27 Feb Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
27.02.13
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- Western powers have said that Iran is considering their offer of lifting some financial sanctions in return for a scaled-back nuclear program from Tehran.
- Saudi Arabia has purchased a large amount of infantry weapons from Croatia and quietly funneled them to rebel forces in Syria.
- Fighting rages on in Syria, with battles nearing a 12th-century mosque in Aleppo, threatening to further damage the historic structure.
- Symantec Corp researchers have found that the Stuxnet virus that was deployed against Iran began in November 2007, two years earlier than previously thought.
- An Egyptian court has ruled that all tunnels between Egypt and Gaza must be destroyed, removing a route for smuggling weapons but also a lifeline for Palestinians as an estimated 30% of the goods that come into Gaza arrives via these tunnels.
- A district court in The Hague approved the extradition of al-Qaeda suspect Sabir Khan to the United States.
- The British government sought to restrict KGB inquest disclosures in the case of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko who was poisoned in London in 2006. Ben Emmerson, the lawyer for Litvinenko’s family, has accused the UK government of a cover-up of evidence in order to improve British-Russian ties.
- In an open letter, a group of UK MPs and Lords have called on the UK government, the G8 and the UN to take action on the human rights abuse in Congo.
- The WTO has released the Panel decision on Chinese anti-dumping duties on EU X-ray scanners.
- Justice in Conflict has a post about the relationship of R2P and the ICC.
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