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by Matthew RuslingWASHINGTON, April 19 () -- In the vast swath of no-man's- land on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, U.S. drones have for years reigned down death and destruction on suspected terrorists, as well as innocent civilians.For the U.S. military, drones have become an indispensable tool in fighting terrorism, as they can hover high in the air while allowing the operators to fly the aircraft via remote control, often from the safety of a base. But the legality of such strikes are increasingly questioned in the United States.LEGALITY QUESTIONEDThe Pentagon has said that drone strikes are effective in killing terrorists, and they have killed notorious figures such as the U.S.-born al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki.But some civil liberties and human rights advocates are arguing that such drone strikes may not be legal under international law.Gabor Rona, international legal director at Human Rights First, said just being a terrorist is not reason enough to target an individual. According to international law, a target must be planning or carrying out an action that would harm the United States."You can be a terrorist, you can be a militant, but that does not make you targetable," Rona said.Other organizations have been pushing the U.S. government to provide more information on past drone strikes in a bid to determine their legality. In February, the American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal court to force the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama to release intelligence records related to the killing of three U.S. citizens in drone attacks last year in Yemen, who were alleged to be members of al-Qaeda.The suit came amid mounting opposition to the U.S. drones program from both inside and outside the country, as last month Pakistani lawmakers recommended that the U.S. halt the strikes. Pakistan has condemned U.S. drone raids in its territory as a violation of its sovereignty.Rona said that if the U.S. is going to conduct such strikes -- which are often launched by the spy agency Central Intelligence Agency and not regular military personnel -- then U.S. citizens have a right to know what criteria the government is using."So far all we have are statements that the government has concluded that its program is 'lawful' without spelling out any legal details," he said.Obama in January defended the use of drones in Pakistan, saying unmanned aircraft target "people who are on a list of active terrorists."DOING MORE HARM THAN GOODThe U.S. government has come under fire for a number of cases in which drone strikes killed innocent people by mistake.In the absence of a legal framework to dictate who drones can and cannot attack, as well as the administration's reluctance to even acknowledge its drone program -- Obama rarely discusses it publicly -- rights groups fret that the killing of innocents could continue.The United States keeps figures on drone strikes and casualties classified, although the New America Foundation think tank in Washington estimates that between 293 and 471 civilians were killed in drone attacks up to 2011.The United States refutes the number, tagging total civilian fatalities at around 50. Others say the issue is so charged that no statistic is reliable.According to PBS Frontline, the military has increased its number of drones since the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001 from 60 to more than 6,000, and Obama's use of the technology is unprecedented.Moeed Yusuf, South Asia adviser at the U.S. Institute of Peace, said drone strikes in Pakistan do more harm than good, boosting anti-U.S. sentiment and widening the pool of recruits for militants like al-Qaeda."The drone has become the flagship of what is wrong with this relationship," Yusuf said.
SEOUL, Jan. 12 () -- South Korean shares rebounded Thursday as investors delayed their liquidation of option-related positions despite the option expiry, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 19. 02 points, or 1.03 percent, to close at 1,864.57. Trading volume stood at 471.02 million shares worth 5.31 trillion won (4.59 billion U.S. dollars).The KOSPI started higher, but turned into negative terrain during the morning session as investors were weighed by concerns over Europe's debt crisis. The global credit appraiser Fitch Ratings urged the European Central Bank (ECB) to purchase more government bonds in a bid to save Italy and prevent a "cataclysmic " euro collapse.The key index, however, shifted into positive terrain, and extended its gains throughout the session on hopes that the U.S. economy was continuing its moderate recovery trend. According the Federal Reserve's beige Book, the U.S. economic activity increased "at a modest to moderate pace" in the last month of 2011.There have been big worries about the possible selling spree on the option expiry, but investors delayed their liquidation of option-related positions as prices of reversal, or the position taken by selling index futures, buying call options and selling put options, soared during the trading."There were unexpectedly no liquidation of option-related positions as foreign investors took to the sidelines. Long arbitrage position was expected to be massively liquidated, but that was estimated to be delayed to the next month's option