Dr. Ashrawi Slams Israeli Plans to Legalize Illegal Settler ‘Outposts'
Source: International Middle East Media Center
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-20 15:58:33 -0700 | travel-news
Dr. Ashrawi Slams Israeli Plans to Legalize Illegal Settler Outposts In response to Israel's most recent unilateral violation of international law, including plans to legalize settler 'outposts,' and the escalation of settler violence against the Palestinian people and their resources,...
Despite reforms Myanmars ethnic violence continues
Source: Myanmar News
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-17 18:09:24 -0700 | travel-news
Despite reforms, Myanmar's ethnic violence continues -- When the European Union recently lifted economic sanctions on Myanmar, it closed a decades-long chapter designed to encourage democratic reform in the country. Although an arms embargo remains in place, the action will...
Pilot training blamed for Bali crash
Source: CNN
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-16 05:25:38 -0700 | travel-news
The report by Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee found the 24-year-old co-pilot, with 1,200 hours flying experience, could not see the runway upon approach and handed controls to the pilot at an altitude of 150 feet (45 meters) moments before...
Friendly soccer match leads to Fatah threats
Source: Jerusalem Post
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-15 11:10:22 -0700 | travel-news
Bank threaten Palestinian teenagers who participated in a friendly soccer match with Israeli youth. joint Arab-Jewish soccer game Photo: Moshe Milner GPO The tournament was organized by Mifalot, which describes itself as the largest and most diverse sport for development...
Air Force Gen. Breedlove assumes role as NATO's top military officer
Source: United Press International
Mons :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-14 07:42:53 -0700 | travel-news
Afghanistan to a support mission focused on training Afghan forces. Alliance officials say Afghan troops already have leadership roles in most of the country...Stavridis, citing an increasingly capable Afghan military and lack of public support for Taliban militants, has said...
EU may Withdraw Lebanon Peacekeepers
Source: Israel National News
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-12 06:14:56 -0700 | travel-news
Israeli border if their security cannot be guaranteed as required by UN resolution 1701 that followed the Second Lebanon War. The warning comes in wake of the abduction of Philippine peacekeepers of the Syrian Golan Heights earlier this month. (NRG)
Hundreds still cannot return home after Belgium chemical train crash
Source: GMA News
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-09 08:53:30 -0700 | travel-news
Hundreds of people evacuated from their homes after a train carrying highly toxic chemicals derailed and exploded last week are still unable to return, Belgian officials said Thursday. The accident Saturday sent flames shooting into the sky near the...
Frattini gets boost in bid to lead NATO
Source: Ansa
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-09 07:27:33 -0700 | travel-news
Speaking on the sidelines of an international conference in Florence on the state of the European Union, Frattini said he also appreciated the support of the previous technocratic administration of Mario Monti, which was replaced last month by Enrico Letta's...
Britain launches new drive to lift EU arms embargo on Syria
Source: The Daily Star
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-08 07:44:29 -0700 | travel-news
Al-Ezz bin Abdul Salam Brigade take part in a training session at an undisclosed location near Jabal Turkmen in Syria's northern Latakia province on April 24, 2013. Britain has launched a new drive to lift a European Union arms embargo...
NATO chief says alliance did not "occupy" Kosovo
Source: B92
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-07 11:51:11 -0700 | travel-news
United Nations, with the agreement of the sides in the conflict," the western military alliance's secretary general stressed...Monday grilled by MEPs for three hours, much of it dedicated to the alliance's role in Afghanistan, and in Syria. Rasmussen hopes for...
EU embraces green infrastructure package (News)
Source: Euractiv
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-07 04:33:10 -0700 | travel-news
The European Union adopted a new strategy yesterday (6 May) aimed at promoting green infrastructure, and putting natural processes at the heart of its spatial planning. Upgrading access to finance for green infrastructure projects with an EU financing facility by...
Gas leakage in Saudi refinery kills 1
Source: Zee News
Spa :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-06 10:35:35 -0700 | travel-news
The official Saudi press agency says one person has been killed in a gas leakage accident in Saudi Aramco's Jiddah refinery. SPA said the accident took place today during a routine maintenance and that the "limited" leakage was immediately stopped...
Regulators upbeat after FAA visit
Source: Business World
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-06 09:58:53 -0700 | travel-news
Andrews yesterday said when asked about the outcome of discussions last week with US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials. "They have accepted our position and we have accepted their position at the same time, so we have meeting of minds,"...
Councils call for separate chemical train track
Source: Dutch News
Wetteren :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-05 23:59:10 -0700 | travel-news
One person died and 49 were injured near the Belgian town of Wetteren when a train taking chemicals from Rotterdam to Ghent port derailed on Friday night as it changed tracks. The train passed through Dutch towns such as Dordrecht...
EU police mission trains 2,000 Palestinian cops
Source: NewKerala
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-05 20:04:02 -0700 | travel-news
The EU Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories has trained over 2,000 Palestinian police personnel and 125 judges, an official said. January 2006, is to contribute to the establishment of credible, professional and effective policing arrangements and to advise Palestinian...
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