To bring the conflict to an end, observers and experts say, it's important to elevate moderate Syrian voices.
Campaigners fear their first step would be to end the observer status of Greenpeace and other environmental groups.
But Mrs. Clinton said that if Mr. Assad did not stop the violence by mid-July, the United Nations would have little choice but to end its observer mission in the country.
"A bad week at the office or the start of the end?" The Observer asked as Britain pondered whether it was finally witnessing the oft-predicted finish to Prime Minister Tony Blair's political honeymoon.
To this end, the observer gain is calculated based on Kalman filter theory which, in turn, results in a robust temperature estimation despite temperature model uncertainties and measurement noise.
NAIROBI, Kenya — The preliminary peace treaty signed Tuesday night between the most powerful rebel movement in Darfur and the Sudanese government is the culmination of a shift in regional politics that could help bring Darfur's sputtering conflict to an end, Sudan observers say.
By the end, seasoned observers were shaking their heads in wonder at what they were seeing: a New Zealand team confirming, just in case their recent demolition jobs on France and Fiji were not to be taken seriously, that they have taken the professional era on to its next level.
As the Zimmerman trial is ending, and observers and pundits start predicting the result, one significant question stands out, unanswered and elusive.
The appointment of Mr. Brahimi was announced a day after the Security Council decided to end the United Nations observer mission in Syria, which was created in March as part of Mr. Annan's peace plan.
Russia maintains as many as 15,000 troops in two breakaway Georgian republics, despite a cease-fire agreement, and last month it used its veto to end the United Nations observer mission in one of them.
