Could not be ascertained Syria to use chemical weapons

Paris (News and Us)-" France still feel uncertain about the possibility of the Government using chemical weapons in Syria of the civil war in the country and trying to find more evidence, "said France's Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, Thursday (29/4).

"We have no certainty that the Syria regime had used chemical weapons. There are instructions given Government United Kingdom, and the United States. We just want to check it, "said Fabius, told local media, Europe 1.

"We ask the UN Secretary General ordered an investigation, but Syria refused to accept observers in its territory. So, we will develop our own way in a series of investigations ..., "he added.

When asked about the possibility of military intervention in Syria soon after the use of chemical weapons is proved, Fabius replied: "If the (alleged) that's right, many things will change. We will actively thinking of it. "

The previous week, the United States said Washington "suspect Syria's Government has used chemical weapons on a small scale in his conflict with the opposition forces".

Anti-Government protests, which had never happened before, erupted in Syria for more than two years ago and plunges the Arab country into a prolonged conflict that has killed more than 70,000 people.

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Slide the United Kingdom, the largest weapons exporters in China

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Beijing (Reuters)-China has become the fifth largest weapons exporters in the world, according to a leading think tank the Institute of Sweden, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), as quoted in Reuters. This Ranking is the highest since the cold war, while Pakistan became the largest recipient of weapons supply to China.The export Volume of China's weapon on the 2008-2012 period increased by 162 percent compared to five years earlier, and this also contributed to the rise in sales volumes of weapons from world 2 percent to 5 percent.China shifts on five of the largest United Kingdom ekportir weapons between 2008 and 2012, while the United States and Russia dominate with their respective 30 percent and 26 percent, according to SIPRI.China has turned out to be a great arms supplier to a number of recipient countries (weapons) is important, "said Paul Holtom, Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Program as reported Reuters. SIPRI tracks the circulation of weapons the world already since the 1950s and compiling data in the five yearly base."Pakistan receives 55 percent of China's arms exports seem to be the biggest recipient of weapons remain to be China in the coming years, "said SIPRI.Myanmar received 8 percent of China's arms exports, Bangladesh 7 percent, while Algeria, Venezuela and Morocco had purchased a number of frigates, aircraft and other vehicles of war from China in recent years.Germany and France are in order in the third and fourth weapons exporters.  Editor: Jafar M Prints

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Weapons prize for Somali children

  An al-Shabab official urged the children to use their guns to defend Islam A radio station run by Somalia's al-Shabab Islamist group has awarded weapons to children who won a Koran-reciting and general knowledge contest.
Andulus radio, based near Mogadishu, gave the group which won first prize in the Ramadan competition an AK-47 rifle and the equivalent of $700 (£450).
The second prize-winners received an AK-47 and $500, while the third prize was two hand grenades and $400.
Al-Shabab, linked to al-Qaeda, controls much of southern and central Somalia.
It recently withdrew from the capital, Mogadishu, where the UN-backed government is in charge.
Four children, aged 10-17, were chosen to represent each district in the competition held during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ended in August.
"Youths should use one hand for education and the other for a gun to defend Islam," senior al-Shabab official Mukhtar Robow told the prize-giving ceremony in Elasha, 20km (12 miles) from Mogadishu.
The winners were also given religious books.
The BBC's Mohamed Moalimu in Mogadishu says this is the third year the contest has been held.
In previous years, when the competition was organised in the southern port of Kismayo, the first prize included an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade launcher).
Somalia is currently suffering from a severe drought, which has been declared a famine in some areas run by al-Shabab.
Al-Shabab is restricting access to many international aid groups, saying they have a political agenda and are exaggerating the scale of the drought.

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