UN election may spur real talks

UN vote

The UN General Assembly's implicit recognition of Palestinian statehood Thursday isn't a threat to Israel's security, or at best it doesn't need to be.

It may be an instantaneous threat, however, if Israel or its unquestioning allies -- the United States and Canada -- overreact and choose to punish the Palestinians by cutting aid, revoking work permits and imposing a level harder security atmosphere around the unhappy people from the West Bank and Gaza. That may put in place a brand new, much deeper round of frustration or anger that wouldn't be within the interests of either the Palestinians or Israel and it is buddies.

1000's clash in Cairo over Egyptian president's new forces

Egyptian president

1000's of competitors of Egypt's Islamist leader clashed together with his supporters in metropolitan areas across the nation Friday, burning several offices from the Muslim Brotherhood, within the most violent and common protests since Mohammed Morsi found energy, sparked by his proceed to grant themself sweeping forces.

The violence reflected the progressively harmful polarization in Egypt over what course it will require nearly 2 years after the fall of autocrat Mubarak.

Jamaatis clash with cops 45 hurt, 49 held

Jamaat-e-Islami

The activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and it is student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir clashed with law enforcers in a variety of districts on Saturday, departing a minimum of 45 hurt including numerous police personnel.

Law enforcement arrested 49 Jamaat and Shibir males throughout the clashes across the nation as well as on charges of allegedly plotting anarchy.

In Rajshahi, 25 people together with a police official were hurt throughout the clashes.

Bangla needs overview of ties with Pak throughout Khar's visit

Hina Rabbani Khar

Bangladesh needs to examine its ties with Pakistan, including all outstanding issues, throughout the main one-day visit of Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar beginning tomorrow, authorities stated on Thursday.

"This is a short tour of hers (Khar) in Dhaka while her talks with this Foreign Minister Dipu Moni could last up to forty-five minutes if her flight schedule remains unchanged," a senior Bangladesh Foreign Ministry official stated.

Khar can also be likely to turn to Pm Sheikh Hasina. The state stated Khar's ending up in her Bangladeshi counterpart was "certainly likely to evaluate the bilateral issues such as the outstanding ones" like discussing of pre-1971 assets and repatriation of stranded Pakistanis and official apology from Islamabad for that 1971 atrocities and security issues.

Chris Selley: What’s so crazy about discussing abortion?

Chris Selley

There is something almost pitiful concerning the New Democrats’ efforts to drum up outrage over Motion M-312, backbench Conservative Mega pixel Steven Woodworth’s private member’s motion that will begin a parliamentary committee to think about the legal chronological age of personhood. It appeared to possess little possibility of passing wouldn't dampen their shrillness (The election was Wednesday evening the motion unsuccessful 91-203) that government whip Gordon O’Connor several weeks ago shipped a withering defense of things as they are - “Whether one accepts it or otherwise, abortion is and try to will participate society. … I am unable to realize why individuals who're adamantly in opposition to abortion wish to impose their values on others through the Criminal Code” - would on no account be used at par value. That much more progressive nation than Canada place - indeed, every more progressive country than Canada places - legal limitations on abortion is, as always, irrelevant. No, the mere information on this motion to strike a committee was presented being an affront.

Bangladesh blocks YouTube over anti-Islamic film

YouTube

The government in Bangladesh has blocked YouTube to prevent people from seeing an anti-Islam video produced in the US ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad.

Independent and Somoy television stations said the government blocked the popular video search engine late Monday.

On Sunday, the chief of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission said the government sent a letter to Google, which owns YouTube, urging it to remove the video. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the same request.

Google has blocked access to the video in Libya and Egypt following violence there, and in Indonesia and India because it says the video broke laws in those countries.