Article by WN.com Correspondent DallasDarling. What nation has 70 percent of its citizens Shia Muslims but only 13 percent serving in the government, 5 percent in the judiciary, and 0 percent of senior positions in the Ministry of Defense and the Nation Guard? Out of a population of 535,000, what country had over 300,000 of its citizens protesting against government abuses and paramilitary SpecialSecurity Forces-90 percent who are non-citizens? What nation has arbitrarily arrested 1,500 of its...
-- Syrian security forces are still killing anti-government protesters despite the presence of foreign monitors in the country, the head of the Arab League said Monday. But he insisted the observer mission has yielded important concessions from the regime, such as the withdrawal of heavy weapons...
New evidence emerged yesterday linking President Sarkozy to an off-shore company created in 1994 to handle commissions on large French arms sales to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. The commissions, paid through a company in Luxembourg allegedly created by Mr Sarkozy as budget minister, were not illegal...
DANIEL McLAUGHLIN in BudapestTENS OF thousands of Hungarians rallied in Budapest last night against the country's controversial new constitution and a conservative government that domestic and foreign critics accuse of conducting a dangerous power-grab. One report quoted organisers of the...
FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, new Pakistani Taliban chief...DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Prominent al-Qaida and Afghan Taliban fighters asked Pakistani militants in a pair of rare meetings to set aside their differences and step up support for the battle against U.S.-led...
The United Nations has warned villagers in South Sudan to flee from advancing fighters from a rival ethnic group. Fighters from the Lou Nuer ethnic group are pursuing members of the Murle group, reports say, as a deadly vendetta over cattle raiding continues. Tens of thousands of Murle fled the town...
NAKILABAD KALAY, Afghanistan -- This stretch of the Helmand River Valley, the heart of the nation's poppy-growing area, stands as a showcase for one of NATO's most ambitious offensives against the Taliban and the drug trade. But now, the area is also becoming an object lesson in the resilience of...
SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Fiji'sPrime MinisterFrank Bainimarama says the military government will on Saturday lift the state of public emergency it imposed in 2009, as the country prepares to open consultation on a new constitution. The PublicEmergency Regulations gave police and the military extended...
South Korea sees an opportunity for better relations with North Korea as its new leader takes power, President Lee Myung-Bak said Monday, while vowing to respond strongly to any provocations. "Our biggest goal is the peace and stability of the Korean peninsula,"...
