Friday, March 1, 2013

[World] South Africa suspends eight policemen who dragged man behind vehicle

South Africa suspends eight policemen who dragged man behind vehicle
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gUqbqxn_garMXjjVwZCAIXC21qKQ?docId=CNG.573d414e582c8a9b883a42ee9b45f1b8.8f1
PRETORIA | Fri Mar 1, 2013 4:38am EST. PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa suspended eight police officers on Friday after the death of a man they had bound to a vehicle and dragged through a busy street in a videotaped incident that has further blackened ...

At Least 44 Dead in Bangladesh Clashes
http://www.voanews.com/content/at-least-44-dead-in-bangladesh-clashes/1613160.html
At least 44 people have been killed in Bangladesh in a wave of violence sparked by a special tribunal's decision to sentence a top Islamist opposition leader to death.

US basketball star Dennis Rodman tells North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un he has ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/us-basketball-star-dennis-rodman-tells-north-korea-leader-kim-jongun-he-has-friend-for-life-during-bizarre-trip-to-secretive-country-8515664.html
US basketball player Dennis Rodman yesterday told Kim Jong-Un he has 'friend for life', in front of a crowd of thousands during his improbable journey to Pyongyang.

White House slams Erdogan's Zionism remark
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Mar-01/208401-israel-slams-turkey-for-likening-zionism-to-fascism.ashx
UN says Erdogan's anti-Zionism comment may have been wrongly interpreted; White House says comments "offensive and wrong.

UPDATE 2-Malaysia standoff with armed Filipinos ends in violence
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-color-red-lahad-datu-font-two-police-commandos-killed-in-mortar-attack-1.226732?cache=03D163D03edding-pred-1.1176%252F%253FpFpentwage63Dp%253A%252Fhe3D03Dn63Frea-rti3D19.3D163D03edding-pred-1.1176%252F%253FpFpentwage63Dp%253A%252Fhe3D03Dn63Frea-rti3D19.111w5ii%252Fed-1.1176%252F%252F2.2525%252F2.2525%252F1.33120%253Fpage
Fri Mar 1, 2013 3:01am EST. (Recasts). MANILA, March 1 (Reuters) - A standoff between Malaysian security forces and armed Filipinos ended in violence on Friday, with at least two police officers killed amid conflicting reports of casualties as Malaysian Prime ...

Thailand, separatists agree to talks
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/thais-sign-historic-peace-deal-with-insurgents-20130228-2f83x.html
Thailand is acknowledging there will be no military solution to the decades-long insurgency in its three predominantly Muslim southern provinces and is starting peace talks with the main rebel group.

Mekong murderers' execution just: authorities
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-03/01/content_16267879.htm
KUNMING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The upcoming execution of four Mekong River murderers manifests judicial sovereignty and judicial authorities' protection of Chinese citizens' legitimate rights and interests, prosecution authorities in southwest China's Yunnan ...

Putin seeks to close US military gap
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/d3L9IPF1Tfa6HS2zDnWQPJ/Hollande-visits-Russia-to-press-Putin-on-Syria.html
Vladimir Putin called on Russian defence industries to close a growing security gap between Russia and the US, whom he accused of attempting to usurp the “strategic balance” between the two countries.

Venezuelans back Hugo Chávez to win 'battle for life'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/01/venezuelans-back-hugo-chavez-life
Hugo Chávez is still fighting for his life, said the country's vice-president on Thursday night, yet a recent poll says nearly three in five Venezuelans believe their president will return to power.

US Looks to Boost Opposition to Assad
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324662404578329953695428628.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Secretary of State John Kerry said the Obama administration and its allies were devising new ways to hasten the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, as U.S.

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