Tuesday, February 28, 2012

SYRIA: Syria civilian death toll 'well over' 7500, says UN

SYRIA: Syria civilian death toll 'well over' 7500, says UN

SYRIA: Syria civilian death toll 'well over' 7500, says UN

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 01:57 PM PST

Syrian forces have killed over 7,500 civilians since the start of a popular uprising against President Assad's regime, a UN official said Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the Syrian leader could be tried for war crimes.

SYRIA: Doubts raised over rescue of French journalist Bouvier

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:42 PM PST

Hours after British photojournalist Paul Conroy was smuggled to safety from Syria to neighbouring Lebanon in the early hours of Tuesday, doubts remained over the whereabouts of French reporter Edith Bouvier.

SENEGAL: Wade faces run-off vote after close election

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 01:14 PM PST

Senegal's incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade faces a run-off vote to earn a controversial third term in office after failing to secure an outright majority in Sunday's ballot, the run-up to which was marked by a month of riots that left six dead.

YEMEN: Can the new leader 'dance on the heads of snakes'?

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:12 AM PST

Ousted Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, often said ruling his fractious country was like "dancing on the heads of snakes". Can Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the new man on the job, manage such a precarious act?

FRANCE: French genocide law 'unconstitutional' rules court

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 09:48 AM PST

A contentious French law criminalising the denial of the Armenian genocide was ruled unconstitutional by the country's top judicial body Tuesday. The Constitutional Council said the law, which had angered Turkey, infringed on freedom of speech.

SUDAN-SOUTH SUDAN: Sudan blames South for aiding rebels in attack

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 08:27 AM PST

The tension is rising between the government in Khartoum and the recently independent South Sudan, with both sides blaming each other for sponsoring rebels and torpedoing a long-awaited oil agreement.

DIPLOMACY: EU nations recall envoys from Belarus in sanctions row

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 01:13 PM PST

All member states of the European Union are to recall their ambassadors from Belarus, it was announced on Tuesday, as a diplomatic row with Minsk escalates. The move comes a day after the EU slapped a series of new sanctions on the country.

2012 French Elections: Hollande vows 75% tax rate for France's top earners

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:24 AM PST

Socialist Party presidential candidate Francois Hollande has set his sights on taxing the rich with plans to introduce a 75 percent tax rate for France's top earners. Hollande said it would be a "patriotic" move to revive France's ailing economy.

JAPAN: Fukushima's nuclear contamination levels 'chronic and lasting'

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:44 PM PST

Radioactive contamination levels from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant will be 'chronic and lasting' for years, a French nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday. Radiation levels have fallen sharply since the disaster happened one year ago.

UK: London police evict 'Occupy' protest camp

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:48 AM PST

Police and bailiffs dismantled the Occupy London campsite outside the city's iconic St Paul's cathedral in an overnight raid Tuesday, ending a four-month protest against corporate greed and economic inequality.

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CYBER CRIME: Police swoop to arrest 25 suspected 'Anonymous' hackers

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 01:02 PM PST

Interpol seized 25 suspected members of the hackers group 'Anonymous' in raids across Latin America and Europe, it was announced Tuesday. The move followed a series of cyber attacks on the Colombian Ministry of Defence amongst other websites.

Venezuela: Venezuela's Chavez 'in good condition' after surgery

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:00 AM PST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez underwent a successful operation in Cuba to remove a tumor from his pelvis, it was announced on Tuesday. Doubts persist however as to whether Chavez will be in good enough health to run for re-election in October.

SEYCHELLES: French vessel tows Costa cruise ship to safety

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 02:46 AM PST

Italian cruise ship Costa Allegra, adrift in the Indian Ocean after a fire in the engine room left it powerless overnight, was being towed Tuesday by a French vessel to the Seychelles islands. The liner is sister ship to the wrecked Costa Concordia.

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SYRIA: Syrians 'back' constitution amid bloodshed

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:07 AM PST

Syrian officials said Tuesday voters had approved a new constitution in a referendum Western leaders decried as a 'farce'. The announcement comes as government forces tighten their grip on rebels in the besieged city of Homs.

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Pakistan: Gunmen open fire on Shiites in Pakistan bus ambush

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:50 AM PST

At least 18 Shiite Muslims were killed and eight wounded in Pakistan Tuesday when gunmen opened fire on a bus travelling to the northern city of Gilgit, in what local officials described as a sectarian attack.

United States: Second student dies after US high school shooting

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 10:17 AM PST

A second pupil died on Tuesday a day after being wounded when a classmate went on a shooting rampage at a high school in the US state of Ohio, local police confirmed. The 17-year-old suspected gunman was being held in custody.

CHINA: China's Wang Shu wins architecture's 'Nobel Prize'

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:36 AM PST

49 year-old Chinese architect Wang Shu, known for buildings that pay close attention to the environment, won the 2012 Pritzker prize on Monday, becoming the first Chinese architect to win the world's most prestigious architecture award.

On The Observers: Protesting Patagonians say they’re sick of feeling cut off from the world

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:25 AM PST

On paper, it is one of the wealthiest regions in Chile. Its economy grew a staggering 19.8% during 2011. It has the second lowest unemployment rate in Chile. Yet during the past two weeks the inhabitants of Aysén have been up in arms.

DEFENCE: India's Rafale: 'The mother of all deals'

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:58 AM PST

On January 31st, the Indian authorities revealed a mammoth deal had been struck with Dassault Aviation for 126 Rafale fighter jets, which could total 11 billion euros. How has India reacted to the announcement and what sort of impact will the deal have? Is the Rafale an expensive mistake or a potential game-changer for the country's nascent aerospace industry? Our correspondent Vikram Singh went to the southern city of Bangalore to find out.

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RUSSIA: A Russia without Putin?

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:48 AM PST

An alleged plot to kill Russian Prime Minister and likely President-to-be, Vladimir Putin, was uncovered by Ukranian security services. Having escaped the supposed threat against his life, Putin must now face growing public discontent. The opposition movement is determined but politically and ideologically fractured- a credible opponent is yet to emerge, and until this happens it seems Putin will be set for another 12 years in the Kremlin.

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THE INTERVIEW: Atoki Ileka, Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo to France

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:41 AM PST

Almost three months after the contested presidential and parliamentary elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there is still considerable controversy surrounding the results. Atoki Ileka speaks to Marc Perelman about the elections and the criticism by the Carter Center of the vote.

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