Israel, Turkey row over Zionism deepens rift between ex-allies

Israel's prime minister accused his Turkish counterpart on Thursday of making a "dark and false" statement by calling Zionism a crime against humanity - a comment likely to hit efforts to repair ties between the two former allies.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/01/us-israel-turkey-idUSBRE91R1HQ20130301

UN court clears ex-Yugoslav army chief

Thursday's judgement is the latest in a string of acquittals at the ICTY, but the freeing of a Serbian military leader will be welcomed in Belgrade where the court has been perceived as biased.
The only other senior Yugoslav official to be implicated for the Srebrenica massacre was Milosevic, who died mid-trial in his Hague detention cell in 2006.
UN court clears ex-Yugoslav army chief - Europe - Al Jazeera English

Syria opposition to seek military support at Rome meeting

The Syrian opposition will demand "qualitative military support" at talks with major powers in Rome this week to help in its struggle to oust President Bashar al-Assad, a leading Assad opponent said on Wednesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/27/us-syria-crisis-opposition-idUSBRE91Q17O20130227

Yemen kidnappers free Swiss woman after Qatari mediation

 A Swiss woman held hostage for nearly a year in Yemen has been freed by her kidnappers and flown to Doha following mediation by Qatar, the Qatari state news agency QNA reported late on Wednesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/28/us-yemen-hostage-swiss-idUSBRE91R07J20130228

United Nations removes Osama bin Laden from sanctions list

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/25/us-binladen-un-idUSBRE91O19020130225

Colombia to send committee for release of German hostages

The National Liberation Army (ELN) said in early February they had captured two German men in Catatumbo, near the border with Venezuela, the second time in a month it seized foreigners.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-colombia-rebels-idUSBRE91M0C720130226

Syria says ready to talk with armed opposition

Syria is ready for talks with its armed opponents, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Monday, in the clearest offer yet to negotiate with rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-syria-crisis-dialogue-idUSBRE91O0BD20130226

Sri Lanka security forces rape, torture Tamil detainees: group

Sri Lanka's security forces have used rape to torture and extract confessions from suspected Tamil separatists almost four years after the country's civil war ended, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Tuesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-srilanka-rape-idUSBRE91P08G20130226

Thai PM Yingluck may seek Malaysia's help on insurgency

Thai authorities and separatist rebels could be inching towards talks after nine years of violence and the loss of more than 5,000 lives in Thailand's Muslim-dominated southern provinces bordering Malaysia.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-thailand-south-idUSBRE91P0B320130226

Japan, U.S. seek U.N. inquiry into North Korea abuses

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-korea-north-rights-idUSBRE91P0IP20130226

ICC prosecutors see Kenyatta trial delayed to August

The trial of Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta for crimes against humanity is unlikely to begin until August, international prosecutors said on Tuesday, a delay that would leave him freer to run in the election's second round.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-icc-kenya-elections-idUSBRE91P0IV20130226

Six foreign sailors kidnapped off Nigeria freed

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-nigeria-piracy-idUSBRE91P0KY20130226

Afghan move against U.S. special forces tied to abuse allegations

Reuters interviewed dozens of residents of Wardak and Afghan government officials who allege that Afghan men working with a small unit of U.S. special forces illegally detained, tortured and killed suspected insurgents. Wardak, just west of Kabul, is a gateway to the city.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-afghanistan-wardak-idUSBRE91P0FZ20130226

France says will not negotiate with Cameroon hostage-takers

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-cameroon-kidnapping-idUSBRE91P0OJ20130226

Syria civil war threatens to pull Lebanon into conflict, U.N. says

The United Nations expressed renewed concern on Tuesday that Lebanon could be drawn into Syria's worsening two-year-old civil war, which the world body said had developed sectarian overtones and been aggravated by foreign fighters and extremist groups.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-syria-crisis-lebanon-un-idUSBRE91P0TY20130226

Experiments in legalisation are showing what a post-war approach to drug control could look like

Change is coming because the “war on drugs” is being convincingly won by drugs, and the powerful criminal gangs who deal in them. Since 1998, when the UN held an event entitled “A drug-free world: we can do it”, consumption of cannabis (marijuana) and cocaine has risen by about 50%; for opiates, it has more than trebled. And a swelling pharmacopoeia of synthetic highs is spinning heads in dizzying new ways. The UN reckons that 230m people used illegal drugs in 2010. They and their suppliers (usually the humblest ones) fill prisons in rich and poor countries alike. Drug convictions account for almost half of American prisoners in federal jails.
http://www.economist.com/news/international/21572184-experiments-legalisation-are-showing-what-post-war-approach-drug-control-could-look

