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Honduras prison fire officials suspended
Honduran President Porfirio Lobo has suspended the director of the Comayagua prison and the head of the national prison system after a massive fire at an overcrowded prison killed more than 350 people. Porfirio Lobo said the suspensions would ensure a thorough investigation and promised to "take urgent measures to deal with this tragedy, which.. More -
Egypt to hold presidential poll 'in May'
Egypt's first presidential election since the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak will be held at the end of May, according to the state-owned Al-Ahram daily. Citing a government minister, the newspaper said on Wednesday that the election time frame would give presidential hopefuls three weeks starting on March 10 to declare their candidacy, followed.. More -
Bombardment of Syrian city continues
Syrian troops have shelled the central city of Homs for a 10th day, opposition activists say, amid suggestions by the UN's human rights chief that the UN Security Council's failure to pass a resolution condemning Syria has encouraged the government to intensify its attacks on civilians. At least seven people were killed and more than 20 injured on.. More -
Gaza power grinds to a halt for lack of fuel
Gaza sole power plant ground to a halt on Tuesday after it ran out of diesel, an energy authority official said, calling on Egypt to intervene to resolve the crisis. The power plant, which supplies around a third of Gaza's electricity, suffers frequent outages, leading to daily blackouts across the territory. "The Gaza power plant has completely.. More -
Arab bloc to request Syria peacekeeping force
The Arab League will ask the United Nations to form a joint peacekeeping force and appoint a special Arab envoy to try to halt the violence in Syria, members have agreed. Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo on Sunday also decided to halt all diplomatic dealings with representatives of the Syrian government, though they did not demand the expulsion.. More -
Pakistan's supreme court indicts PM Gilani
Yousuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan's prime minister, has been charged with contempt of court by the country's supreme court, after he disobeyed a court order to open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. Local television channels flashed the news less than half an hour after Gilani arrived at the courthouse on Monday, saying that he pleaded.. More -
Hundreds in Israeli jails join hunger strike
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have joined a fellow inmate on a hunger strike, after human rights groups reported the original protester's life was in danger. Khader Adnan, widely believed to be a leader of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, has been refusing food and water since he was detained on December 17, without trial or.. More -
Arab League meets in Cairo to discuss Syria
Syrian forces have bombarded districts of the city of Homs in their drive to crush a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, as Arab foreign ministers meet to discuss setting up a joint observer mission with the UN. Ministers from the Arab League, which suspended Syria in response to the crackdown, are meeting in Cairo on Sunday to discuss forming.. More -
Crackdown intensifies in central Syria cities
Syrian security forces have renewed their assaults on the central cities of Homs and Hama, while anti-government forces are said to have killed soldiers in Idlib and a senior military official in Damascus, activists, rights groups and the state news agency report. Opposition neighborhoods in Homs were hit by tank and rocket bombardments on Saturday.. More -
'Accidental' death sparks protests in Kashmir
Angry demonstrators blocked a main highway in Indian administered Kashmir to protest the killing of a young man by the Indian army in an incident the military has referred to as an "accidental" shooting. Ashiq Hussain Rather, 22, was killed late on Friday when a soldier accidentally fired his rifle as security forces combed the area for militants,.. More -
Support grows for Palestinian hunger striker
Supporters of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian activist, have called for a worldwide solidarity hunger strike, after human rights groups reported that his life was in danger. Adnan, widely believed to be a leader of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, has not had food since mid-December when the Israeli army raided his West Bank home. People from around.. More -
UN mulls new monitor mission to Syria
The secretary-general of the United Nations has said that the Arab League intends to restart its controversial observer mission in Syria, and suggested that the world body could back a joint initiative. Ban Ki-moon told reporters on Wednesday that the head of the Arab League had told him of the plan to revive the mission and had asked for it to become.. More -
'Besieged' Homs endures tank assault
The Syrian military is reportedly moving deeper into residential areas in the city of Homs, a day after the Russian foreign minister said President Bashar al-Assad was "fully committed" to ending the bloodshed. Activists said the army was firing rockets and mortar rounds to subdue opposition districts on Wednesday, as tanks entered the Inshaat.. More -
Maldives president quits after 'coup'
The Maldives' first freely elected president has resigned after what his party called a "coup d'état" orchestrated by opposition leaders with the backing of security forces. Within hours of Mohamed Nasheed stepping down on Tuesday, his deputy - who is from a different party - was sworn in to replace him, promising to uphold the "rule.. More -
Syria steps up assault on Homs
A Syrian military assault on Homs has killed dozens of people, as world powers scramble for a diplomatic strategy to end the violence in the country after the defeat of a UN Security Council resolution. Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov is due to visit Damascus on Tuesday to press President Bashar al-Assad "to implement democratic reforms".. More
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