Politics

EU to slap new sanctions on Syria as death toll rises - 09/21/2011

DAMASCUS- Snipers and security forces killed five civilians Wednesday in Syria's flashpoint province of Homs, activists said as the EU announced plans to slap new sanctions on the regime of President...

Will Palestinian statehood bid shatter EU unity? - 09/21/2011

BRUSSELS, Claire Rosemberg- In the scramble to head off "a diplomatic train crash" in New York over Palestinian UN membership, the European Union is striving to match its diplomatic weight to its...

More Syria bloodshed as opposition vies to organise - 09/20/2011

DAMASCUS- Syrian security forces killed six people on Monday, five during a raid in the flashpoint central province of Homs, as the opposition scrambled to organise against the regime, activists...

Yemen forces kill 31 as anti-regime protests rage - 09/20/2011

SANAA, Hammoud Mounassar- Security forces shot dead at least 31 people in Yemen on Monday, among them two children killed by snipers, protest organisers and medics said, as the United States called...

Syria opposition vows protests until regime ousted - 09/19/2011

DAMASCUS- Opponents of Bashar al-Assad vowed on Sunday to overthrow his "tyrannical" regime, as the embattled president met Russian lawmakers trying to help find a solution to the crisis in Syria....

NTC fighters in Libya's Sirte slow down for civilians - 09/19/2011

SIRTE, Andrea Bernardi and Dominique Soguel- Forces of the new Libyan regime advanced Sunday in Moamer Kadhafi's hometown Sirte, clearing roads for fleeing civilians as they sought one of the ousted...

Oxfam rings alarm bell on hunger in Yemen - 09/19/2011

SANAA, Jamal al-Jabiri- One in every three Yemenis goes hungry every day because of months of political stalemate that has pushed the economy to the verge of collapse and the government towards total...

Libyan NTC troops hit fierce Sirte resistance - 09/18/2011

SIRTE- Forces of the new Libyan regime were forced to retreat Saturday after earlier pushing deeper into Sirte, hometown of ousted leader Moamer Kadhafi, in the deadliest of three days of fierce...

Russian MPs seek to broker Syria talks - 09/18/2011

DAMASCUS- A group of Russian lawmakers arrived in Damascus in a bid to broker an end to violence in Syria, where security forces were reported to have killed two more people. Moscow is a...

Yemen VP to sign power transfer deal in a week: Saudi source - 09/18/2011

"Within a week, the vice president will sign the Gulf Initiative in the name of the president," said the Saudi official, who requested anonymity. The so-called Gulf Initiative was proposed by the...
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