Brazil's Rousseff says extreme poverty almost eradicated

10U$ and its gone! ahahaha

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/19/us-brazil-poverty-idUSBRE91I14F20130219

British PM regrets "deeply shameful" colonial Indian massacre

David Cameron on Wednesday became the first serving British prime minister to voice regret about one of the bloodiest episodes in colonial India, a massacre of unarmed civilians in the city of Amritsar in 1919.
The killings, known in India as the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, were described by Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the Indian independence movement, as having shaken the foundations of the British Empire. A group of soldiers opened fire on an unarmed crowd without warning in the northern Indian city after a period of unrest, killing hundreds in cold blood.
Cameron's visit and expression of regret for what happened stopped short of an apology - but made it clear he considers the episode a stain on Britain's past.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/20/us-britain-india-amritsar-idUSBRE91J0AA20130220

Kurdish militia signs ceasefire with Syrian rebels

Syrian rebels and a Kurdish militia that have fought each other for months in a town near the Turkish border have signed a ceasefire, averting the prospect of an Arab-Kurd conflict.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/20/us-syria-crisis-kurds-idUSBRE91J0YE20130220

Brazil, Russia move closer to arms, technology deals

  Brazil agreed on Wednesday to negotiate the purchase of Russian anti-aircraft missile batteries on the condition that Russia transfer the technology to Brazilian defense companies without restrictions.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/20/us-brazil-russia-idUSBRE91J15A20130220

The impact of Bolivia's nationalisation

The impact of Bolivia's nationalisation - Inside Story Americas - Al Jazeera English

Bangladesh tense amid war crime protests

 Bangladesh continues to face political and social unrest over trial of opposition Jamaat-e-Islami leaders accused of involvement in murder and other atrocities during country's liberation war in 1971.
Bangladesh tense amid war crime protests - Central & South Asia - Al Jazeera English

Presídio Central de Porto Alegre na CIDH da OEA

 Construído em 1959, o presídio jamais foi reformado. Tem capacidade para menos de 2 mil presos. Mas há mais de 4 mil pessoas empilhadas em seus pavilhões. Falta saneamento básico. Sobram gambiarras e fiações expostas ao risco de curto-circuito. Ratos e baratas correm por entre os presos. Doentes morrem sem assistência médica –a maioria fenece de Aids e tuberculose.

http://josiasdesouza.blogosfera.uol.com.br/2013/02/18/oea-pede-explicacoes-do-brasil-sobre-presidio/

Factbox: Ecuador and its president Rafael Correa

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/14/us-ecuador-election-correa-idUSBRE91D0O020130214

Iran denies shipping arms to Islamist militants in Somalia

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/14/us-iran-arms-somalia-un-idUSBRE91D12G20130214

Maldives ex-president to stay in Indian Embassy, party says

Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed will stay in the Indian Embassy in Male until a caretaker government is formed, his party said on Thursday, despite a government assurance he would not be arrested if left.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/14/us-maldives-nasheed-idUSBRE91D1F720130214

U.S. targets finances of leader of al Qaeda in Mali

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-usa-treasury-mali-idUSBRE91E02O20130215

what difference a lobby makes

While in Brazil thousands are jailed everyday to be locked in crowded jails, abused and many killed, some five thousand prisoners related to a highly politicized conflict makes a lot o noise... Santa Catarina burning of buses are marginal, out of the international media and ostracized by brazilian federal intervention that is ready to protect property (buses) instead of human rights (deteinees rights) - that are the cause for the "violence".

