No progress has been made to end Syria's deadly 13-month crisis, Qatar's prime minister has told Arab ministers attending a summit in Doha on ways to end the conflict that has continued to rage despite a ceasefire. "We hope the Syrian government responds" to UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani said during the talks on Tuesday. "We don't see any progress in implementing it. Nothing has changed except for (Damascus) accepting (the plan)”, he said at the opening of the meeting....
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
French FM: Sanctions Against Syria Biting
The French foreign minister said sanctions against Damascus are working and have cut Syria's financial reserves in half. Alain Juppe made the remarks in Paris to the "Friends of Syria" contact group aimed at helping the Syrian opposition and reinforcing sanctions against the government and leaders. Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said it is critical to closely monitor what he called "maneuvers" by Syrian authorities...
UK moves to deport alleged terror fund-raiser Abu Qatada
British authorities have arrested Abu Qatada, whom they describe as an inspiration to terrorists that include one of the hijackers who struck on September 11, 2001, the Home Office said Tuesday. The United Kingdom will resume efforts to deport him to Jordan, the government said. Britain views Abu Qatada as a national security threat, but the European Court of Human Rights barred the country from deporting him because...
Q&A: International troops in Afghanistan
When Afghan forces repelled a barrage of attacks from insurgents near Kabul's green zone over the weekend it was hailed as proof of how far local security forces had come. "They were on scene immediately, well-led and well-coordinated," said General John Allen, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan. Afghan president Hamid Karzai said it showed the country's forces would be able to defend their country after international...
Sudan: new oil output can help finance conflict
Sudan said on Tuesday the cost of a full-blown conflict with South Sudan would not deter it from recapturing the disputed Heglig oilfield, and that newly tapped oilfields would help to sustain its struggling economy. South Sudan took control of the contested oil-producing Heglig region last week, prompting Sudan's parliament to brand its former civil war foe an "enemy" on Monday and to call for a swift recapture....
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