- Damascus ready for talks with armed groups, rebels demand Assad’s resignation The Syrian government is ready for negotiations with the opposition, including armed groups, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said while in Moscow for talks. The opposition is divided with rebels refusing to talk until President Assad steps down.
- Foreign powers send heavy weapons to 'moderate' Syrian rebels - report Outside powers have reportedly supplied heavy weapons to ‘moderate’ Free Syrian Army fighters, The Washington Post reports. Allegedly the arms have been delivered to Syria to counterweight radical Islamists high-jacking the rebel movement.
- Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits near Tokyo A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has hit near Tokyo, shaking buildings in the Japanese capital. No tsunami risk is reported.
- Karzai orders US Special Forces out of two provinces, citing torture and murder The Afghan government has demanded the withdrawal of all US Special Forces on Sunday from the Wardak and Logar provinces within two weeks, accusing them of “harassing, torturing and murdering innocent civilians.”
- Israel demands Palestinian leaders quell unrest following prisoner death (PHOTOS) Israel has sent an “unequivocal demand” to the Palestinian Authority to reduce tensions after thousands of detainees staged hunger strikes in Israeli prisons and violent protests erupted in the West Bank following the death of an inmate.
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Canada to launch asteroid-hunter satellite Canadian Space Agency is launching a satellite size of a large suitcase to track down dangerous asteroids passing nearby our planet. The recent meteor explosion above Russia’s Urals sparked hot debates on how to protect Earth from space threats.
- UK onshore wind farms to create more carbon dioxide - report Thousands of Britain’s onshore wind farms will create more greenhouse gases than they save because many of them are built on peatland, a new study claims.
Protest votes increase uncertainty in Italy electionROME - Italians voted for a second and final day in a general election with a surge in protest votes increasing the risk of an unstable outcome that could undermine Europe's efforts to end its three-year debt crisis. Full Article | Live Coverage
- Italy urges high turnout in key election for euro zone
- Election stalemate worst option for markets
- Bersani on anti-glamour quest for power
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The rivalry between the U.S. and China has gone digital -
and is threatening to turn into full-scale cyber war. A recent scandal
involving a Chinese military unit allegedly engaged in cyber theft from
American companies has put Washington on the defensive. But it might not be
long before Washington makes its move in this new-era cyber arms race, as RT's
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