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The Geneva group should start planning.
CNN: Meeting on Syria a coalition of the timid
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The contact group in Geneva may show new resolve, issue tough statements and make contingency plans.
CNN: Meeting on Syria a coalition of the timid
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One reason for the disparity: competitiveness, as defined by a ranking of countries done annually by the World Economic Forum in Geneva (the same group that holds the high-powered Davos meeting).
FORBES: Iceland J��, Venezuela No
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But the diplomatic wranglings, such as Annan's recent Action Group meeting in Geneva and the U.S. and Arab-backed Friends of Syria initiative, have failed to stop the killings of thousands since March 2011.
CNN: Annan: Iran has 'role to play' for Syrian peace
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Every year, the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, the same group that holds the high-powered annual meeting in Davos, publishes a Global Competitiveness Report.
FORBES: The Cost Of Corruption
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BlueCrest Capital Management, a leading British hedge-fund group, is establishing a Geneva office.
ECONOMIST: London risks losing its global appeal
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The forum will try to convince both the Syrian government and opposition to accept a solution based on the core elements of the final communique issued on 30 June 2012, after the UN-backed Action Group for Syria meeting in Geneva.
BBC: Syria conflict: Envoy Brahimi hails US-Russia accord
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Jean-Rene Saillard works in Geneva for the British Fine Art Fund, an investment group devoted to buying art.
BBC: Geneva's art storage boom in uncertain times
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But prospects for launching talks at an international conference in Geneva began fading after the main Western-backed opposition group said it wouldn't attend as long as Hezbollah fights in Syria and the situation in Qusair remains dire.
NPR: Hezbollah, Syrian Rebels In Worst Clash In Lebanon