Draft of U.N. Syria Resolution Released

ByABC News
October 26, 2005, 1:58 PM

October 26, 2005 --

Russia Opposes UN Action on Syria
Moscow says it will block any UN effort to impose sanctions on Syria over the death of ex-Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. (BBC)

Assad Says Accused Syrians May Face Trial
Letter Is First Substantive Response to U.N. Report Implicating Officials in Hariri Killing. (Washington Post)

UN Draft Calling on Syria to Detain Assassination Suspects
Full text of UN Security Council Resolution draft. (Financial Times)

Bomber 'Filmed With Terror Suspect'
The suspected ringleader of the four London suicide bombers featured in a surveillance operation carried out by the intelligence services last year, it has been reported. (The Scotsman)

Morocco Admits Shooting Migrants
Morocco has admitted its border guards shot dead four African migrants trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla earlier this month. (BBC)

Iran Sheltering Bin Laden Sons and Al Qaeda Members: Report
Iran is providing refuge to around 25 leading members of the al Qaeda terror group including three of Osama bin Laden's sons, a German magazine reported on Wednesday. (AFP)

Croatia Confirms Deadly Bird Flu in Swans
Presence of deadly H5N1 strain confirmed as EU health experts say it is safe to eat poultry products. (The Guardian)

Uzbeks Accused of Drugging Foe
The leader of an Uzbek opposition party who was arrested over the weekend was visited by his lawyer on Tuesday and found to be naked and in an incoherent state, the lawyer and the man's family said. His family said it feared the opposition leader had been drugged. (NY Times)

UN Raises Quake Aid Appeal
The United Nations has nearly doubled its appeal for aid for victims of the South Asia earthquake, as a leading charity accused wealthy nations of failing to respond to the disaster. (Al Jazeera)

Prosecutor Winding Up CIA Leak Probe
Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald met Wednesday with the grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer's identity, putting the finishing touches on a two-year criminal probe that has ensnared two senior White House aides. (AP)