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-palestinians-israel-protest-idUSBRE91E0U220130215

Cuban dissident blogger prepares "victory" tour

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-cuba-dissident-idUSBRE91E0UL20130215

Egypt seizes two tons of explosives bound for Sinai

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-egypt-explosives-idUSBRE91E12020130215

France's Mali job "not nearly finished": Tuareg officer

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-mali-rebels-gamou-idUSBRE91E13O20130215

U.N. Security Council warns against arms transfers to Yemen

 Yemen said its coast guard seized missiles and rockets on January 23 believed to have been sent by Iran. Iran has denied any connection to the weapons, which were found aboard a vessel off the coast in an operation coordinated with the U.S. Navy.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-yemen-iran-un-idUSBRE91E13Z20130215

Força Nacional chega a SC para ajudar a conter violência

Intervenção federal para conter a "violência", sem tratar a causa do problema - resistencia a maus tratos sofridos por presidiários em presidios. 
http://g1.globo.com/sc/santa-catarina/noticia/2013/02/governo-catarinense-confirma-uso-da-forca-nacional-para-conter-violencia.html

Brasil e os 3 Ps

A Defensoria Pública de São Paulo entrará com processo de discriminação contra a Polícia Militar na Secretaria de Justiça e pedido de inquérito policial por racismo contra o capitão Ubiratan Beneducci.
Em dezembro, ele ordenou que policiais abordassem pardos e negros para localizar ladrões em Campinas. Segundo a PM, a ordem foi dada com base em descrições dos suspeitos feitas por vítimas.
http://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/agencia-estado/2013/02/15/defensoria-entrara-com-acoes-contra-pm-por-racismo.htm

Santa Catarina atinge marca de cem ataques em 17 dias; ônibus param em Florianópolis

A União enviar forças para conter a "violência" quando são as atrocidades cometidas pelo Estado contra os presidiários que seria a causa destes ataques. Não seria melhor intervir na fonte do problema e conter os protestos ao acatar demandas dos detentos que são nada mais que a observância da LEP?


http://noticias.uol.com.br/album/2012/11/14/onda-de-violencia-em-santa-catarina.htm?abrefoto=115

Bulgaria expels visiting Hamas delegation

Bulgaria expels visiting Hamas delegation - Europe - Al Jazeera English

Buffett, Brazil's 3G team up for $23 billion Heinz buyout

 Warren Buffett and Brazilian financier Jorge Paulo Lemann are teaming up to buy ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co for $23.2 billion, in what could be the first step of a wave of mergers for the food and beverage industry.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/14/us-berkshire-heinz-idUSBRE91D0PY20130214

Gazans learn 'language of the occupier'

 
Gazans learn 'language of the occupier' - Features - Al Jazeera English

Security forces kill suspected militant in Russian Caucasus

Security forces shot dead Sultangery Khashagulgov and one of three brothers suspected of staging an attack on a busy market in the North Ossetia capital of Vladikavkaz that killed 19 people in 2010, a law enforcement source told Interfax.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/13/us-russia-caucasus-violence-idUSBRE91C0GU20130213

Turkey moves to boost freedom of expression

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/13/us-turkey-penalcode-idUSBRE91C0WW20130213

French assembly passes gay marriage bill

French assembly passes gay marriage bill - Europe - Al Jazeera English

U.N. Security Council condemns North Korea test, vows action

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/12/us-korea-north-un-council-idUSBRE91B15420130212

Iraq sets first Kuwait flights since 1990 invasion

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/12/us-kuwait-iraq-idUSBRE91B18M20130212

Montadoras deixam topo da lista de remessas ao exterior

 
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/1229155-montadoras-deixam-topo-da-lista-de-remessas-ao-exterior.shtml

Fighting over the Western Wall

Fighting over the Western Wall - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper

Israel detains women over prayer shawls - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

 

Israel detains women over prayer shawls - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Yemen: Seized Iranian ship carried 'large, diverse and dangerous' weapons

Yemen: Seized Iranian ship carried 'large, diverse and dangerous' weapons - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper

CIA 'using Saudi base for drone strikes'

CIA 'using Saudi base for drone strikes' - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Herdeiros de Goebbels, ministro de Hitler, hoje são bilionários

 
 A família de Herbert tornou-se a acionista majoritária da BMW após a década de 1960, quando ele evitou o colapso da empresa e investiu na criação de novos modelos. Já os descendentes de Harald tiveram uma participação menor nas ações da BMW, embora detenham hoje uma fortuna avaliada em ao menos 6 bilhões de dólares pela Bloomberg.
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/1226591-herdeiros-de-goebbels-ministro-de-hitler-hoje-sao-bilionarios.shtml

U.S., allies ready more anti-mine drills as Iran tensions simmer

The U.S. military announced on Monday an anti-mine exercise in "the Middle East's international waterways" in May with more than 20 nations participating, the latest show of global will to keep waterways open as tensions with Iran simmer.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/05/us-usa-iran-military-idUSBRE91313B20130205