expiry, " Lee Choong-ho, a derivatives analyst at Dongyang Securities in Seoul, told .Long arbitrage traders built up huge conversion, or the position taken by buying index futures, selling call options and buying put options, in a bid to liquidate their arbitrage positions, but the conversion was offset by the reversal after the prices of reversal rose sharply during the trading, Lee said.Lee warned that if the market basis, or the difference between spots and index futures, plunges down the road, the long arbitrage positions would be liquidated abruptly, triggering massive selling spree on the main bourse.Foreign and institutional investors led the market rebound. Foreigners bought a net 145.4 billion won worth of local shares, with local institutions purchasing stocks worth 135.5 billion won.Retail investors, who pulled down the KOPIS into the negative terrain during the trading, sold a net 275.6 billion won worth of shares in a bid to lock in profits.Large-cap shares ended bullish. Market bellwether Samsung Electronics rose 0.69 percent to 1,028,000 won, and top steelmaker POSCO gained 1.04 percent to 389,000 won. The country's No.1 carmaker Hyundai Motor climbed 1.1 percent to 229,500 won on expectations for positive fourth-quarter earnings, and its affiliate Kia Motors added 1.33 percent to 68,600 won.The local currency closed at 1,158.2 won against the greenback, up 0.5 won from Wednesday's close.Bond prices ended mixed. The yield on the liquid three-year treasury notes closed unchanged at 3.38 percent, but the return on the benchmark five-year government bonds added 0.01 percentage point to 3.51 percent.
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KABUL, April 12 () -- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen paid an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday, the NATO-led forces said in a press release."The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is currently visiting Afghanistan," the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in the release, adding " During his visit, the Secretary General will meet President Hamid Karzai and other members of the Afghan Government."The NATO chief will also meet the Commander of the ISAF, General John R. Allen and the NATO Senior Civilian Representative, Ambassador Simon Gass, it said.Rasmussen will hold a press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai later Thursday. Special Report: Afghanistan Situation
by Feng YingqiuYANGON, July 22 () -- Myanmar President U Thein Sein has headed for Thailand Sunday to pay a three-day goodwill visit to the Southeast Asian neighbor and the visit, which was put off for two times, is believed to further enhance bilateral relations.Thein Sein is expected to hold talks with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Dawei Deep-Sea project, Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand, opening of five border gates proposed by the Thai side and the handling of the 90 Thai detainees.The two leaders will witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation for development in Myanmar covering human resource development and preparation for Myanmar to take the chairmanship of ASEAN in 2014.Establishment of a knowledge center for sustainable development along the Thai-Myanmar border, a "drop-in center" for human trafficking victims, and the Thai-Myanmar cooperation in dealing with drug trafficking are also expected on the agenda, according to Thai official sources which added that the two leaders would also discuss the possibility of building the long-planned Thailand- Myanmar-India road project, the road development from Singkhon checkpoint in Prachuap Khiri Kan to Myeik in Myanmar and the construction of a second bridge over the Moei River.Thein Sein last met Yingluck in Cambodia's Siem Reap on the sideline of U.S.-ASEAN Business Forum on July 13.On Oct. 5, 2011, Yingluck visited Myanmar briefly for one day, during which talks were initiated on enhancing bilateral friendly relations and promoting bilateral cooperation on border affairs, border trade, construction of motor road, drug smuggling across the border and Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand.The two countries' leaders also witnessed the presentation of meteorological equipment and the exchanging documents on border road construction.According to Thai sources, Thai cabinet approved 203 projects to support the development of a deep-sea port and an industrial estate in Dawei city of Myanmar, proposed by the National Economic and Social Development Board .The projects are to be implemented in eight provinces in the lower Central Plains to support development projects in Dawei. Of these, 60 projects are ready for immediate implementation.They include building new roads, constructing an overflow dam on Huai Yang stream in Ratchaburi province and developing an information system for food security and health services in Suphan Buri province.The two countries signed a framework agreement in Nay Pyi Taw in November 2010 which covers the projects of industrial zone, road and rail link to Thailand in Myanmar's southern Tanintharyi region.The Dawei deep seaport, industrial zone and road and rail link to Thailand construction project represents the first ever special economic zone in Myanmar.The project, which costs 13 billion U.S dollars, includes construction of Dawei Deep Seaport, buildings