Demonstrators hold a sign as they gather during a protest against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and Russia in Kafranbel, near Idlib January 27, 2012. The sign reads, “Occupied Kafranbel”. REUTERS/Handout
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Demonstrators hold a sign as they gather during a protest against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and Russia in Kafranbel, near Idlib
Posted February 2nd, 2012 at 4:33 am (UTC+0)
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James Brooke is the Russia/CIS bureau chief for Voice of America. A lifelong journalist, he covered West Africa, Brazil, the American Rocky Mountain States, Canada, and Japan/Korea for The New York Times. A resident of Moscow since 2006, he was first Bloomberg bureau chief for the region. In 2010, he joined VOA. In addition to writing Russia Watch, his weekly blog, he also does video, radio and web reports from Russia and the former USSR.
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