epa04076925 Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad speaks to the media during a news conference in the context of the second round of negotiations between the Syrian government and the opposition, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 14 February 2014. A second round of Syrian peace talks have reached a dead end, an opposition delegate said 14 February after a day of separate meetings between each side and UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. EPA/SALVATORE DI NOLFI