Brussels meeting mobilizes support for Mali

Governments and international organizations meet on Tuesday to find ways to reinforce military gains against Islamist rebels in northern Mali by supporting democracy, economic development and human rights in one of the world's poorest countries.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/05/us-mali-talks-idUSBRE91401I20130205

In rare move, China jails 10 for holding petitioners

A court in Beijing has sentenced 10 people to up to two years in jail for illegally detaining petitioners from another city, state media reported on Tuesday, in a rare case of the judiciary taking on the shadowy men who operate on the margins of the law.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/05/us-china-petitioners-idUSBRE9140BR20130205

Ahmadinejad in Egypt on historic visit

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for the first trip by an Iranian head of state to Egypt since the 1979 revolution, underlining the more open ties that have developed since Egyptians elected an Islamist head of state.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/05/us-egypt-iran-arrival-idUSBRE9140BV20130205

Turkey urged to speed up reforms of anti-terrorism law

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/05/us-turkey-media-idUSBRE9140ND20130205

Canadian's involvement in Bulgaria bombing underlines concerns

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/05/us-bulgaria-bombing-canada-idUSBRE91416O20130205

Bulgaria blames Hezbollah in bomb attack on Israeli tourists

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/05/us-bulgaria-bombing-idUSBRE9140TZ20130205

Tuareg rebels say they extend control in Mali's northeast

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/05/us-mali-rebels-idUSBRE91415B20130205

54 countries helped CIA detention efforts: report

 The governments accused of helping the CIA programs included some staunch U.S. allies such as Australia, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and Ireland, and some not usually viewed as U.S.-friendly such as Iran. The report said Iran had transferred some individuals to Afghanistan, which transferred them to the U.S. government.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/06/us-usa-security-cia-idUSBRE91501720130206

The battle for the Sinai - Fault Lines

Half a million people live in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, bordering Israel and the Gaza Strip. For decades, they have been governed by a strong security paradigm, and the Camp David accords with Israel – underwritten by billions of dollars in US military aid.
Now they are back in the international spotlight because of an increase in militant attacks, arms smuggling and human trafficking.The battle for the Sinai - Fault Lines - Al Jazeera English

Algeria beefs up army presence on Mali border

Algeria beefs up army presence on Mali border - Africa - Al Jazeera English

Islam and science The road to renewal

 
The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims have produced only two Nobel laureates in chemistry and physics. Both moved to the West: the only living one, the chemist Ahmed Hassan Zewail, is at the California Institute of Technology. By contrast Jews, outnumbered 100 to one by Muslims, have won 79.
http://www.economist.com/news/international/21570677-after-centuries-stagnation-science-making-comeback-islamic-world-road?spc=scode&spv=xm&ah=9d7f7ab945510a56fa6d37c30b6f1709

Syria’s refugees Drowning in the flood

 For Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, which host nearly all the refugees, the cost is growing. Schools and hospitals are crowded. Neighbouring governments are still more worried by the political instability that a refugee influx invariably brings.
http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21571143-foreign-governments-and-agencies-are-failing-syrias-refugees-drowning-flood

A rare Israeli attack on Syria

 ISRAELI aircraft struck Syria for the first time since the Syrian uprising began nearly two years ago, say sources in Israel and Syria. But the attack does not mean that Israel wants to interfere in Syria’s burgeoning civil war. Rather, it marks the continuation of Israel’s covert war against an arms build-up by Islamist militias on its border, in particular the Lebanese Shia group, Hizbullah.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/pomegranate/2013/01/israel-v-syria

Syrian opposition talks with Russia and Iran

The Syrian opposition leader met the foreign ministers of Russia and Iran on Saturday, opening a window to a possible breakthrough in efforts to broker an end to Syria's civil war.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/02/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE9100KV20130202

21st century french imperialism

Mali hails "savior" Hollande, he says fight not over

http://www.reuters.com/news/archive/worldNews?view=page&page=5&pageSize=10

Pakistan army battles legacy of mistrust in Taliban heartland

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/03/us-pakistan-military-idUSBRE91203Z20130203

Somali PM says government working hard to improve after rape criticism

Somalia's prime minister on Sunday said the authorities will do more to protect rape victims after foreign donors and human rights groups criticised the arrests of a woman allegedly gang-raped by soldiers and a journalist who interviewed her.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/03/us-pakistan-military-idUSBRE91203Z20130203

