UN: Assad isn't taking Ban Ki-moon's phone calls
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is facing international pressure to end a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters, is not taking the UN chief's phone calls, the United Nations said on Friday.
UN spokesman Martin Nesirky confirmed a report by Kuwait news agency KUNA that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had been trying to call Assad on Thursday but was told that the president was "not available." (Reuters)