for shipyard and maintenance work, establishment of zone, petrochemical industries, oil refinery, steel plant, power stations and Dawei-Bangkok motor road and railroad and laying of oil pipeline along the motorway and railroad, according to the framework agreement.The project is targeted to complete in 10 years under three phases.There were some exchange between the two countries since early this year. In January, Myanmar Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Services Vice Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing visited Thailand.In May, a 76-member Thai delegation from about 50 companies also visited Myanmar and sought economic cooperation with their Myanmar counterparts.In June, Myanmar's opposition leader and parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi visited Thailand for the first time in 24 years and addressed the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok held under the theme "Shaping the Region's Future through Connectivity".The forum, which attracted over 630 participants including some heads of states or governments from 50 countries, decided Myanmar as a host in 2013.With regard to Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand, there are 500,000 still undocumented although Myanmar has so far issued such provisional passports to about 700,000 out of 2 million.Myanmar authorities said it will extend issuing such temporary passports to registered migrant workers in Thailand by the end of this year.According to official statistics, Thailand's trade with Myanmar hit over 3.6 billion U.S. dollars in the fiscal year 2010-11.Of the total during the period, Thailand's export to Myanmar took over 2.9 billion dollars while its import from Myanmar represented over 709 million dollars.Thailand's key exports to Myanmar include textiles, shoes, marine products, rice, rubber, jewelry, motor cars, computer and electronic accessories and vice versa, while its import from Myanmar also includes forestry products, marine products, agricultural produces and natural gas.More statistics show that Thailand represented the second in Myanmar's foreign investment line-up with 9.568 billion dollars in 61 projects as of March 2012.
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MOSCOW, July 9 () -- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that Moscow would like to see the Geneva communique reached by the major world powers on Syria be implemented.Lavrov, speaking with the head of a Syrian opposition delegation visiting Moscow, said Russia insists on ending violence in Syria as soon as possible and starting a political dialogue among all political factions.Meanwhile, Russia would like to see the fulfillment of the agreements reached in Geneva by the action group for Syria on June 30, Lavrov said.Michel Kilo, the Syrian opposition figure, said the mounting conflicts in his country are impeding the talks between the government and the opposition.Syria has turned into "an arena for an international conflict," which left no place for political dialogues, he said.Kilo said his group supports the idea of an intra-Syria dialogue, while the Syrian government felt "unsatisfied" with their demand, Itar-Tass quoted him as saying.Lavrov said Russia has been actively working with the Syrian government and different opposition groups to implement a peace plan brokered by UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan.Lavrov said that Moscow believes that the crisis should be solved by the Syrian people themselves.The Geneva accord called for the formation of a transitional government in Syria, but did not stipulate the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad.The meeting marked the first consensus among super powers regarding the Syrian issue. That was despite under-the-hood differences that were leaked to the media such as how Russia had managed to make the new approach more balanced after the United States had demanded the departure of Assad a common ground for the Geneva talks. Special Report: Syrian Situation
UNITED NATIONS, April 2 () -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday strongly condemned the deadly car bombings in southern Thailand, which left at least 13 people dead and hundreds of others injured."The secretary-general strongly condemns the deadly car bombings in the two southern Thai provinces of Songkhla and Yala over the weekend, which reportedly killed at least 13 people and injured hundreds more," said a statement issued late Monday by Ban's spokesman."The secretary-general deplores such acts of terrorism," the statement said.Ban "extends his deepest sympathies to the government and people of Thailand and offers his condolences to those that have lost loved ones," it added.On Saturday, a series of bomb attacks rocked two southern provinces of Songkhla and Yala, killing 13 altogether and hurting more than 500 others.Since the resurgence of insurgency in January 2004, more than 11,000 violent incidents took place in Thailand's southernmost provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat.Over 5,200 people, mostly villagers, have been killed in violent incidents instigated by suspected secessionists in these Muslim-majority provinces which were once independent sultanate of Pattani before being annexed by predominantly Buddhist state in 1909, reports said.
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