The General Assembly yesterday strongly condemned the continued “widespread and systematic†human rights violations by the Syrian authorities and demanded that the Government immediately cease all violence and protect its people.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2012 – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and German Defense Minister Thomas De Maizière responded to reporters’ questions on Afghanistan, Syria, Iran and Israel following a bilateral Pentagon meeting.
U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Edmunds handed down the mandatory sentence of life in prison to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian born would be bomber of a commercial airliner.
16 February 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for concerted efforts to help Afghanistan extricate itself from the scourge of drug production, use and trafficking, noting that the country’s stability remains at stake with an estimated 15 per cent of its income accruing from trade in illicit drugs.