mission in Syria, Xinhua quoted state-run SANA news agency as reporting.

CAIRO, Jan. 24, Jan 24, 2012 -- The Arab League will increase the number of its observers after the Gulf Cooperation Council withdrew its observers from Syria, AL Deputy Secretary General Ahmed Bin Heli said Tuesday.

The Syrian authorities have allowed around 12 vehicles belonging to the Arab League to cross into Syria to ensure the movement of the Arab observers mission in the country, Xinhua quoted private al-Watan daily as reporting on Sunday.