23 Jul Weekday News Wrap: Monday, July 23, 2012
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- The Syrian army has launched fierce attacks against rebel forces, who had made a stronghold in Damascus. Fighting has also spread to Aleppo.
- The UN has extended its monitoring mission in Syria another 30 days.
- The Arab League has called for Syrian President Assad to resign and has offered Assad and his family a safe exit from Syria.
- Turkey has sent a battery of ground-to-air missiles to its border with Syria.
- China will formerly garrison the disputed South China Sea, a move that will likely increase tensions throughout the region.
- Shots were fired from Egypt into Israel at an Israeli army bus, but no one was hurt; the incident may heighten fears of an eroding Egyptian Sinai security since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. This comes after a portion of the Egypt-Israel-Jordan pipeline was exploded over the weekend.
- The US’ Defense Department is looking into sending drones to Kenya to help fight al-Qaeda and al-Shebaab militants, mainly in Somalia.
- Afghanistan’s intensifying “war by social media” has stepped up with new free speech activists using Twitter and Facebook to combat NATO and Taliban claims.
- Saudi Arabia has called for a special Islamic summit, especially to address the threat of “sedition” in Muslim countries.
- Professor Schabas offers analysis on his blog surrounding jus cogens issues from Friday’s decision from the ICJ in Belgium v. Senegal, in which the Court ordered Senegal to try Hissene Habre for allegations of torture.
- Al Jazeera offers a piece on the 300,000 unregistered refugees from Myanmar living in Bangladesh, calling them the “world’s most forgotten people.”
- China has filed an appeal in its WTO dispute with the US over the imposition of countervailing and anti-dumping duties on certain US steel products. The Washington Post has more here.
- Russian President Putin has signed the protocol for Russia’s accession to the WTO.
- Over 80 people have been killed in a range of bomb attacks and shootings in Baghdad.
- Der Spiegel is reporting that the IMF will pull the plug on Greece’s funding.
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