Syrian President Bashar Assad is preparing to hold elections early this summer and run to be re-elected for another 7-year term, according to AP. “He can hold elections, and if the international community were to take
these elections seriously, then there is something really wrong in the
international community,” said Hilal Khashan, a political science professor at the American University of Beirut.
Afghanistan's Presidential Elections are to be held April 5, 2014. Taliban militants have attacked the Afghan Election Commission to interfere with the elections.
According to the WSJ: 'Russia has called the protests that ousted [former President] Mr. Yanukovych a "coup" and
refused to recognize the interim president or to support Ukraine's plans
for new presidential elections.' Secretary of State John Kerry to meet his Russian counterpart in Paris tomorrow.
Israel agrees to release more prisoners to extend peace talks with Palestinians: Harretz
Will U.S. President Barack Obama host involved peace talks between the parties, as past American Presidents have?
In China, "Only three of the 74 Chinese cities monitored by the central government
met the national standard for “fine air” — meaning healthy air — in 2013," according to the NYT Editorial "China's War on Pollution".
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