UK Home Secretary Theresa May has said talks with senior officials in Jordan over the deportation of radical preacher Abu Qatada from the UK have been “positive,” although further assurances are needed regarding the use of evidence obtained via torture.
Spain’s National Court has ordered the extradition to Egypt of businessman Hussein Salem, a close associate of ousted President Hosni Mubarak accused of corruption and fraud.
Spanish reporter Javier Espinosa, one of several Westerners who were trapped in the besieged city of Homs, has crossed safely into Lebanon from Syria, executives from his newspaper said Wednesday.
Sanction-hit Iran will accept gold instead of dollars from its trading partners as payment for oil, central bank Governor Mahmoud Bahmani said Wednesday.
Yaacov Amitai replaces Yitzhak Levanon, who was evacuated from Cairo in September along with the rest of the mission’s staff and their families after rioters stormed the Israeli embassy following the shooting of an Egyptian policeman on the Israel/Egypt border.
The ICRC is reportedly seeking a two-hour cessation of hostilities in several hotspots, including Homs, an opposition stronghold that has been under constant fire for weeks from government forces.
Brent crude rose to more than $120 per barrel on Monday, it highest level since mid-June last year. The price per barrel has risen by about 20 percent since December.
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