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Syrian regime used incendiary weapons -- HRW 2 London
Date: 2013-11-10 21:23:04 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:151 - ID:380156
Incendiary weapons can contain any number of flammable substances, including napalm, thermite, or white phosphorus, said the HRW. Researcher at the organisation Bonnie Docherty said: "Syria has used incendiary weapons to inflict terrible harm on ....
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Syrian regime used incendiary weapons -- HRW
Date: 2013-11-10 21:21:02 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:150 - ID:380146
LONDON, Nov 10 (mena) - Syria's air force has used incendiary weapons in dozens of attacks over the last year - including a half-ton bomb which killed 37 people at a school - Human Rights Watch has claimed, Sky News reported on Sunday. A British ....
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Pope Francis leads prayer for Philippines after typhoon
Date: 2013-11-10 21:13:26 GMT - Vatican - Miscellaneous - SN:149 - ID:380126
VATICAN CITY, Nov 10 (MENA) - Pope Francis on Sunday led prayers for those affected by the typhoon that may have killed 10,000 people in the Philippines, NBC News reported. "I wish to express my closeness to the people of the Philippines and of ....
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Abd says situation at Azhar University stable'
Date: 2013-11-10 21:10:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:148 - ID:380123
CAIRO, Nov 10 (MENA) – President of Azhar University Usama El-Abd said the situation and study at all faculties of the university are stable. He said he has asked professors to increase their lectures in a bid to make up the lectures that they ....
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52 fugitives arrested in North Sinai
Date: 2013-11-10 21:03:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:147 - ID:380141
AL-ARISH, Nov 10 (MENA) – Security forces arrested 52 fugitives in North Sinai as part of the ongoing security in the peninsula. Security forces have stepped up more checkpoints in the entrances of the governorate. (MENA) MS/MD ....
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Netanyahu reiterates rejection to West, Iran negotiations
Date: 2013-11-10 21:02:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:146 - ID:380125
GAZA City, Nov 10 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Jewish Federation General Assembly and reiterated his stance regarding the deal with Iran, saying the deal was bad and dangerous, Yediot Ahronot reported on ....
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Maldives president will stay on beyond term
Date: 2013-11-10 21:00:26 GMT - Maldives - Sports - SN:145 - ID:380124
MALE, Nov 10 (MENA) - The president of the Maldives says he will stay in office even though his term ends at midnight Sunday in order to avert a constitutional void that could have arisen due to the postponement of a presidential runoff election, ....
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Abbas urges Arabi to activate international committee to follow up Arafat poisoning file
Date: 2013-11-10 20:16:35 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:144 - ID:380060
CAIRO, Nov 10 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Arabi to activate an AL resolution to form an international investigation committee to prosecute into the death of former Palestinian president ....
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Pope meets Alexandria governor, police chief
Date: 2013-11-10 20:04:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:143 - ID:380087
ALEXANDRIA, Nov 8 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese received Alexandria governor Tarek El-Mahdi and police chief Amin Ezzeldin. The Pope paid tribute to the coastal governorate and the Bibliotheca ....
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Lavrov: Russia, India, China stand for soonest convening Geneva-2 conference
Date: 2013-11-10 19:57:24 GMT - India - World - SN:142 - ID:380020
NEW DELHI, Nov 10 (MENA) - Russia, India and China stand for the soonest convening of an international peace conference on Syria, the so-called Geneva-2, Itar-Tass quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Sunday after talks with ....