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Militants kill two sisters in Kashmir, Omar condemns incident

Omar AbdullahSuspected guerrillas gunned down two teenaged sisters after forcing them out of their home in the Jammu and Kashmir town of Sopore, triggering panic in the area. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah condemned the incident. A senior police officer said a group of heavily armed guerrillas entered a house in the Muslim Peer locality of the [...]

Washington condemns WikiLeaks release

The U.S. government condemned WikiLeaks for its release of more than a quarter-of-a-million classified cables sent from U.S. embassies to Washington, VOA says.
Washington has also announced steps it is taking to prevent the further compromise of sensitive information.

Lalu Yadav condemns Sudarshan”s anti-Sonia Gandhi remarks

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday condemned the insulting remarks made by former Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief K. S. Sudarshan against Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Lalu Yadav, while addressing the media persons at his residence here today on the occasion of the Hindu festival of [...]

British official condemns violence in K. Mitrovica

Minister for Europe in the British Foreign Office David Lidington has condemned the violence that has taken place in Kosovska Mitrovica recently. He called on the citizens of Kosovo to resolve their problems in a peaceful way.

EU parliament condemns French Roma expulsions

Members of the European Parliament have called on France to end its explusion of Roma. Lawmakers in the European Parliament expressed “deep concern” for the measures taken by the French government.

U.S. embassy condemns attack on Pančić

The U.S. Embassy in Belgrade condemned Tuesday an attack on Teofil Pančić, a journalist of the Belgrade weekly Vreme. It also welcomed the efforts of the authorities to find the culprits of this and other attacks on journalists.

Tadić condemns attack on columnist

President Boris Tadić condemned Sunday the attack on Teofil Pančić, a columnist of the weekly Vreme, the president’s press service has announced.
“I believe the police will do their work and find the attackers who assaulted and injured Teofil Pančić. We have to invest a lot more effort to create an environment in which physical attacks against those who think differently would never happen,” Tadić said.

IM condemns Rexhepi statement

Interior Minister Ivica Dačić followed the lead of the president, condemning a PriÅ¡tina official’s statement regarding sending special police to north Kosovo. He said that “Serbia cannot close its eyes to what is happening to Serbs in Kosovo,” and warned that every use of violent methods would destabilize the entire region.

Britain condemns bomb blast in N. Ireland

The British government condemned a car bomb attack on intelligence headquarters in Northern Ireland. The blast came just seconds after full police and justice powers were devolved to the troublesome province.

EU condemns forged passport use in Dubai murder

European Union foreign ministers have “strongly condemned” the use of forged European passports in the assassination of a top Palestinian militant. The statement made no direct reference to Israel, whose secret services are widely accused of having carried out the killing in January.

EU condemns crackdown on Polish activists

The EU foreign-policy chief has criticized the arrest in Belarus of members of an ethnic Polish organization, condemning police action against the group. Catherine Ashton said in a statement she was “disappointed by the recent arrests of 40 members of the Union of Poles (UPB) and other civil-society representatives in Belarus.”

Australia condemns Indian student death

Australia on Monday condemned the killing of an Indian student in Melbourne, as India called for an end to the spate of attacks against Indian students which has damaged Australia’s multi-million dollar foreign student sector. Accounting graduate Nitin Garg, 21, originally from the

UN official condemns Swiss minaret ban

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay stated today that the decision to ban construction of minarets in Switzerland was “clearly discriminatory”. Pillay said she regretted the results of the Swiss referendum, which banned the feature on the country’s mosques, as it “risked placing Switzerland in contradiction with its international obligations”, Swiss national television TSR has reported.

Hilary condemns Israel’s approach on stalled peace talks with Palestine

In a major turnaround of the support, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has hailed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stance on settlement constructions in the occupied West Bank as “unprecedented”.
The surprising statement came following the United States’ previous efforts to form a peaceful accord between the two. Israel however was asked to halt [...]

UNSC condemns suicide bombing attacks in Iran

The United Nations Security Council has condemned the suicide bombing attacks which killed nearly sixty people, six of them commanders in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
UNSC has underlined the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers, and sponsors of this reprehensible act of terrorism to justice.
The unanimously approved statement came in response to a letter from Iran’s [...]

“SNS condemns violent incidents”

SNS deputy leader Aleksandar Vučić says that his party condemns the recent spate of violent incidents and “the bandits who attack foreigners for no reason.“ “Beating up foreigners is something very strange. I wonder how the authorities are unable to prevent this, both in terms of intelligence and other ways. That’s something I cannot understand,” Vučić told daily Politika.

White House condemns Iranian missile tests

The White House on Monday condemned Iran’s latest missile tests as “provocative”. Washington also and called on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to provide inspectors “unfettered access” to its nuclear facilities, VOA reports.

Mayor condemns attack on French football fan

Belgrade Mayor Dragan Đilas says there is a lack of security for members of the public and wants the authorities to outlaw all groups that call for violence. Đilas called the attack on Toulouse supporters in Belgrade last night a “terrible event,“ stressing that such incidents led to chaos.

Russia condemns Georgia’s ships seizures off Abkhazia

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday Georgia’s attempts to seize ships off the Abkhazian coast could lead to new armed conflicts. “Aside from interrupting international maritime shipping, these actions of the Georgian leadership are an attempt to impose a blockade of the Abkhazian coast, which could lead to the deterioration of the situation in the region and new military conflicts,” the Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Andrei Nesterenko told a news conference in Moscow.

UN condemns Indonesia blasts

Police say the bombers who struck at two hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta had checked in as guests. That’s how they managed to breach security. Explosions ripped through the Ritz Carlton and Marriot hotels at breakfast time yesterday killing at least 8.