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| Inspectors press Syria on chemical arms "discrepancies" - envoys | | | By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Inspectors overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal have asked President Bashar al-Assad's government to clarify disparities in its original declaration on its cache of toxic gas, U.N. diplomats said on Wednesday. The envoys were citing remarks by Sigrid Kaag, head of the joint mission to Syria of the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, who was briefing the 15-nation U.N. Security Council. Last month, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that a June 30 deadline for the destruction of all of Syria's declared chemical weapons would not be met. French U.N. Ambassador Gerard Araud said on his Twitter feed that Kaag's mission "will need to continue its activities beyond this date (June 30)." Another diplomat said Kaag had made clear the destruction work would not be completed this month. |
| Gunmen kill Red Cross official in Libya, fire grenade at PM's office | |  By Ahmed Elumami and Ayman al-Warfalli TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Separate groups of gunmen in Libya shot dead a Swiss national working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), fired a grenade at the prime minister's office and tried to kill a renegade general on Wednesday, officials said. Anarchy is growing the North African oil producer, which has been plagued by turmoil and political infighting since the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. In the east, outside Benghazi, Khalifa Haftar, survived an assassination attempt. And, in the capital Tripoli, gunmen fired a rocket propelled grenade at the office of Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq.
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| Pakistan's biggest city shuts down as protests over politician's UK arrest spread | |  By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's biggest city was in lockdown for a second day on Wednesday, with shops and markets closed and people staying home for fear of violence following the arrest in London of one of the country's most feared men. Altaf Hussain, leader of the powerful Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party and wanted in Pakistan in relation to a murder case, was arrested in northwest London where he has lived in self-imposed exile since the early 1990s. Karachi, a sprawling and violent port city of 18 million, is virtually controlled by Hussain's party, and reports of sporadic violence emerged as soon as news of his arrest reached the city. "The people of Karachi and other big and small cities of Sindh (province) still see Altaf Hussain as their leader," Nasir Jamal, a senior MQM official, told Reuters.
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| Gunmen fire grenade at Libya PM's office - aide | | | TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - By Ahmed Elumami and Ayman al-Warfalli Unidentified gunmen fired a rocket propelled grenade at the office of new Libyan Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq on Wednesday, one of his aides said. Hours earlier a renegade Libyan general, Khalifa Haftar, survived an assassination attempt outside Benghazi, army sources said. Libya has been plagued by political infighting, with government and parliament unable to control militias that have continued to defy state authority since ousting Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. |
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