The city government of the Dutch city of Amsterdam is expanding it "Slum Village" program beginning in 2013. The $1.3 million program will be for housing antisocial tenants that exhibit extremely violent and intimidating behavior towards their neighbors.
News that Turkish officials told the British newspaper, the Guardian that Turkey had credible evidence that Syria would use chemical weapons if the Syrian government aerial bombardment of the rebels failed to subdue them prompted the United States to issue a statement to the middle eastern government.
The placing of the first-stage of North Korea's Unha-3 ballistic missile on the launch pad in that country prompted separate meetings of Ambassadors from Russia, China, Japan, and the United States with South Korean Foreign Ministry officials on Monday.
Eight Suicide bombers mounted an unsuccessful attack on the joint NATO-Afghan Jalalabad Airbase on Sunday, all eight were killed before entering the complex.