Massive Protests in Poland Against the Ratification of ACTA

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 28th 2012 | no comments

Massive protests erupt in Poland against the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement, which is seen as a form of censorship of the internet, causing the European Parliament rapporteur to resign in protest. Kader Arif resigned on Friday, saying that the ACTA bill is being accompanied by unprecedented maneuvers [...]

Libyan Militias Could Throw The Country Into Civil War

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 28th 2012 | no comments

Forces loyal to the Libyan National Transitional Council on Saturday entered Bani Walid in an attempt to put down clashes that had erupted in the region between militias, deepening the crisis of the north African country, which proclaimed its independence in the wake of the capture and [...]

Chinese Security Forces Kill Another Tibetan Protester

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 28th 2012 | no comments

Chinese security forces have announced on Friday to have killed a second Tibetan in a second round of protests in the Sichuan province, where a large Tibetan community lives. The killing on Friday is said to have raised the death toll to at least three people. According to Free [...]

Israel Proposes Separation Wall As Border With West Bank, Jerusalem Under Israeli Jurisdiction

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 28th 2012 | no comments

Israeli negotiation team in Jordan told the Palestinian counterpart during the last round of negotiation that that the guiding principle for Israel in drawing the borders with the future Palestinian state is for the settlements in the West Bank to be part of the state of Israel, a [...]

Russia Opposes UN Sanctions on Syria, 120 Killed in Homs, Hama

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 28th 2012 | no comments

The Syrian regime was reported to have killed at least 120 people in two days in the central cities of Homs and Hama as the European and Arab nations demand the United Nations to ask Bashar al-Assad to step down and leave. The head of the Arab League mission in Syria, embattled [...]

Tibetan PM Demands International Probe Into Chinese Crackdown

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 26th 2012 | no comments

Tibetan prime minister in exile Lobsang Sangay on Thursday demanded that an international inquiry be launched into the circumstances surrounding the shooting of Tibetan protesters earlier this week, which, according to unconfirmed reports, claimed the life of at least one person and [...]

Iranian President Announces Readiness to Talk Nuclear File

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 26th 2012 | no comments

Speaking during a visit to the Kerman province, the president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that his country could engage in negotiations with the Western countries about its nuclear programs, but added that it order for him to do so, the West should change “foul” attitude [...]

Scotish First Minister Proposes Referendum Question

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 26th 2012 | no comments

Alex Salmond, the Scottish first minister, has taken on Wednesday the first formal step toward independence of Scotland by publishing in a governmental consultation paper the question the people of Scotland would have to answer in the referendum that is to be held in the autumn of [...]

“Exploratory Talks” In Jordan Come to an End, Palestinians Say

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 26th 2012 | no comments

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday announced that the consultations with Israel in the capital of the Jordanian Kingdom have ended, and that the talks could be resumed after a consultation with the Arab League representatives, which is to be held on February 4. The [...]

Russia Continues to Oppose Sanctions on Syria

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 26th 2012 | no comments

Russia reaffirmed its strong opposition to any sanctions against Syria, its long-standing ally and arms partner. Moscow on Wednesday asserted that any UN resolution that is passed on Syria must not include sanctions and the possibility of a military intervention as it [...]

Romanian Constitutional Court Rejects Election Merger Law

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 25th 2012 | no comments

Romanian Constitutional Court on Wednesday decided that the law passed by the Romanian parliament on election merger is not constitutional, as hundreds of Romanians continue their protest against the president, the government and the merger of elections for the 13th day, [...]

Israeli and Palestinian Negotiators Engaged in a Dispute During Talks

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 25th 2012 | no comments

Israeli and Palestinian delegations which met in Jordan last Saturday in an attempt to revive the talks between the two sides came to a stalemate again as Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat refused to allow Israeli counterpart Yitzak Molcho to expose his country’s [...]

Turkey Promises Gradual Retaliation on France After Bill Passage

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 25th 2012 | no comments

Turkey reacted in anger on Tuesday to the passing of the genocide denial law by the French Senate on Monday, which stipulates that whoever denies that 1.5 million Armenians were killed at the end of WWI could go to jail to up to five years and be fined with 45,000 euros. After [...]

Syria Accepts More AL Observers

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 25th 2012 | no comments

Syrian authorities on Tuesday announced that they have agreed to the extension of the Arab League mission in their country, as a sign that Damascus is not shutting down completely any channel of communication with the outside world. Still, Assad’s regime has dismissed the new [...]

Russia Sells $550 Million Warplanes to Syria

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 23rd 2012 | no comments

Russia on Monday has announced the closing of a $550 million worth o warplane with Syria at a time when there is increasing pressure for the Western forces to intervene and impose a no-fly zone on the regime accused of having killed 5,000 of the people in a 11-month [...]

One Tibetan Shot In Sichuan By Chinese Security Forces

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 23rd 2012 | no comments

At least one Tibetan person was killed by security forces on Monday in the province of Sichuan, China, according to the Tibetan government in exile and international rights groups. The shooting occurred in the province of Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan, following the arrest of [...]

New Parliament In Egypt Holds First Session

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 23rd 2012 | no comments

The newly elected Egyptian parliament held its first session on Monday, marking the opening of the first parliament since the president Mubarak was ousted by the unrest in January 2011. The new parliament also marks the keeping of the promise the generals have made to have a [...]

French Senate To Vote On Genocide Denial Bill, Turkey Angered

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 23rd 2012 | no comments

French Senate is expected to cast a vote on the anti-denial bill, which punishes those who denied the genocide of Armenians at the end of the WWI, as the Ottoman Empire was in dissolution. The vote follows a similar one in the National Assembly, which in December passed the [...]

European Union Imposes Oil Embargo on Iran

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | January 23rd 2012 | no comments

The European Union on Monday decided to ban imports of oil from Iran, in a bid to punish Tehran for its nuclear program, which is considered a form to develop a nuclear weapon program. The embargo takes effect immediately and means that any newly proposed contract between Iran and [...]