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The Palestinian authority has said it will not enter indirect talks with Israel if more homes are built on occupied land as planned.
Speaking after Arab League’s emergency meeting in Cairo league’s Secretary General Amr Moussa said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told him he would not hold indirect talks with Israel after its announcement that it would build more settler homes in east Al-Quds. He said the Arab league would not accept Israel’s decision to construct more homes. "Our position now, is that we reject the Israeli message that they are going to continue to settle the occupied territories and to change their demographic composition and geographical character of those territories while negotiations continue, this cannot be done, cannot be accepted.” Israel announced the plan for 1,600 more homes in occupied east Al-Quds shortly before a peace visit by U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden. Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erakat said they had "demanded that the Americans help us revoke this order." U.S. Vice President Joe Biden who earlier condemned the Israeli move, sought to stress U.S. support for the Israeli nation, saying the U.S. had "deep friendship and kinship with this magnificent country". He said the U.S. had no better friend than Israel. Meanwhile, the Hamas released the British reporter Paul martin in Gaza. He was arrested on February 14 in a courthouse where he sought to testify on behalf of a Palestinian friend accused of collaborating with Israel.
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US defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Abu Dhabi as Washington sought support from oil-rich gulf allies to build pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme.
US defence official said that in his talks in Abu Dhabi, gates planned to discuss efforts to tighten pressure on Tehran, including measures against some Iranian firms doing business in the United Arab Emirates. The visit came a day after gates visit to Riyadh where he appealed to Saudi leaders to back a US-led drive for crippling sanctions against Iran. The UAE has a large Iranian expatriate community and is a major conduit for Iran's trade with the outside world.
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The Ukrainian parliament approved the appointment of Mykola Azarov, an ex-finance minister and top ally of President Viktor Yanukovych, as the country's new Prime minister.
A total of 242 deputies in the 450-seat Verkhovna Rada approved the appointment of Azarov. In line with the constitution, Azarov had earlier been nominated by the new pro-Yanukovych parliamentary coalition and then approved as Prime Minister by Yanukovych himself ahead of the final confirmation vote. President yanukovich secured a coalition majority in parliament lining up his close ally for Prime Minister, in a move to restore stability needed to tackle a deep economic crisis. The President, whose victory tilted the former soviet republic back towards Russia, proposed former navy commander Mykhailo Yezhel as defence minister and Ukraine's ambassador to Moscow, Kostyantyn Khryshchenko, as foreign minister. Battered by the economic downturn, Ukraine needs a new government to adopt a delayed 2010 budget and restart talks with the international monetary fund (IMF) on a suspended $16.4 billion bail-out package.
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The U.S. Justice department said a Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the internet to commit violent attacks overseas.
Colleen Larose, who also went by the pseudonym of "Fatima Larose" was charged with conspiracy to commit murder overseas, conspiracy to provide support to terrorists, making false statements and attempted identity theft. According to the indictment filed in a federal court in Pennsylvania, Larose posted a comment on Youtube in June 2008 that she wanted to help the suffering Muslim people. She sent emails to unnamed co-conspirators offering to become a martyr as well as to use her American background to avoid detection.
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Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet Leader, Syed Ali Gilani has emphasised that India had no moral and legal justification to continue its occupation of Jammu and Kashmir.
Syed Ali Gilani addressing a big public gathering in Hyderpora after reaching Srinagar from New Delhi, denounced the use of brute force by Indian police against peaceful protestors. He asked people to hold peaceful demonstrations tomorrow after Juma prayers against Indian state terrorism. Later, Syed Ali Gilani led a motorcade that passed through different streets of Srinagar. Indian police, on the occasion, arrested dozens of people at Rammunshi Bagh in Srinagar. Talking to a delegation at central jail in Srinagar, the illegally detained APHC leader, Nayeem Ahmad Khan said the supreme sacrifices offered by the Kashmiri people would never be wasted and the ongoing struggle would be taken to its logical conclusion. The work in all the government offices including hospitals and educational institutes in occupied Kashmir was hit for the third consecutive day, today, due to the strike by the employees against the anti-people policies of the puppet authorities. Meanwhile, an Indian court in Delhi awarded life imprisonment to a Kashmiri youth in a fake case against him. And in Washington, speaking at the institute for conflict analysis and resolution, the executive director of Kashmir centre, Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai said the Kashmir dispute could only be resolved amicably through tripartite dialogue process among Pakistan, India and the real leadership of the people of Kashmir.
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