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The growing appeal of Tony Abbott
Tony Abbott has many fans according to the polls - but few as enthusiastic as Nio Barbaro, who knelt at the Abbott's feet yesterday and planted a kiss on his forehead.

Assad interview fires up Hollande
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad seemed calm and was surrounded by only light security when he talked to a French journalist this week.

Obama gains support for Syrian strikes
The prospect of air strikes in Syria has grown with political developments driving towards military action.

So they wait - for Obama
The graves had run into each other, mounds of red earth washed by the rain, blown by the wind.

UN: Syria 'humanitarian calamity'
Syria's civil war has driven almost a third of the country's population from their homes, causing the humanitarian calamity of the century, says the United Nations.