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Archive: News / World / Middle East (8 Stories)

Amnesty details 'horrific' abuses in south Yemen

12/04/2012 2:49am
Al-Qaida committed "horrific" rights abuses during its 16 months in power in southern Yemen, Amnesty International charged in a report released Tuesday, documenting the beheading of an alleged sorcerer, crucifixion of a man accused spying and amputation of a man's hand for stealing.

A brief history of chemical weapons

12/04/2012 6:00am
Several international agreements have sought to limit the use of chemical weapons in warfare, beginning with the 1675 Strasbourg Agreement that banned the use of poison bullets in conflict. More recently, a United Nations initiative led to the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention in 1993. The convention, which has been signed by 182 states, enforces a comprehensive ban on developing, producing, stockpiling and using chemical weapons. Syria is not among the signatories to the Convention and thus is not legally bound by its prohibitions.

Israel basketball team dumps captain for Nazi slur

12/04/2012 7:11am
Israel's top basketball team has suspended its captain because he called a fellow Israeli player a Nazi.

Egyptian protest turns violent outside palace

12/04/2012 10:05am
Police have fired tear gas to stop protesters from approaching the presidential palace in Cairo as tens of thousands take to the streets to demonstrate against the assumption of nearly absolute powers by the nation's Islamist leader.

Israel's President tweets the pope a welcome

12/04/2012 10:42am
Israeli President Shimon Peres welcomed Pope Benedict XVI, both octogenarians, to social media with a personal tweet on Tuesday.

Protest at Egypt president's palace turns violence

12/04/2012 10:51am
A protest by tens of thousands of Egyptians outside the presidential palace in Cairo turned violent on Tuesday as tensions grew over Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's seizure of nearly unrestricted powers and a draft constitution hurriedly adopted by his allies.

Protest at Egypt president's palace turns violent

12/04/2012 11:54am
A protest by at least 100,000 Egyptians outside the presidential palace in Cairo turned violent on Tuesday as tensions grew over Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's seizure of nearly unrestricted powers and a draft constitution hurriedly adopted by his allies.

Palestinian war crimes case faces long road

12/04/2012 3:44pm
Days after winning upgraded status at the United Nations, the Palestinians are threatening to join the world's first permanent war crimes court and pursue charges against the Israelis.
 
   
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