Tag: Russia

By SLOBODAN LEKICAssociated PressBRUSSELSRussia’s foreign minister sharply criticized NATO’s plan to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan by 2014, saying Thursday that coalition troops should remain in the country until Afghan government forces are capable of ensuring security. NATO plans to

By KARIN LAUBAssociated PressBEIRUTPlainclothes Syrian security agents opened fire at anti-regime protesters near the cars of U.N. monitors in a Damascus suburb Wednesday, a witness said. Amateur video showed people ducking for cover as gunshots rang out. The videos could

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. As Kofi Annan’s Syria peace plan collapses, Russia blames ‘external forces’ Turkey says that we just have to wait and see what happens in Syria Ban Ki-moon asks the EU for airplanes and helicopters

The Philippines leads the world in the number of people who believe in God, while the elderly across all countries tend to be the most religious, according to a US study out Wednesday. Belief in God tends to be strongest

By KARIN LAUBAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian forces assaulted an opposition stronghold with a steady rain of mortar shells Wednesday even as the foreign minister promised the regime would respect a week-old cease-fire and withdraw troops from urban centers in line with an

The United States said Tuesday that persistent violence in Syria was “unacceptable” and demanded that President Bashar al-Assad do more to comply with a peace plan to end months of bloodshed. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said that a ceasefire

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) – Geologists in Russia’s volatile Chechnya region have discovered what they believe to be fossilized dinosaur eggs laid by one of the huge extinct reptiles that roamed the Earth more than 60 million years ago. “We’ve found

By KARIN LAUBAssociated PressBEIRUTThe Syrian regime widened artillery attacks on opposition strongholds Tuesday in another sign that the U.N.-brokered cease-fire is quickly unraveling despite the presence of foreign observers, activists said. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said he is asking the

By JAMEY KEATENAssociated PressPARISInternational sanctions targeting Syria’s repressive regime have depleted its financial reserves by half _ and Damascus is actively trying to evade them, the French foreign minister said Tuesday. Alain Juppe called for a solid international response to

The United States on Monday ruled out Iran’s call for a lifting of sanctions, saying that the Islamic republic must first address concerns over its nuclear program in “concrete” ways. Iran held talks with major powers on Sunday for the

By ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressBEIRUTU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday the Syrian government is responsible for guaranteeing U.N. observers full freedom of movement to monitor the country’s tenuous cease-fire, which appeared to be unraveling as regime forces pounded the opposition stronghold

By ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressBEIRUTAn advance team of U.N. observers was negotiating the ground rules with Syrian authorities Monday for monitoring the country’s 5-day-old cease-fire, which appeared to be rapidly unraveling as regime forces pounded the opposition stronghold of Homs with

(AP) Israeli leader says nuclear talks gave Iran ‘gift’JERUSALEMIsrael’s prime minister says Iran got a “gift” from the world’s big powers at nuclear talks this weekend. Officials from the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany met with Iran

By HAROLD HECKLEAssociated PressMADRIDSpain’s King Juan Carlos has successfully undergone hip replacement surgery after tripping on stairs and fracturing bones around the joint while on an elephant hunting trip in Botswana, officials said Saturday. It was the monarch’s fourth surgery

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. North Korean rocket launch a humiliating failure Tensions grow between Hong Kong and mainland China Syria regime slaughter down on truce, as Friday protests loom United Nations may send observers to Syria North Korean

Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday to win $500 billion in investment for Russian offshore field development over 30 years to tap the country’s full energy potential with the help of foreign expertise. Putin outlined a broad new and largely business-friendly energy

United Nations envoy Kofi Annan implied today that a ceasefire in the civil war in Syria is imminent. Speaking in Tehran, he stated that, “If everyone respects it, by 6 a.m. on Thursday there should be a much improved situation

Tens of thousands of Syrian protesters took to the streets for anti-government rallies, activists said, as regime forces pounded rebel cities, earning a stern rebuke from UN chief Ban Ki-moon. At least 35 people were killed on Friday, 22 of

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Russia plans to flatten Georgia if Israel attacks Iran Syria crisis worsens as April 10 ‘peace deadline’ approaches Euro crisis worsens again as Spain’s bond yields rise Russia plans to flatten Georgia if Israel

Fighting raged on Friday between army deserters and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, monitors said, as activists called for massive protests in support of arming the rebellion. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that fierce battles were taking