24 Dec Weekday News Wrap: Monday, December 24, 2012
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- Four more nominations for the post of WTO Director-General have been received in the past few days: Herminio Blanco (Mexico), Ahmad Hindawi (Jordan), Amina Mohamed (Kenya) and Tim Groser (New Zealand).
- Russia’s Foreign Minister has stated that the Syrian government is unlikely to deploy chemical weapons as it would amount to political suicide.
- An Afghan policewoman has killed a NATO military adviser in Kabul.
- Islamists in Mali have destroyed more of the historic Timbuktu mausoleums.
- The US is reportedly considering opening trade talks with the EU on a trans-Atlantic partnership soon.
- Professor Andre Nollkaemper has a commentary piece about the latest ECtHR judgement El Masri v. Former Republic of Macedonia at EJIL:Talk!
- World governments have “upgraded” the global status of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by opening its governing body to all 193 UN Member States.
- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the passing of an “historic” United Nations resolution yesterday calling on countries to eliminate female genital mutilation, adding that the move was an important step towards a world free from violence against women.
- A federal judge approved the final class settlement order in BP oil spill case.
- Dozens of people were killed and many more wounded in a Syrian government air strike that hit a bakery where a crowd was queuing for bread.
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