Assad says Syria can confront threats after Israel strike

President Bashar al-Assad accused Israel on Sunday of trying to destabilize Syria by attacking a military research base outside Damascus last week, and said Syria was able to confront "current threats ...and aggression", state media said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/03/us-syria-crisis-assad-idUSBRE91204S20130203

Secular party threatens to quit Islamist-led Tunisian government

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/03/us-tunisia-party-idUSBRE91208720130203

Paraguay presidential candidate and coup plotter dies

Paraguayan presidential candidate Lino Oviedo, who helped the lead the 1989 coup that overthrew former dictator Alfredo Stroessner, died in a helicopter crash over the weekend.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/03/us-paraguay-candidate-death-idUSBRE91208520130203
http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2013/02/lino-oviedo-morre-em-acidente-de-helicoptero-no-paraguai.html

Former Guatemala leader faces genocide charge

Ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt on trial for the killings of more than 1,750 indigenous people during his 1982-83 rule.

Former Guatemala leader faces genocide charge - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Attack of the Drones

As governments are increasingly relying on drones, what are the consequences for civil liberties and the future of war?
Attack of the Drones - People & Power - Al Jazeera English

Colombian forces kill rebel FARC commander

Country's defence minister confirms local commander among six rebels killed in latest violence, as ceasefire ends

Colombian forces kill rebel FARC commander - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Saudi blood money ruling angers activists

 Religious scholar "sentenced to pay blood money to mother after serving short jail term" for daughter's death.
Saudi blood money ruling angers activists - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

U.S. didn't need rough interrogation to get bin Laden: Panetta

Leon Panetta, who as CIA director oversaw the U.S. operation that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, said the job could have been done without resorting to controversial interrogation methods that some have said constitute torture.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/03/us-usa-binladin-panetta-idUSBRE9120B720130203

בג"ץ למדינה: יש להקל על הפונים להליך פונדקאות בחו"ל

 בדיון בעתירה להכרה בזוגות חד-מיניים כהורים לילדים שנולדו בפונדקאות בארה"ב ביקרו השופטים את החוק בישראל: "חוסם את דרכם של הרבה זוגות, לא רק הומואים"
בג"ץ למדינה: יש להקל על הפונים להליך פונדקאות בחו"ל - חינוך וחברה - הארץ

דיווח בלבנון: פיצוץ ממזרח לעיר צור - מדיני-ביטחוני - הארץ

 צבא לבנון טען הלילה כי מטוסי חיל האוויר הישראלי חגו בשמי דרום לבנון, אך לא דיווח על תקיפה
דיווח בלבנון: פיצוץ ממזרח לעיר צור - מדיני-ביטחוני - הארץ

Turkish PM slams Israel over Syria attack

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of waging "state terrorism" after it struck targets in Syria.

Turkish PM slams Israel over Syria attack - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

France continues strikes in northern Mali

French warplanes have pounded rebel camps in the far north of Mali, hours after French President Francois Hollande visited the West African country.
Thierry Burkhard, spokesman for the French army in Paris, said on Sunday the overnight raids targeted logistics bases and training camps used by the al Qaeda-linked rebels to the north of the desert town of Kidal.
"These were important air strikes," Burkhard said.
He said the bombing raids took place around the settlement of Tessalit, close to the Algerian border, one of the main gateways into the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains where the rebels are believed to be hiding after fleeing major towns.
France continues strikes in northern Mali - Africa - Al Jazeera English

Israeli minister comments on Syria air strike

 Defence minister Ehud Barak implicitly confirms Israeli attack in Syria, saying "when we say something, we mean it".
Israeli minister comments on Syria air strike - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Turkey arrests US embassy bombing suspects

Turkey arrests US embassy bombing suspects - Europe - Al Jazeera English

Intercepted ship 'carried weapons from Iran'

Intercepted ship 'carried weapons from Iran' - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

The law in the service of Nazi murderers

German legal formalism combined with an absence of basic human courage made German jurists Hitler's partners in crime. These legal experts enabled the Nazis to take over Germany more easily. They enabled the rest of the citizenry and the soldiers - those who turned a blind eye, who informed, who looted Jewish property, who collaborated and who carried out orders - to be part of the Nazi killing machine by providing them with "moral" justification for doing such things, in the guise of obeying the law.
The law in the service of Nazi murderers - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper

Suicide bomber strikes US embassy in Turkey

Suicide bomber strikes US embassy in Turkey - Europe - Al Jazeera English