In an interview on Syrian state television, President Bashar Assad has said that elections expected for February and has acknowledged that the opposition has become more belligerent. The Syrian president also has called for elections to form the new Syrian Government for the month of February 2012, in which different parties may be submitted to the ruling Baath belonging to Asad.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Funeral service in Norway: 77 candles for the victims
About four weeks after the massacre of Utøya Norway has paused once more united. At the end three days of mourning the land of imaginary events on Sunday at an official celebration of the 77 victims of the terrorist attacks of 22 July. At the two-hour event in the candlelit light Oslo Spektrum Arena members took part in the Scandinavian royal families, including the Crown Prince Haakon and Mette-Marit, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and President and Government.
Shimon Peres: None of us want or want to kill Egyptian soldiers
Israeli President Shimon Peres, today took a meeting with relatives of the victims of the attack last Thursday to present their condolences to the Egyptian soldiers who killed in the Sinai during the israeli response. "None of us want or want to die Egyptian soldiers, even in these difficult situations," he said in a moment of the visit.
Peres also emphasized that Israel and Egypt share an interest in the Sinai "is a peninsula of peace, calm and tourism," according to the online edition of the newspaper "Maariv". The statements were made hours after the Cairo qualified as insufficient regret for the incident made public last night by the holder Israeli Defense Ehud Barak.
Peres also emphasized that Israel and Egypt share an interest in the Sinai "is a peninsula of peace, calm and tourism," according to the online edition of the newspaper "Maariv". The statements were made hours after the Cairo qualified as insufficient regret for the incident made public last night by the holder Israeli Defense Ehud Barak.
Gaddafi's son, Saif Islam, arrested
Saif Islam, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, on whom an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC), has been detained by rebel forces Libyan court has stated today . The ICC has received confirmation that Islam has been arrested, as had been previously reported from Libya rebel forces, according to the Dutch agency ANP.
The ICC accuses the Libyan leader, his second son, Saif Islam, and brother Abdullah the Senusi crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Libya since last February, during the riots of insurgents in the North African country. The rebel forces are advancing today in the control of power in Libya and have already beleaguered Gaddafi's headquarters, according to television station Al Jazeera.
The ICC accuses the Libyan leader, his second son, Saif Islam, and brother Abdullah the Senusi crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Libya since last February, during the riots of insurgents in the North African country. The rebel forces are advancing today in the control of power in Libya and have already beleaguered Gaddafi's headquarters, according to television station Al Jazeera.
Friday, August 19, 2011
U.S. and EU demand Assad to withdraw
The U.S. government and the European Union have called on Syrian President Bashar al Assad on Thursday for the first time explicitly to resign. President Barack Obama at the same time imposed by decree sharp financial and economic sanctions against the Syrian government.
Before the start of a hearing-Syria in the UN Security Council disseminated the White House, the EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton as well as the governments of Germany, France and Britain agreed statements in which they are calling on Assad because of the violence against political opponents to resign.
Before the start of a hearing-Syria in the UN Security Council disseminated the White House, the EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton as well as the governments of Germany, France and Britain agreed statements in which they are calling on Assad because of the violence against political opponents to resign.
Pakistan, a bomb exploded in a mosque
A bomb exploded in a mosque in northwest Pakistan, under the control of the clans, while the traditional Friday prayers. Local media speak of at least 20 dead and 70 wounded. The explosion occurred in the town of Jamrud, the capital of the region of Khyber: the militants in the area have been active for several years.
The UN evidenced crimes against humanity in the repression in Syria
The UN said Thursday that there are indications of crimes against humanity in the systematic repression by the Government of Syria's opposition and civil unrest. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights released the report prepared by the mission she has researched extensively the situation in Syria, in which numerous cases of killings and disappearances, torture, illegal detention and harassment.
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