French Assembly passes gay marriage, adoption bill Feb 12th, 2013 - 18:20h (CET +01.00) PARIS (AP) - France's lower house of parliament on Tuesday approved a sweeping bill to legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children, handing a major legislative victory to President Francois Hollande's Socialists on a ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : french, assembly, passes, marriage, adoption, bill, Top Keywords

U.N. General Assembly voices concern for Myanmar's Muslims Dec 25th, 2012 - 05:40h (CET +01.00) UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly expressed serious concern on Monday over violence between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar and called upon its government to address reports of human rights abuses by some authorities. The... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : general, assembly, voices, concern, myanmar's, muslims, Top Keywords

Egypt's top court postpones key ruling on assembly Dec 2nd, 2012 - 10:00h (CET +01.00) Officials say Egypt's top court has postponed its ruling on the legitimacy of the nation's Islamist-dominated constituent assembly, citing 'administrative" reasons. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : egypt's, court, postpones, ruling, assembly, muslims, Top Keywords

Islamist-led assembly votes on Egypt constitution Nov 29th, 2012 - 14:40h (CET +01.00) An Islamist-dominated panel tasked to write a new constitution for Egypt began voting on Thursday on the document's final draft, a move likely to stoke a widening political crisis over decrees giving the nation's Islamist president near abs... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : islamistled, assembly, votes, egypt, constitution, muslims, Top Keywords

Foxconn denies worker unrest slows iPhone assembly Oct 6th, 2012 - 17:10h (CET +01.00) Foxconn Technology Group denied on Saturday that production was affected at a Chinese factory that makes Apple's iPhones, although both state media and an overseas labor watch group said some workers halted production lines on Friday, apparently... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : foxconn, denies, worker, unrest, slows, iphone, assembly, Top Keywords

Libyan assembly votes Gaddafi opponent as president Aug 10th, 2012 - 09:30h (CET +01.00) TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's national assembly picked former opposition leader Mohammed Magarief as its president as the North African country's newly elected congress began its rule. Magarief, seen as a moderate Islamist, will head the 200-... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : libyan, assembly, votes, gaddafi, opponent, president, assembly, Top Keywords

Pro-Islamist elected Libya assembly chief Aug 10th, 2012 - 01:10h (CET +01.00) Mohamed al-Megaryef, a staunch opponent of Moamer Kadhafi's overthrown regime who is seen as being pro-Islamist, was elected late Thursday president of Libya's new national assembly. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : proislamist, elected, libya, assembly, chief, president, assembly, Top Keywords

Libya's ruling council hands over power to new assembly Aug 9th, 2012 - 07:30h (CET +01.00) TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's ruling council handed over power to a newly elected national assembly on Wednesday in the North African country's first peaceful transition of power in its modern history but which comes amid heightened violence.... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : libya's, ruling, council, hands, power, assembly, assembly, Top Keywords

UN assembly hits out at Security Council failure on Syria Aug 4th, 2012 - 00:50h (CET +01.00) The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution Friday slamming the Security Council's failure to act on the Syria conflict, which UN leader Ban Ki-moon said has become a "proxy war". (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : assembly, hits, security, council, failure, syria, assembly, Top Keywords

Arabs to seek UN General Assembly action on Syria Jul 26th, 2012 - 03:20h (CET +01.00) Arab nations say they will go to the U.N. General Assembly and seek approval of a new resolution on Syria. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : arabs, seek, general, assembly, action, syria, assembly, Top Keywords