Avoiding the Syria trap
The Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times
Given the continued carnage in Syria, and given Russian and Chinese obstruction of a plan to have Syrian President Bashar Assad step aside, the Arab League, Western nations and the United Nations secretary-general are scrambling to identify other measures to stop the killing. Those efforts are...
Are Drones an Adverse Reaction to 9-11 and Manned Planes?
WorldNews.com
WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Since the beginning of time, humankind has longed to "fly like an eagle." But Becoming "other" by divination and magic, or wresting strength from animals and other gods, has gradually been replaced by technological determinism. As the Stone Age evolved...
Al-Shabab 'join ranks' with al-Qaeda
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Somalia's armed Islamist movement al-Shabab have joined ranks with al-Qaeda, the latter's chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has announced in a video message posted on online forums. "I will break the good news to our Islamic nation, which will... annoy the crusaders, and it is that the Shabab movement in...
Syria's Homs under relentless onslaught
Middle East Online
Middle East Online
DAMASCUS - More than 80 people were killed in Syria Thursday, most of them in a relentless blitz on the city of Homs, an attack US President Barack Obama decried as "outrageous bloodshed". Shelling erupted at daybreak, killing more than 50 civilians in the besieged central city and burning several...
Eurozone Sets New Conditions for Greek Bailout
Novosti
Novosti
Eurozone finance ministers on Thursday night agreed to attach additional conditions to Greece’s 130-billion-euro bailout deal and postponed the final decision until next Wednesday, the meeting’s chairman said on Friday. Finance ministers from the 17 euro countries met on Thursday night...
UN condemns 'appalling brutality' in Syria
Khaleej Times
Khaleej Times
AMMAN/BEIRUT - Syrian forces bombarded opposition-held neighbourhoods of the city of Homs with rocket and mortar fire on Thursday, activists said, as divided world powers struggled to find a way to end the violence. The United Nations chief condemned the ferocity of the government assault on Homs,...
US kills al-Qaida-linked militant in Pakistan
The Guardian
The Guardian
RASOOL DAWAR Associated Press= DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A U.S. drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region Thursday, killing five suspected militants, intelligence officials said. The Taliban identified one of them as a prominent commander who has served as a...
Police issue warrant for ex Maldives president
The Guardian
The Guardian
KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press= MALE, Maldives (AP) — A criminal court in the Maldives has issued an arrest warrant for former President Mohamed Nasheed, who stepped down from power earlier this week but later insisted he had been ousted in a coup, a police official said Thursday. Police spokesman...
Pakistan al-Qaeda chief 'killed' in US drone attack
BBC News
BBC News
One of the most senior al-Qaeda militants in Pakistan, Badar Mansoor, has been killed in a US drone strike, local officials say. The attack took place in Miranshah in North-Waziristan province, close to the border with Afghanistan. Badar Mansoor is suspected of killing dozens...
The Winter War
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Filmmaker: John D McHugh Barack Obama, the US president, has pledged to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan by 2014, with other NATO nations set to pull out their troops before that date and overall responsibility for security gradually being handed to the Afghan National Army and...
India toxic alcohol toll rises in Orissa
BBC News
BBC News
The number of people who have died in the Indian state of Orissa after drinking toxic illegal alcohol has risen to 31, officials say. About 70 more people are being treated in hospital and there are fears that the death toll could rise further. Residents of villages close to the city of...
Greek leaders ready to back austerity deal
CNN
CNN
February 9, 2012 -- Updated 0423 GMT (1223 HKT) Schauble on Greece: Adopt 2010 measures (Financial Times) -- A dispute over pension cuts stalled talks last night between leaders of Greece's fractious national unity government on tough new austerity measures, one of the last hurdles to be cleared...
Russia's Putin decries 'cult of violence'
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
MOSCOW -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday of a growing "cult of violence" around the world and expressed concern that upheavals in the Middle East could spread to his own country. In an apparent reference to Western governments, Mr. Putin said he was alarmed by what he deemed...
U.N.'s Ban says Arab League to revive Syria mission
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday the Arab League chief told him he intends to revive an Arab League monitoring mission in Syria, which has collapsed amid continuing violence there. Nabil Elaraby asked for U.N. help with the project during a telephone...
