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U.S. Skeptical about al-Assad’s Reconciliation Initiatives 2012-02-08
Novosti

The United States fears that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s national reconciliation initiatives will lead to nothing, a Department of State spokeswoman said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday held talks with Assad in Damascus to seek resolution of the Syrian crisis. He also...

photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi

Iraq's Sunni MPs lift their boycott of Maliki cabinet 2012-02-08
The Independent

The government of the Shia Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, set off the political crisis in December by issuing an arrest warrant against the country's most senior Sunni official, Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi, and charged him with running death squads. Leaders of Mr Hashemi's Sunni-backed Iraqiya...

photo: AP / Cliff Owen

UK rules out military action or arming Syrian rebels 2012-02-08
The Independent

David Cameron chaired a meeting of the National Security Council which agreed to increase sanctions against the regime and to strengthen links with opposition leaders. The Government also reacted sceptically to claims from the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, who visited Damascus yesterday,...

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Treatment plan for Libya war victims turns into scandal 2012-02-08
BBC News

One of the first announcements made by Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) after the fall of Tripoli last August was a promise to all those wounded in the fight against former leader Muammar...

photo: AP / Ben Curtis

Argentina to raise Falklands UK 'militarisation' at UN 2012-02-07
BBC News

Argentina is to make a formal complaint to the United Nations about British "militarisation" around the disputed Falkland Islands. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner made the announcement at a meeting of MPs, senior officials, and veterans of the 1982 war Argentina fought with Britain...

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US court reverses gay marriage ban 2012-02-07
Al Jazeera

A US federal appeals' court has struck down a California law that strips gays and lesbians of the right to marry, in the latest round in America's long-running battle over same-sex marriage. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a lower court judge's ruling that an amendment to the...

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A World At Risk 2012-02-07
The Examiner

In a world that is filled with continued atrocities against man and nature how can any one individual survive, let alone prosper? A sobering question considering the complexities of today. The 21st century began with horrific acts of violence against man, continued from the 20th century. Destructive...

photo: AP / Vahid Salemi

China has become capitalist nation aimed investments in US and EU. 2012-02-07
The Examiner

Sahit Muja: China become more of capitalist nation aimed investments in US and EU. China's central bank plans to create a $300 billion investment vehicle, aimed at investments in the private sector in US and Europe, in an effort to boost returns on its foreign...

photo: AP / Elizabeth Dalziel, File

Iran Calls U.S. Sanctions on Financial Institutions Psychological Warfare 2012-02-07
Bloomberg

Iran dismissed the latest U.S. sanctions against its financial institutions as “psychological warfare” and said the Islamic Republic was open to “meaningful talks” on its nuclear program. Sanctions against Iran will fail to influence the nation’s determination to pursue its “rights” and will have...

photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian

'No contradiction in India's ties with Iran, US' 2012-02-07
Zeenews

Washington: Amid mounting pressure from the US to reduce its dependence on Iranian oil, New Delhi has said its ties with Tehran do not contradict its relationship with Washington and stressed that it was opposed to the spread of nuclear weapons in West Asia. "Our relationship with Iran is neither...

photo: PIB of India / Photo Division Ministry of I & B Government of India.