Brahimi: Alleged chemical weapon attack shows Syria peace talks urgent
GENEVA (Reuters) – Arab League-United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi believes that the alleged chemical weapon attack in Syria this week should speed up work towards an international peace conference, his spokeswoman said on Friday.
Russia, U.S. want objective probe in Syria: Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and the United States agree an objective investigation is needed into allegations that troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad launched a chemical weapons attack in Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
Syrian activists say trying to get samples from chemical strike to U.N.
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian activists say they are smuggling out body tissue samples from victims of an alleged chemical weapons attack outside Damascus and are trying to get them to a team of United Nations inspectors staying in a hotel a few miles away…
Brahimi: Alleged chemical weapon attack shows Syria peace talks urgent
GENEVA (Reuters) – Arab League-United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi believes that the alleged chemical weapon attack in Syria this week should speed up work towards an international peace conference, his spokeswoman said on Friday.
China says no side should pre-judge Syria chemical probe
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Friday that no side should rush to pre-judge the results of any probe by U.N. chemical weapons experts in Syria, after Syria’s opposition accused government forces of using such weapons in an attack on civilians.
Potholes on airport runway spell trouble for Nepal tourism
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal has asked foreign airlines not to land heavily-loaded wide-body aircraft at the Himalayan nation’s international airport, aviation authorities said on Friday, after potholes were found on the runway before the annual influx …
Malaysia court overturns convictions in grisly, high-profile model’s murder
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Malaysian court on Friday overturned the conviction of two policemen found guilty of shooting and blowing up a Mongolian model linked to a former associate of Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Syrian activists say trying to get samples from chemical strike to U.N.
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian activists say they have prepared body tissue samples from victims of an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus and are trying to get them to a team of United Nations inspectors staying in a hotel a few miles away.
Khmer Rouge tribunal staff renew walkout threat over pay
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian staff at a Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal renewed threats to go on strike amid a deepening funding crisis at a court already bogged down by resignations and the ill health of its elderly defendants.
Philippines preempts protest, says to plug leaks in ‘pork barrel’ funds
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines will plug leaks in a controversial fund set aside for legislators’ pet projects, the latest in President Benigno Aquino’s efforts to clean up one of Southeast Asia’s most corrupt nations.
