UPDATE: 03/08/2012 - ARAB LEAGUE - BASHAR AL-ASSAD - DIPLOMACY - KOFI ANNAN - SYRIA - UNITED NATIONS - UNREST
UN General Assembly set for vote on Syria resolution
Arab nations have dropped a demand for the resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from a UN resolution scheduled for a Friday vote at the General Assembly. The vote comes a day after Kofi Annan resigned as UN-Arab League envoy to Syria.
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