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Authorities say at least 68 people are dead and 130 others are missing, after a ferry capsized in northeastern India. Police say the double-decker ferry carrying about 350 passengers broke into two pieces and sank Monday in the Brahmaputra River in Assam state. Some 150 people were rescued or managed to swim to safety in [...]
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Syrian Violence Continues as Monitoring Chief Heads to Country
Posted by sukakita on April 29th, 2012
The head of the United Nations observer team in Syria, Norwegian Gen. Robert Mood is due in the capital Damascus Saturday, to give a fresh impetus to a mission which critics claim is fraying amid persistent violations of an over two-week old ceasefire. There have been reports of more clashes between government and opposition forces [...]
US, Japan Reach Agreement to Move 9,000 Marines
Posted by sukakita on April 27th, 2012
The United States and Japan have reached an agreement to move about 9,000 U.S. Marines on the Japanese island of Okinawa to locations outside of Japan. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, traveling in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, is applauding the deal that will see the Marines moved to other locations in the Asia-Pacific region. The agreement [...]
More UN Observers Arrive as Syrian Cease-fire Continues Unraveling
Posted by sukakita on April 26th, 2012
Syrian government tanks and artillery pounded the Damascus suburb of Douma Wednesday, as an almost two-week old cease-fire continues to unravel. Four more U.N. observers have also arrived in the Syrian capital, despite comments by international envoy Kofi Annan that prospects for the cease-fire working are “bleak.” Syrian security forces reportedly opened fire on a [...]
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No Comments »Activists: 28 Killed in Syria as UN Monitors Check Cease-Fire
Posted by sukakita on April 24th, 2012
Syrian activists say government forces have killed at least 28 people in the city of Hama, one day after residents of the opposition hub welcomed several United Nations soldiers sent to observe a shaky cease-fire in the country’s year-long conflict. The activists say Syrian security forces attacked Hama on Monday morning, shelling its Arbeen district, [...]
