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  • Yemeni Human Rights Minister Resigns

    Yemeni Human Rights Minister Huda Al-ban on Saturday presented her resignation to President Ali Abdullah Saleh in protest against Friday’s shooting on demonstrators in Sanaa, a government official told Xinhua. Friday’s shooting that claimed the lives of at least 51 protesters in the capital also pushed Deputy Minister of Human Rights Ali Saleh Taisir to […]

    France Denies Plane Shot down in Libya

    French military sources denied previous report that one of its planes carrying out operations in Libya was shot down on Saturday. “We deny (that), all the planes that went out today have returned,” spokesman of French General Staff, Thierry Burkhard was quoted by AFP as saying. Previous report by Libyan official television said one French […]

    French Force Launches Strike against Gaddafi Troops

    French air force has launched strikes against Gaddafi troops, the spokesman of French general staff Thierry Burckhard told local media, hours after the Paris summit agreed on military intervention on Saturday. The first French strike targeted a vehicle believed to belong to government troops around 05:45 p.m. Paris time (GMT1645), the spokesman said on BFM, […]

    Thai PM wins no-confidence vote

    Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva survived a no-confidence motion on Saturday brought by opposition lawmakers seeking to inflict damage ahead of upcoming elections. Abhisit won the vote following a four-day censure debate, in which the opposition Puea Thai party accused his administration of corruption, policy failures and human rights violations -charges the government denies. The […]

    Yemen seethes as death toll climbs to 52

    Yemen seethed with anger on Saturday as medics raised the death toll from a sniper attack on protesters to 52 and thousands rallied despite a state of emergency imposed by the autocratic regime. The slaughter in the capital Sanaa yesterday afternoon was the bloodiest day in weeks of unrest that has shaken the regime of […]

    Palestinian militants fire rockets into Israel

    Palestinian militants Saturday bombarded Israel’s southern territories with a barrage of over 50 rockets that reportedly left at least two people injured. The rockets began to land in the early hours day, with most of them landing in open areas in southern Israel’s western Eshkol region. In the pounding, two people were reported to be […]

    Pak anti-terrorism court gives prosecutors a week on Musharraf

    A Pakistani anti-terrorism court Saturday gave prosecutors a week to serve an arrest warrant on former President Pervez Musharraf in connection with a case related to the assassination of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto. The joint investigation team probing the assassination sought more time from Judge Rana Nisar Ahmad of the Rawalpindi-based court to serve the warrant […]

    France hosting summit tonight to consider military action on Libya

    As France is hosting a summit tonight to consider military action on Libya, Pro-Gaddafi tanks have entered rebel stronghold of Benghazi with the city coming under attack. The government tanks were seen on a bridge inside Benghazi this morning and reports suggested hundreds of people were fleeing the city eastwards as the fighting continued. Reports […]

    Jets pound rebel-held Benghazi in violation of UN resolution

    The rebel-stronghold of Benghazi came under attack on Saturday from ground and air with explosions rocking the city despite a ceasefire announced by Muammar Gaddafi forces, prompting a warning by the US that the Libyan leader was violating the truce. Two unidentified jets carried out bombing raids on the Libya’s second largest city and a […]

    Workers close to restoring power at quake-striken power plant in Japan

    In Japan, workers are close to restoring power at a quake-stricken nuclear power plant. Officials said engineers are expected to connect a new power line to four of the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, north of Tokyo today. The earthquake and tsunami it triggered crippled the plant’s cooling systems, raising concerns over radiation […]