Situation in Syria might repeat the Libyan scenario
February 10, 2012 11:00 pm· Leave a Comment
MOSCOW, Feb. 10 — The Syrian scenario will prove to be very much like that in Libya when reports about foreign military presence are verified, chairman of the Russian State Duma international committee Alexei Pushkov said Friday.
Azerbaijan resumes gas flow to Turkey after fixing technical failure
February 10, 2012 10:57 am· Leave a Comment
ANKARA, Feb. 10 — Azerbaijan resumed pumping natural gas to Turkey after a technical failure in a west-bound pipeline had been fixed, Turkish semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Thursday.
UN marks end of International Year of the Forests with ceremony, awards
February 10, 2012 10:57 am· Leave a Comment
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 10 — The International Year of the Forests came to a close here Thursday with a special ceremony and presentation of awards to several individuals instrumental in forest conservation and sustainability.
UN official calls for calm, no violence in Maldives
February 10, 2012 10:57 am· Leave a Comment
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 10 — A senior UN official on Thursday called for calm and an end to all violence in Maldives, saying that "there can be no externally-generated solutions, and that any peaceful solution in the Maldives must be nationally-led and supported by the people."
U.S. allows women to serve closer to battlefield
February 10, 2012 10:57 am· Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 — The U.S. Defense Department on Thursday announced it will open up over 14,000 positions to women, including those in direct ground combat units, allowing women to serve closer to the battlefield.
Security official killed in southern Yemen, al-Qaida blamed
February 10, 2012 10:57 am· Leave a Comment
SANAA, Feb. 10 — A senior Yemeni security official was shot dead Thursday evening in Yemen's southern restive province of Lahj in an attack probably carried out by al-Qaida militants, a provincial police official told Xinhua.
S. Korean lawmakers visit Kaesong complex amid lingering tensions
February 10, 2012 10:57 am· Leave a Comment
SEOUL, Feb. 10 — A group of eight South Korean lawmakers crossed the heavily fortified border into Korea on Friday for a rare tour of a joint inter-Korean industrial complex.
Lee calls for concerted international efforts to prevent emergence of new nuclear state
February 10, 2012 10:57 am· Leave a Comment
DOHA, Feb. 10 — South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called for concerted international efforts to prevent the emergence of new nuclear-armed states in an interview broadcast Thursday, stressing the world would be a safer place without nuclear weapons.
U.S., Italy aim to end bloodshed in Syria: Obama
February 10, 2012 10:57 am· Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 — U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday praised Italy's cooperation on Afghanistan, Syria and Iran, saying that the two countries aim to end the "outrageous bloodshed" in Syria.
3 Germans drown in submarine accident in Red Sea
February 10, 2012 10:57 am· Leave a Comment
CAIRO, Feb. 10 — Three German tourists died on Thursday when their submarine sunk in Red Sea near the seashore of Egypt's coastal resort Hurghada, Egyptian official MENA news agency reported.