“Friends of Syria” group held another meeting last week in Morocco. The conference brought together representatives from over 100 countries including the U.S., which recognized the legitimacy of Syria’s National Coalition for the Opposition Forces. The decision comes to loosen the militants in a move to better support the opposition, both in terms of diplomacy and technical support, telecommunication, etc. This is a step towards further arming of the opposition which may result in a disaster similar to the one in Libya.

The verdict came after Strauss-Kahn settled a separate civil case in New York with a hotel maid who accused him of attempted rape.

The session will focus on current prospects of regional security, measures to counter terrorism and drug trafficking.

A trio of new titles from Romania’s Cristi Puiu (“The Death of Mr. Lazarescu”) will all have their international premieres.

Voters will choose between the centre-right candidate for the ruling Saenuri Party, Park Geun-Hye, and her rival Moon Jae-In.

The 11 September attack saw Ambassador Christopher Stevens, as well as three other US officials, killed.

Previous reports have speculated that such a phone would be powered by Amazon’s highly-modified version of the Android OS.

The decision has been made at a meeting of the CSTO Defense and Foreign Ministers and Security Council Secretaries.

The shooting after the other killings calls into question whether the U.N.-backed campaign to eradicate polio in Pakistan can continue.

The figures suggest that Twitter has gained some 60 million users in the last nine months, making it the fastest-growing social network.

The ratings agency yanked the debt-heavy country out of default, but still keeping its devalued bonds in junk status.

Fellow Sundance premiere “Lovelace,” from directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, will also make its offshore bow in Berlin.

The film stars Jason Bateman as the victim of a woman played by Melissa McCarthy who has swiped his identity and destroyed his credit.

That decision could also mean that 15-second video ads would become more prevalent elsewhere on the web.

Margarita Gasparyan and Marta Sirotkina of Russia lost to Christina Dinu and Madalina Gojnea 6:2, 4:6, 9:11.

“We demand that the government changes these unjust policies that hurt workers and kill the public sector,” said ADEDY chief.

Gazete Kars complains that Armenians are “tarnishing Turkey’s reputation by launching powerful attacks on forty fronts.”

“Bully” follows five high school students as they are subjected to ridicule and examines the impact their mistreatment has on their lives.

The U.S. and Israel have accused Hezbollah of being behind a bombing that killed Israeli tourists in Bulgaria in July .

In Kaliningrad-hosted European Olympic Hopes 19-22 Championships finals, Soghomonyan beat Ireland’s Hugh Myers 11:10.

Adam Goldberg will return in the lead role, with principle photography expected to begin in May 2013.

Of the meaning behind the movie Haneke said, “For me, the film is simply about how you deal with the suffering of someone you love.”

The first full trailer for J.J. Abrams’ reboot sequel returns Chris Pine as Captain Kirk along with his crafty crew.

Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties of oil, rose to $108.95 a barrel on the ICE Futures Exchange in London.

The Lille case has become known as the Carlton affair, after the name of the hotel in which the alleged orgies took place.

Universal is finally moving ahead on its big-screen adaptation of “Kojak” that is to star Vin Diesel as the lollipop-sucking detective.

The actions stem from the arrests of two Army employees accused of assaulting children at a Fort Myer, Va., day care center.

Also booked into Palm Springs is Ouellet’s “Camion,” Dolan’s “Laurence Anyways,” and Maxwell’s “Sara St. Onge.”

The protagonist is a student who is sent by her awful father on travels across the globe to collect teeth for an unspecified but creepy purpose.

USGS librarians are consulting experts around the globe to trace the history of the newly discovered jewels.