Conflict
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 00:00
Jaime Aguilar Ramirez fue capturado en la via a Villavicencio cuando se movilizaba en una Hummer.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 12:53
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations convened to review the current conflict in E. Congo and prospects for a peaceful resolution. The witnesses concluded that there now exists a favorable environment for peace talks as a result of both international and domestic pressure.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 08:02
The actual meaning of the recently passed Public Order Management Bill began to be felt this week, as police blocked a press conference and vowed to even block family meetings.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 07:45
A Kazakh court has ruled that the forced psychiatric hospitalization of a lawyer who complained about a government official is legal.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 07:42
Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission (BSK) has withdrawn the parliamentary mandates of three leaders of the opposition Ata-Jurt (Fatherland) party. The decision on August 20 to strip them of their seats in parliament went into effect immediately.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 06:57
Algiers: Deadly clashes between Arabs and Tawareq raged on into a second week in an Algerian border town on Tuesday, with another eight people killed, Algerian media reported.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 11:07
Fears are growing in Libya of an Egypt-style standoff between the ruling Muslim Brotherhood and opposition forces, with rebels blockading key oil ports and the capital, Tripoli, braced for armed confrontation.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 11:03
The head of the Syrian National Coalition Ahmad al-Jarba asserted that his call to form a national army, which would start at 6000 men is aimed at gathering under one umbrella the battalions and brigades that are currently fighting the Syrian regime.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 09:13
All of the efforts of the United States government, all the cajoling, the veiled threats, the high-level envoys from Washington and the 17 personal phone calls by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, failed to forestall the bloodletting.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 08:00
The Muslim Brotherhood may be banned in Egypt, the country’s interim prime minister’s spokesman said. The threat comes after the Islamist movement called for a week of protest against a military crackdown that left over 800 dead.