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Arab league adopts economic sanctions against Syria
Arab countries have adopted Sunday economic sanctions against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, in order to force him to stop the crackdown on protesters and the killing of civilians, said Qatar Prime Minister, at the end of an extraordinary council of the Arab League
French military helicopters in Mali
Helicopters of the French army arrived Saturday in Gao, northern Mali to participate in the research of French nationals kidnapped in the south of the country a few days ago, Malian security sources said....
Post-Gaddafi Libya: Winners and Losers
Every revolution has its losers. Libya's new rulers, who swept to power three months ago in a revolt against Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule, have promised the country a brighter future. In the biggest cities, celebratory gunfire and the war-cry "God is great" can still be heard daily....
Arab League to prepare sanctions against Syria
Economic sanctions will be taken against Syria who refuses to stop the killing of civilians and the bloody repression of the demonstrators. Arab Ministers of Finance and Economy, meeting in Cairo, will discuss the implementation of these sanctions...
Marshal Tantawi Meets Moussa and El Baradei
Following the demonstrations against the military in power since the fall of the Mubarak regime, the army chief Hussein Tantawi received Saturday Amr Moussa and Mohamed El Baradei, mentioned by protesters, to head a government of National salvation, reported the official Egyptian agency MENA....
PJD Tops Legislative Election in Morocco
The Justice and Development Party (PJD) came out ahead of Friday's legislative with 80 elected members, becoming thus the largest party in the Assembly which has 395 seats....
Three European nationals kidnapped in Mali
Three Europeans were kidnapped while a fourth, who tried to resist the kidnappers, was killed Friday in Timbuktu in northern Mali....
Seif al-Islam could be tried by the ICC in Libya
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, said Friday that Seif El Islam, son of the late Colonel Gaddafi could benefit from a trial to be conducted by the ICC but that would take place in Libya....
French soldiers in Mali following the kidnapping of two French
Soldiers of the French army were seen patrolling Friday alongside the Malian army in the region of Hombori in northern Mali, where were abducted in the night from Wednesday and Thursday two French geologists by a group of armed men....
Former Libyan PM Baghdadi absent at the hearing on his extradition
The former Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi El Mahmoudi failed to appear Friday before the judge who must decide on his extradition to Libya. His lawyer said Baghdadi feared for his life....
Two French kidnapped in Mali
On the night from Wednesday to Thursday, two French were abducted by a group of armed men at Le Dombia Hotel in Hombori, situated between Mopti and Gao. These two French nationals would be geologists and work for a cement plant in the region, according to a Malian security source....
King Hamad of Bahrain promises reforms
King Hamad Ben Issa Al Khalifa of Bahrain pledged Wednesday to undertake reforms to achieve a national reconciliation. ...
Four people shot dead by security forces in Syria
Four people have fallen Wednesday under murderous bullets of security forces in syria, while a meeting of the Arab League should take place the next day to take economic sanctions against that country ...
Clashes in Egypt: 20 dead in three days
The violent clashes between police and protesters demanding the fall of the military regime, for three days in Egypt have killed 20 people, most of them in Cairo, according to an official of a morgue in Cairo....
Seif al-Islam must be well treated, asks the UN High Commissioner
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navi Pillay asked Monday that both Seif al-Islam Gaddafi and the intelligence chief of the deposed Libyan regime; Abdallah Senouci are treated humanely by the interim government of Libya....
Meeting of Defence Chief Staff of the Sahel countries in Bamako
The Chiefs of Defence Staff of Algeria, Mali, Niger and Mauritania met Monday in Bamako, as concerns are growing about the consequences of the conflict in Libya on the whole region....
Moroccan Embassy to Damascus attacked
Dozens of Syrian demonstrators attacked Wednesday the headquarters of the Embassy of Morocco in Damascus, following the organization in this country of a meeting of the Arab League aimed to ratify the suspension of Syria from the pan-Arab organization....
CNT fighters celebrate Eid by slaughtering pro-Gaddafi in Sirte
Libyan fighters of the National Transition Council (CNT), have celebrated Eid El Adha by slaughtering a large number of pro-Qaddafi, men and women in horrible scenes, which confirm that Libya came with full force in a civil war, worse, an ethnic cleansing....
Fifty Boeing 777 ordered by the UAE
The United Arab Emirates announced Sunday at the opening of the Dubai Airshow a large order of fifty long-haul Boeing 777, for a total price of eighteen billion dollars....
Ankara condemns attacks against its missions in Syria
Turkey strongly condemned the attacks against its missions in Turkey. The Syrian chargé d'affaires in Ankara was summoned, following the attacks against Turkish diplomatic missions in Syria, said Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs....
