Musical tidbits

The US chides Russia for what it calls an "unfortunate decision" to send missiles to the Syrian government, as world leaders mull how to end the conflict. […]

BBC Persian's Rana Rahimpour explains how Iran's leadership structure works and what could happen in the upcoming presidential elections. […]

A British child has died in a pool at a hotel waterpark in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, travel company First Choice says. […]

More than 60 people have died in attacks in and around Baghdad, apparently targeting Sunnis, in the worst day of violence in Iraq for months. […]

More than 60 people have been killed and dozens hurt in several bomb attacks apparently targeting Sunnis, in Iraq's worst day of violence for months. […]

Abdullah Dardari, the man in charge of the UN's Syria post-war reconstruction project, has said he sees a 'bright future' for Syria […]

[New Dawn]The Criminal Court "B" at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia has halted the extradition proceedings of eight Ivoirians and summoned City Court Magistrate Nelson B. Chinneh to show "cause" why the defendants' petition should not be held, more than a week after the Magistrate granted government's motion to hear the extrad […]

[New Dawn]The Ministry of Agriculture is reported to have arrested five Ivoirian crewmen, impounding their fishing canoes after they violated Liberia's fishery laws in its territorial waters. […]

[U.S. House]Washington, DC -Legislation on parental abduction of U.S. children overseas, human rights issues in Vietnam and the crisis in the Congo was passed at the first bill mark-up of the 113th Congress by the House panel that oversees human rights chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04). […]

[Bemba Trial Website]Lawyers representing Jean-Pierre Bemba in his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have reduced from 63 to 50 the number of witnesses they intended to call to testify for the former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. […]

[New Era]Windhoek -Namibia has sent an additional contingent of police officers to join the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations African Mission in Sudan's (UNAMID) Darfur region. […]

[MSF]Juba -Doctors Without Borders (MSF) strongly condemns the destruction at its hospital in Pibor town, South Sudan, purposefully conducted to render the hospital inoperative. This deprives around 100,000 people of healthcare, as they fled into the bush seeking safety from the conflict between the SPLA (South Sudan Army) and the David Yau Yau armed militia […]