Turkey 1980 coup leader Kenan Evren goes on trial
Ankara court to hear case against 94-year-old leader of military takeover that led to executions and 500,000 arrests
The retired Turkish general Kenan Evren, symbol of an era when the
military dominated the country's politics, is going on trial for his
role in leading a coup in 1980.
The military takeover shaped the country for three decades until reforms cut back the power of the "pashas". Fifty people were executed, 500,000 were arrested, hundreds died in jail and many more disappeared in the three years of military rule that followed the 12 September 1980 coup, which was Turkey's third in 20 years.
The military takeover shaped the country for three decades until reforms cut back the power of the "pashas". Fifty people were executed, 500,000 were arrested, hundreds died in jail and many more disappeared in the three years of military rule that followed the 12 September 1980 coup, which was Turkey's third in 20 years.
Over 30 years later, an Ankara court will begin hearing the case against
94-year-old Evren, who went on to serve as president, as well as
against the other surviving architect of that military takeover, the
former air force commander Tahsin Sahinkaya, 87.
The already perilous journey for refugees fleeing the violence in Syria has become increasingly deadly in recent weeks as President Bashar al-Assad attempts to tighten control of the conflict-ravaged country's borders with fresh landmines, say aid workers and fleeing refugees.
As spring arrives, the Syrian army is said to be laying new mines along the 330km long border with Lebanon to replace those washed away during winter flooding and removed by activists.
PHNOM PENH: South-east Asian nations are divided on how they should deal with China over the Spratly Islands amid heightened tensions over competing claims for the resource-rich area in the South China Sea, a potential flashpoint for the region.
The Philippines is leading a push within the 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations to take a united stand over regional maritime disputes, including the Spratlys, which is in one of the world's busiest stretches of water.
But a four-day visit to Cambodia by the Chinese President, Hu Jintao, before a summit of ASEAN leaders here has reinforced Beijing's stand that ASEAN should not formally discuss the dispute or adopt a joint legally-binding position without its involvement.
Morocco is under growing pressure to better protect women after a man who was allowed to marry a 16-year old girl he had allegedly raped was invited by a newspaper to join a discussion on improving women's rights.
The man did not attend the roundtable meeting about the case of the teenager, Amina Filali, who killed herself after a court ordered the marriage. The meeting was organised by Morocco's leading daily newspaper, Al Massae, which also invited Bassima Hakkaoui, the country's only female minister.
World impotent as North Korea shoots
By Andrei Lankov
In mid-March, North Korea released a statement which many observers expected since last year - that in mid-April North Korea will launch what Pyongyang official media describes as the third North Korean satellite.
Actually, neither the first nor the second attempt (in 1998 and 2009) actually succeeded, since both rockets failed. This failure has never been admitted by the North to its people. Therefore, the North Korean public is expected to believe that two North Korean satellites have already been into orbit around the earth.
This statement was not exactly welcomed with enthusiasm by the international community.
Soria told msnbc.com that the war on terror was at a key point, as while al-Qaida was weaker, Western counterterrorism officials had been “unsighted” by the apparent shift to Africa.
Assad accused of brutal border crackdown
New mines and increased border security can make refugees' journey to Lebanon a deadly one
The already perilous journey for refugees fleeing the violence in Syria has become increasingly deadly in recent weeks as President Bashar al-Assad attempts to tighten control of the conflict-ravaged country's borders with fresh landmines, say aid workers and fleeing refugees.
As spring arrives, the Syrian army is said to be laying new mines along the 330km long border with Lebanon to replace those washed away during winter flooding and removed by activists.
Asian nations resist Chinese tactic on islands
Lindsay Murdoch
April 4, 2012PHNOM PENH: South-east Asian nations are divided on how they should deal with China over the Spratly Islands amid heightened tensions over competing claims for the resource-rich area in the South China Sea, a potential flashpoint for the region.
The Philippines is leading a push within the 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations to take a united stand over regional maritime disputes, including the Spratlys, which is in one of the world's busiest stretches of water.
But a four-day visit to Cambodia by the Chinese President, Hu Jintao, before a summit of ASEAN leaders here has reinforced Beijing's stand that ASEAN should not formally discuss the dispute or adopt a joint legally-binding position without its involvement.
Morocco grapples with women's rights after raped bride's suicide
AFUA HIRSCH LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Apr 04 2012 09:21
Morocco is under growing pressure to better protect women after a man who was allowed to marry a 16-year old girl he had allegedly raped was invited by a newspaper to join a discussion on improving women's rights.
The man did not attend the roundtable meeting about the case of the teenager, Amina Filali, who killed herself after a court ordered the marriage. The meeting was organised by Morocco's leading daily newspaper, Al Massae, which also invited Bassima Hakkaoui, the country's only female minister.
World impotent as North Korea shoots
By Andrei Lankov
In mid-March, North Korea released a statement which many observers expected since last year - that in mid-April North Korea will launch what Pyongyang official media describes as the third North Korean satellite.
Actually, neither the first nor the second attempt (in 1998 and 2009) actually succeeded, since both rockets failed. This failure has never been admitted by the North to its people. Therefore, the North Korean public is expected to believe that two North Korean satellites have already been into orbit around the earth.
This statement was not exactly welcomed with enthusiasm by the international community.
Expert: War on terror at 'critical' point as al-Qaida looks to regroup in Africa
By Ian Johnston, msnbc.com
The war against al-Qaida is at a “critical moment”
as the “much weaker” terrorist group looks to regroup in Africa,
according to the author of a new report.
Valentina
Soria, a counterterrorism research analyst and U.K. think-tank RUSI,
told msnbc.com by telephone that the network had been damaged by the
death of Osama bin Laden and other leading figures.
Her report, titled “Global Jihad Sustained Through Africa,”
which was published at 7 p.m. ET Tuesday, said al-Qaida’s leadership
was looking for partnerships with like-minded organizations in parts of
Africa – such as al-Shabab and al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb -- to
“regroup and re-energize itself.”
West 'unsighted' by shiftSoria told msnbc.com that the war on terror was at a key point, as while al-Qaida was weaker, Western counterterrorism officials had been “unsighted” by the apparent shift to Africa.
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