Meetings of Malian representatives with Tuareg who returned from Libya
Malian elected representatives will meet Sunday in the north of the country with the Tuareg who returned back from Libya after fighting alongside the pro-Qaddafi forces during the Libyan conflict, according to several sources....
Arab League suspends Syria
The Arab League called on Syria's army to stop the killing of civilians on Saturday and said it was suspending Syria from the regional body in a surprise move that turns up the heat on President Bashar al-Assad....
Earthquake in Turkey: 19 killed according to revised figures
The earthquake that struck eastern Turkey on Wednesday night, killed nineteen victims according to the emergency services of Turkish Prime Minister in a new report....
Eighteen killed in an attack on a military base in southern Sudan
At least eighteen people were killed and over 70 others injured Thursday in an attack by Sudanese troops against a military base in southern Sudan, the army of South Sudan said....
Faced with terrorism threat, Niger wants military aid
Niger needs military aid in order to combat traffickers and armed groups that operate with complete impunity in the country. The president Mahamadou Issoufou called Friday for a military aid, especially following the Libyan crisis which, he says exacerbated the terrorist threat....
Baghdadi seeks political asylum
The former Libyan Prime Minister in the late Gaddafi regime, Baghdadi El Mahmoudi, who is facing the risk of extradition to Libya on Friday demanded from the High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR), the political refugee status, according to statements of his lawyers....
A French secret agent worked with Al Qaeda to share ransoms
According to a Tuareg envoy during negotiations for the release of French hostages, abducted by Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in northern Mali, an officer of the French intelligence service, known as "the engineer", would have proposed to cooperate with the terrorist leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar and share the ransoms...
A dozen civilians killed Wednesday by Syrian security forces
At least a dozen Syrian civilians were killed Wednesday by soldiers of the Syrian army in the continuing repression of the popular protest against the regime of Assad, which lasts since March....
Berlusconi says he will resign
The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said in an interview to an Italian newspaper that he will not stand in case there would be elections. The Presidency of the Italian Republic had announced Tuesday the resignation of Cavaliere....
Sixty Taliban insurgents killed in a NATO air raid
Over sixty members of the Taliban insurgents were killed in an air raid Tuesday evening near the Pakistani border by NATO forces in Afghanistan (ISAF), according to a local source....
Mehdi Harati, "I received € 200,000 from U.S. secret services"
The Irish police proceeded, a few days ago, an investigation with Mehdi Harati, a well-known leader of the Libyan rebels, who served as vice president of the military council of Tripoli, after the latter's home in Dublin, Ireland, was robbed and large sums of money in euros discovered....
Washington willing to cooperate with Tunisian Islamists
For the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Islamists are not all the same, and for proof, she has expressed the United States’ will to cooperate with the Tunisian Islamists of Ennahda, winner of the last elections in Tunisia....
Syria: eight soldiers and two civilians killed in violence
A group of Syrian soldiers were killed in an ambush held by deserters in the region of Idleb, north-west, while in Homs, in the centre of the country, two civilians, including a girl were killed in the explosion of a rocket that fell on a house....
Five members of al-Qaeda killed in Zinjibar, Yemen
Five members of Al Qaeda organisation were killed in a bombing in Zinjibar in Abyan province, a stronghold of the terrorist network in southern Yemen, said Tuesday a local source....
Extradition of Libyan PM: Tunisian justice refuses to postpone the hearing
Tunisian justice on Tuesday refused a request to postpone the hearing on the Libyan request for extradition of the former Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Al Mahmoudi, submitted by his lawyer M. Kourchid...
Zawahiri Had Betrayed Bin Laden To Take His Place
A former U.S. Army officer, Chuk Pfarer; head of the special unit that had eliminated the former head of the organization of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, accused the number two of the same organization, Aymen Zawahiri to have betrayed his leader in order to succeed him....
Syria Unrest: Damascus Accuses Washington
Syria accuses U.S. of being responsible for the bloodshed that shook the country for nearly eight months, and calls on the Arab League to condemn this interference and take steps to stop it....
Hajjis undertake the stoning of Satan near Mecca
Hundreds of thousands of Hajjis continued Monday the pilgrimage to Mecca to perform the ritual stoning of Satan (the launching of the three Jamarats) in the valley of Mina....
Early elections in Greece on February 19
Two delegations of the two main Greek political parties, PASOK (Socialist) and New Democracy (right), agreed on the date of the early elections, which will be held on February 19....
