BBC News Syria crisis: Russia won't pressure Assad, says Lavrov Fri 8 Mar 2013 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says there is "absolutely" no chance of Moscow telling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stand down. | He told the BBC that Russia was not in the &qu...; (photo: Public Domain / Pete Souza)
The Independent William Hague arrives in Mali for talks Mon 4 Mar 2013 The Foreign Secretary William Hague today arrived in Mali for talks with military commanders and local politicians, just weeks after a French force routed Islamist rebels from strongholds in the north... (photo: AP / Kerim Okten, Pool)