Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 31st 2011 | no comments
Soon after the demise of the man who is supposed to have been hated by many Libyans, the euphoria is fading and its being replaced by fury and anger, as the tribal factions plunge into a circle of violence which could lead to a chaos in the restive country. Revenge is considered by [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 31st 2011 | no comments
Russia is making the final preparations for a deal with Georgia that would ensure its final admission to the World Trade Organization, a move Russia has been waiting for 18 years. The discussions between the Russians and the Georgians are being mediated by Swiss mediators, who traveled to [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 31st 2011 | no comments
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, also known as UNESCO is the first UN organization to cast a vote later on Monday on the Palestinian bid for statehood. UNESCO is to vote whether the Palestinians receive the status of full membership of the organization, a vote [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 29th 2011 | no comments
Libyan National Transitional Council on Saturday received a request from the people in Libya to intervene in favor of the Libyans who are being judged and executed by the authorities in Iraq. Islamists rallied in front of the NTC headquarters in Benghazi, some of them carrying weapons [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 29th 2011 | no comments
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Australia on Saturday failed to create a common body that would act as a human rights watchdog for all the 54 member nations, even though participants insisted that progresses have been made to promote democratic values. Julia Gillard, Australian Prime [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | October 29th 2011 | no comments
Arsenal stunned Chelsea 5-3 on Saturday afternoon at the Stamford Bridge where the Gunners managed to overcome two deficits thanks to Robin van Persie’s hat-trick.
Frank Lampard opened the score early in the first part, while van Persie evened the [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 29th 2011 | no comments
At least 13 American soldiers are said to have been killed on Saturday when a Taliban suicide bomber attacked a NATO armored shuttle bus, causing 20 people to die and the American troops to suffer the worst loss of life in the capital of Afghanistan in several years. The attack [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 29th 2011 | no comments
Syrian troops on Saturday shelled a restive district of the city of Homs, and conducted sweeping raids one day after the regime killed 40 people in one of the bloodiest days of crackdown since the beginning of the unrest in Syria seven months ago. Local Coordination Committees and [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 28th 2011 | no comments
Police on Friday had to fire in the air in the Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid, where ten months ago a man set himself ablaze, thus triggering the Jasmine Revolution which changed the entire Middle East. The move came a few days after the first free and democratic elections in the [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 28th 2011 | no comments
NATO’s mission in Libya is expected to be ended by the ministers of the countries that compose the military bloc as they gather on Friday, a day after the UN Security Council decided to end the mission they had approved by Resolution 1973 in March, and which led to the liberation of [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | October 28th 2011 | no comments
The biggest surprise of the WTA Championships has already been set as main favorite Caroline Wozniacki packed from Istanbul earlier than expected. Petra Kvitova ousted the world champion 6-4, 6-2 in the Red Group to secure a berth into the best four term.
The Czech, [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 27th 2011 | no comments
Kenyan invasion of southern Somalia continues with negative results starting to show for the Kenyan tourist industry as gunmen attacked on Thursday a vehicle in Kenya near the border with Somalia, causing four people to die. The attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade, killing four [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 27th 2011 | no comments
Euro zone leaders on Thursday morning struck a deal on the currency’s debt crisis but are still far from finalizing a plan to release the burden of the Greek debt and to strengthen their rescue fund. According to the results of the summit, governments in the euro zone agreed that banks and [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | October 27th 2011 | no comments
Second seed Juan Martin Del Potro has progressed into the Vienna quarter finals after defeating Philipp Petzschner in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4 to face Tommy Haas in the best eight term.
It took the Argentine, winner of this year’s Delray Beach and Estoril events, nearly one hour and a half to advance through as the former US Open champion gave his opponent no chance to break. Delpo [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | October 27th 2011 | no comments
snatched a late victory last night at the Goodison Park against Everton whom the Blues edged 2-1 in the fourth round of the Carling Cup.
Kalou opened the score for Andre Villas Boas side just before the break, while Saha evened the situation minutes before the [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 27th 2011 | no comments
Palestinian officials on Wednesday expressed their pessimism that the Quartet for the Middle East proposal would be received and would constitute a basis for the resumption of the negotiations. The Quartet for the Middle East pushed on Wednesday for the resumption of [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 27th 2011 | no comments
Syrian state television on Thursday broadcasted images from the coastal city of Latakia, where thousands were been showed holding the Syrian national flags and portraits of Bashar al-Assad in another rally in support of the president. This rally is the second this week, after tens [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 27th 2011 | no comments
Libyan National Transitional Council on Wednesday announced that a large quantity of chemical weapons was discovered and secured. NTC did not say where the weapons were found nor to whom they would be handed over, but announced that they will be under guard and handed over. The United [...]
