http://english.pravda.ru/English pravda.ruhttp://english.pravda.ru/pix/logo.gifhttp://english.pravda.ru/http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/10-02-2012/120478-russia_syria-0/The opponents of the regime of Bashar al-Assad were extremely dissatisfied with the outcome of the visit to Damascus of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the director of Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov. A number of Western media outlets expressed hope that they went to Syria to persuade Assad to resignFri, 10 Feb 2012 14:40:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/09-02-2012/120457-kuwait-0/The Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah tasked the newly appointed Prime Minister Sheikh Jabir al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to form a new cabinet. All top positions in the country are occupied by members of the ruling al-Sabah dynasty. Why did protests intensify in one of the richest countries?Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:09:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/terror/08-02-2012/120455-Syria_has_always_been_western_target-0/For anyone in two minds about what is really going on in Syria, and whether President Assad, hailed a decade ago as “A Modern Day Attaturk,” has become the latest megalomaniacal despot, to whose people a US-led posse of nations, must deliver “freedom,” with weapons of mass home, people, nation and livlihood destruction...Wed, 8 Feb 2012 21:06:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/08-02-2012/120444-Iranian_Supreme_Leader_warns_west-0/Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that this country will resist the aggressions and attacks of their enemies and will continue working for their technological development, despite pressure and sanctions from western powers.Wed, 8 Feb 2012 07:59:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/07-02-2012/120436-equatorial_guinea-0/One of the richest countries in Africa, Equatorial Guinea, is rapidly expanding its naval power. The fleet of the 600,000-strong country will be larger than that of 160 million-strong Nigeria. Is Africa preparing for a major war? Until recently there were five small patrol boats, mostly of Soviet (Russian) and Israeli productionTue, 7 Feb 2012 12:45:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/terror/04-02-2012/120420-nato_homs_terrorists-0/Remember Libya anyone? You know, when NATO promised Russia and China they would fill in the details later and that there would be only a no-fly zone to protect civilians? Well, February 4 is X-Day declared by the NATO-backed Syrian Opposition, the culmination of terrorist atrocities to create a false flag event sending NATO in and starting WW3.Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/terror/03-02-2012/120407-Awkward_silence_on_Libya-0/Libya has almost left the news...U.S. troops arrived in Brega, under the supposed pretext of creating "stability" and "security." The agency Press TV reports that in reality, these U.S. troops are involved in taking control of major oil wells and strategic ports involved in the shipment of oil.Fri, 3 Feb 2012 06:25:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/crimes/02-02-2012/120397-Iran_and_their_Rights-0/The enrichment of uranium for civilian purposes is a right that is provided to Iran by the prerogatives of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Evidence of military activity by Iran has never been presented by Western representativesThu, 2 Feb 2012 08:04:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/terror/29-01-2012/120355-Libya_Update_Libyans_will_not_submit-0/The National Transitional Council (NTC), Al Qaeda and other NATO backed terrorists are unable to subdue the country. Not only are they incapable of running a country or government, but they can't even agree among themselves and they are eating each other alive.Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:41:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/crimes/27-01-2012/120347-prison_inmates_kyrgyz-0/Hundreds of prisoners organized a desperate action of protest in Kyrgyzstan. The inmates mutilated themselves under patriotic slogans. As many as 1,087 prison inmates stitched up their mouths, many of them went on hungerstrike. Kyrgyz officials say that the situation is far from being dramatic. Many inmates asked for medical helpFri, 27 Jan 2012 16:15:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/27-01-2012/120345-tibet-0/A Tibetan monk who claims that on January 23 police opened fire on protesters in the monastery district Luhuo. Also, he said that the demonstrators were in favor of Tibetan independence, the return to China of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, and cessation of conscious migration of the Chinese to the HimalayasFri, 27 Jan 2012 10:28:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/25-01-2012/120323-syria_arab_league-0/The work of observers from the Arab League in Syria has yielded nearly zero result, since the Assad regime was immune to the pressure exerted on its Arab neighbors. The failure can be used to apply other instruments of pressure against Damascus. Earlier, Qatari Emir called on the troops of the Arab countries to enter the territory of SyriaWed, 25 Jan 2012 13:41:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/terror/25-01-2012/120322-Arab_League_calls_for_transfer_of_powers-0/The foreign ministers of the Arab League agreed on Sunday to call for Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, to transfer his powers to the Vice President of the country, and form a national unity government and within two months to hold elections.Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:14:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/24-01-2012/120313-libyan_rebels_uranium-0/On January 18 in the north-eastern Mali, near the village of Menaka not far from the border with Niger, fighting between Tuareg rebels and government army troops has resumed. The Tuaregs, who fought on the side of Muammar Gaddafi in the fall of 2011, after the defeat began returning to Sahel, specifically Mali and NigerTue, 24 Jan 2012 17:13:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/crimes/23-01-2012/120305-un_us_guantanamo-0/Prisoners held for years without rights, without contacting their families, without the right to a lawyer, to due process, being tortured, deprived of sleep, being insulted, held in arbitrary detention without formal accusation or right to defence. Is this some tinpot dictatorship? Why no, it is Guantanamo Bay, run by who else? The US of A.Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:05:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/terror/18-01-2012/120272-Libyan_Resistance_and_western_hypocrisy-0/An important event has occurred in Libya. Resistance leaders spoke about the creation of a temporary government in Libya. People all over the world, who comprise the world community, expected this moment. Now our task is to demand that our countries' governments withdraw recognition of the NTC occupational regime because they are not the legal representatives of the Libyan nationWed, 18 Jan 2012 21:11:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/18-01-2012/120261-bashar_assad_special_services-0/The opponents of the Assad regime are celebrating a great victory: for the first time in 10 months of conflict a military of a general's rank transitioned to their side. Mustafa Ahmad al-Sheikh is the most senior Syrian deserter who, according to Western media, commanded the largest army unitsWed, 18 Jan 2012 11:50:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/17-01-2012/120255-iran_latin_america-0/Last week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a week-long tour of Latin America. The Iranian leader visited Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador. Ahmadinejad does not have many friends in the world. All of them, except for Syria, are in Latin America. Suffice it to say that it was his fifth visit to the region since 2007Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:19:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/disasters/16-01-2012/120245-Doomsday_Clock_Five_Minutes_to_Midnight-0/Chilling ironies surely do not come much greater than the Nobel Peace Prize winning President of the United States, in an election year, having contributed to global instability and the possibility of nuclear conflict, to such an extent that the “Doomsday Clock” has this week been moved to five minutes to midnight.Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/terror/12-01-2012/120210-New_Global_Strategy_of_the_us_military-0/On 5 January, President Barack Obama was at the Pentagon, accompanied by Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta. There, surrounded by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the armed forces, he launched a new global military strategy for the United States...A change in the structure of the armed forces was planned.Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:49:00 +0400