UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Russia and China again vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution Thursday threatening sanctions against President Bashar Assad's government if it didn't stop using heavy weapons in the escalating 16-month conflict....
By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press
Thu, 07/19/2012 - 8:02am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Russia and China again vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution Thursday threatening sanctions against President Bashar Assad's government if it didn't stop using heavy weapons in the escalating 16-month conflict....