By REUTERS
UNITED NATIONS - UN-Arab League Syria envoy Kofi Annan will meet Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday during a peace mission to the country where pro-democracy protests have deteriorated into bloody turmoil, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday.Ban told reporters in New York that Annan also plans to meet with the Syrian opposition before leaving the country on SundayUK police charge 5 men with national security offences linked to Russia
