Egyptian President-elect to Appoint Woman, Christian Vice-Presidents

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | June 27th 2012 | no comments

Egyptian president-elect Mohamed Morsi on Tuesday announced that he would nominate six vice-presidents, including a woman and a Christian, in a bid to keep his word to be a president to all Egyptian. The move is also perceived as a step toward ending the reign of the military, which is [...]

Egypt’s Electoral Commission Issues List of 13 Presidential Hopefuls

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 26th 2012 | no comments

Egyptian election commission entrusted with supervising the presidential elections in May on Thursday issued a final list of candidates which comprises 13 people out of the 23 candidates enlisted at the beginning of the campaign. The list includes former foreign [...]

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor Found Guilty of Aiding and Abetting War Crimes

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 26th 2012 | no comments

A U.N.-backed Sierra Leone court on Thursday convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of aiding and abetting war crimes in a first instance when an African former president is convicted by an international tribunal. In the verdict read by the Special Court for Sierra Leone, he [...]

NKorea Said to Be Ready For Nuclear Test “Soon”

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 26th 2012 | no comments

Russia on Thursday announced it has raised the alert level for its troops in the Far East as it expects NKorea to perform a nuclear test very soon, within next week. The decision is based by specific intelligence, a security official told Kyodo News. According to a [...]

France Speaks of Demanding Military Action on Syria, Offers Deadline To U.N. Mission

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 25th 2012 | no comments

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe on Wednesday announced that was going to give the six-point plan put forward by special envoy of the U.N.-Arab League Kofi Annan until May 5, when Annan must present his report in front of the Security Council, in which he is to explain the stage of the [...]

Israeli Chief of Staff Says Iran Undecided to Build Nuclear Bomb

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 25th 2012 | no comments

Israeli Chief of Staff, Lt Gen Benny Gantz, on Wednesday expressed his opinion that Iran would not develop a nuclear weapon. He made this assumption during an interview for the Israeli Haaretz. Gantz said Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini has not made his final decision on [...]

At Least 7 Die in Syria, U.N. Envoy Says Violence Unacceptable

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 25th 2012 | no comments

Activist report that Syrian forces have killed on Wednesday at least seven people as a small group of U.N. observers resumed their mission to monitor the ceasefire that took effect two weeks ago. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that four of the people were killed and several [...]

Hollande Pledges to Chance the Focus On European Construction

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 25th 2012 | no comments

Socialist president hopeful Francois Hollande on Wednesday criticized the European debt crisis response offered by the European Union leaders, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the latter being his direct opponent in the runoff for [...]

Pakistan Successfully Tests Upgraded Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 25th 2012 | no comments

Pakistan on Wednesday carried out a successful launch of an upgraded ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warhead, days after the Indian archenemy successfully tested a long-range missile. In a written statement, Pakistani military announced it launched into the sea a Haft [...]

Armenians All Over the World Commemorate Armenian Genocide

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 24th 2012 | no comments

Armenians all over the word on Tuesday mark the commemoration of the Armenian genocide allegedly committed by the Ottoman troops at the end of the WWI. According to Armenian historians, on April 24, 1915, the Ottoman Empire, [...]

Former Ukrainian PM On Hunger Strike Accusing “Beating” in Prison

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 24th 2012 | no comments

Former prime minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, who is serving a seven-year term in prison for abuse of office, on Tuesday announced by her lawyer she went on hunger strike after she accused the guards of having dragged her out of bed and punched her in the stomach, according to [...]

Putin Leaves United Russia’s Chairmanship, Prepares for Presidential Inauguration

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 24th 2012 | no comments

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday renounced the chairmanship of the United Russia party in the run-up to swearing into office on May 7, after he won another term in office by the presidential elections on March 4. The new chairman of the party in power is the outgoing [...]

Salva Kiir: “Sudan Declared War on South Sudan”

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 24th 2012 | no comments

South Sudanese president Salva Kiir on Tuesday told the president of China, Hu Jintao, during a visit in Beijing, that his visit came at a dark hour when Sudan has “declared war” on his country, explaining that the attacks that continued on the newly created state amount to a [...]

Presidential Candidatea In France Try To Secure Far-Right Votes

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 24th 2012 | no comments

Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Francois Hollande on Tuesday began their quest to attract the votes of the six million French people who voted for Marine Le Pen in the first round of presidential elections held on April 22, which were won by the Socialist candidate by [...]

Egyptian Electoral Commission Expected To Issue Candidates List

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 24th 2012 | no comments

Egyptian electoral commission entrusted with screening the candidates for the presidential elections is expected to offer the final list of the candidates who will be allowed, according to the law, to participate in the elections set for May. The list will come to curve the confusion [...]

The United States Talks with China About Helping NKorean Military Program

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 24th 2012 | no comments

The White House on Monday announced that it has brought up the issue of supporting the North Korean missile program in discussions with Beijing, a matter that surfaced on the occasion of the military parade Pyongyang staged in the wake of the failed attempt to put a satellite into [...]

Dozens Killed In Syrian City of Hama Following U.N. Observers’ Visit

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 23rd 2012 | no comments

Dozens of Syrian people killed on Monday in central Hama by Syrian troops with heavy machine guns, a day after the U.N. observers visiting the restive city were welcomed by the people who demanded them to help them, like they did anywhere the U.N. observers have gone. The move, [...]

Former Icelandic PM Acquited By High Court of Most Counts

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 23rd 2012 | no comments

Former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde on Monday was acquitted on most of the charges related to the collapse of the economy in 2008, according to the ruling of the Icelandic High Court in Reykjavik. Haarde on September 2010 became the first world leader to be held accountable [...]

Israel Says Egyptian Gas Shipment Cutoff Not Politically Motivated

By Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 23rd 2012 | no comments

Egypt on Sunday announced that it would halt the natural gas shipments to Israel because of a contract dispute over the multibillion-dollar supply agreement between the two countries. Egypt on Sunday accused Israel of failing to make payments for the gas delivered, a charge Israel refuses [...]