Sarkozy warns Arab rulers about Libya precedent
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has warned all Arab rulers that they risk Libya-type intervention if they cross a certain line of violence against their own people. The president told press at an EU summit in Brussels "Every ruler should understand, and especially every Arab ruler should understand that the reaction of the international community and of Europe will from this moment on each time be the same: we will be on the side of peaceful protesters who must not be repressed with violence." He said that there is a new post-UNSC 1973 model of "world governance." But he added that it can only work if Libya coalition powers "precisely ... rigorously ... scrupulously" stick to the UN mandate to protect civilians instead of playing God on who should take power after Gaddafi.
Israel and The Occupation Myth
The recent murder of a family of five in Itamar shocked Israelis to their core. The hatred and violence that killed five members of the Fogel family existed before the Jewish state did. MK Danny Ayalon, Dep. Foreign Min., Israel writes about the terror attack, history of terror in Israel against Jews and opines, 'the few international correspondents to have covered the (recent) massacre have placed it in the context of ongoing settlement-building and Israel's so-called "occupation."
Libya summit to launch post-Gadhafi era
The West will continue to back Libyan rebels with military force, fast tracked humanitarian aid and strategies to launch the North-African country's post-Moammar-Gadhafi democratic future, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday at an international conference on Libya in London. The NATO-led military engagement had "saved the city of Benghazi, averted a massacre and gave freedom a chance in Libya," Cameron said at the start of a meeting of nearly 40 leaders from the European Union, the Arab League, the African Union, the United Nations and the United States. "There are better days ahead for Libya."
Syria poses new dilemma for France’s Sarkozy
Growing unrest in Syria will test Sarkozy’s new diplomacy; allies like Iran make Syria a trickier case than Libya; West seen very unlikely to want a new military campaign -“Iran is very involved with this regime. Iran would defend it with all means possible,” said Antoine Basbous, head of the Paris-based Observatory of Arab countries. “What’s at stake if the Syrian regime falls is not just a matter of Syria internally, the stakes are above all geopolitical ones on regional scale.”
Assad supporters 'loyal to nation'
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Syria's hard-line regime poured into the streets of the capital Damascus and at least four other major cities Tuesday, waving pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad and flags as the government tried to show it has mass support in the face of protests demanding more freedoms in this tightly controlled Arab state.
George Soros: Demagoat
While the liberal and mainstream media get in a tizzy about who they deem as conspiratorial figures on the right such as Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes, and, most recently, the Koch Brothers, they often ignore a more shadowy figure who seems to have his tentacles in nearly every progressive organization and cause that seeks to undermine the American way of life. Soros is the Puppet Master that funds many Progressive groups.
Japan finds plutonium in soil at stricken nuclear plant
Plutonium found in soil at the Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm on Tuesday over Japan's battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years, as pressure mounted on the prime minister to widen an evacuation zone around the plant.
Two Koreas in talks on potential volcano threat
Since its last eruption in 1903, the 2,740-metre (9,042-foot) mountain has been inactive. But experts say it may have an active core, citing topographical signs and satellite images. Geologist Yoon Sung-Hyo of Pusan National University told Yonhap last week that a massive release of sulphuric gas was detected from the mountain last November.
Egypt election set for September
EGYPT will hold its first election since the fall of president Hosni Mubarak in September and the decades-long state of emergency will be lifted for the polls. The country's military rulers announced the timing of the parliamentary election as they denied last night that Mr Mubarak had fled to Saudi Arabia, saying the former president and his family were under house arrest in Egypt.
Obama says too much testing makes education boring
President Barack Obama said Monday that students should take fewer standardized tests and school performance should be measured in other ways than just exam results. Too much testing makes education boring for kids, he said. "Too often what we have been doing is using these tests to punish students or to, in some cases, punish schools," the president told students and parents at a town hall hosted by the Univision Spanish-language television network at Bell Multicultural High School in Washington, D.C.
Peking University to screen students for 'radical thoughts'
Students at the university – China's equivalent of Oxford or Cambridge – reacted furiously to the news, saying the policy evoked memories of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) when students and professors were persecuted for being politically unreliable. University authorities said the screening for "radical thoughts", which will begin in May, was just one element in a ten-point checklist to help students suffering from a range of problems including "psychological fragility, poverty and internet addiction".
Israel threatens unilateral steps if UN recognizes Palestinian state
Israel informed the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council last week, as well as several other prominent European Union countries, that if the Palestinian Authority persists in its efforts to gain recognition in September as a state within the 1967 borders, Israel would respond with a series of unilateral steps of its own.
Syria government supporters hold pro-Assad rally in Damascus
Tens of thousands of Syrians held pro-government rallies on Tuesday as President Bashar Assad was expected to address the nation after two weeks of democracy protests in which at least 60 people have been killed. Assad, who has been facing the gravest challenge to his 11-year rule after protests in the south spread to many parts of the country, could announce a lifting of Syria's decades-old emergency laws.
EU to ban cars from cities by 2050
The European Commission on Monday unveiled a "single European transport area" aimed at enforcing "a profound shift in transport patterns for passengers" by 2050. The plan also envisages an end to cheap holiday flights from Britain to southern Europe with a target that over 50 per cent of all journeys above 186 miles should be by rail.
Iranian Video Says Mahdi is 'Near'
New evidence has emerged that the Iranian government sees the current unrest in the Middle East as a signal that the Mahdi--or Islamic messiah--is about to appear. CBN News has obtained a never-before-seen video produced by the Iranian regime that says all the signs are moving into place -- and that Iran will soon help usher in the end times.
China 'to overtake US on science' in two years
That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Royal Society, the UK's national science academy. The country that invented the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing is set for a globally important comeback. An analysis of published research - one of the key measures of scientific effort - reveals an "especially striking" rise by Chinese science.
Japan nuclear: PM Naoto Kan signals 'maximum alert'
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has said his government is in a state of maximum alert over the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Plutonium has been detected in soil at the facility and highly radioactive water has leaked from a reactor building. Officials say the priority remains injecting water to cool the fuel rods.
Libya: Obama says US intervention will be limited
US President Barack Obama has defended the first military intervention of his presidency, insisting US involvement in Libya will be limited. He said US participation in the coalition had saved "countless lives", but that overthrowing Muammar Gaddafi by force would be a mistake. Delegates from dozens of countries are gathering in London for a conference on the future of Libya.
London meeting to clarify politics of Libya action
More than 40 delegates from the anti-Gaddafi coalition, the EU, the UN, the Arab League and the African Union are meeting in London on Tuesday (29 March) to establish political 'guidance' and to generate wider support for the Libya operation before Nato takes over. In a joint letter published ahead of the event, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron said the meeting will create "support for a new beginning for Libya."
Fatah, Hamas set to hold April unity talks in Cairo
Hamas and Fatah have agreed to renew unity talks in Cairo next month to discuss ways of ending their conflict. The decision follows a series of meeting between leaders of Hamas and Fatah in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Syria over the past few days.
'Syrian PM, cabinet expected to resign within hours'
