WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has decided to return a U.S. ambassador to Syria after a four-year hiatus as talks between the two nations intensify, U.S. media reported Tuesday.

The US should follow the Northern Ireland and South African models – which had principles, not preconditions.

A federal judge in Washington ordered the release of a Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison detainee, saying the man’s continued detention was illogical.

The Sri Lankan Government last month declared that its military operation against Tamil rebels has ended, but there remain a number of outstanding issues that if left unaddressed could lead more violence, stated Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Ban calls for the protection of civilians caught in the middle of armed conflict.

Information from two computers seized from the home of Guyanese Abdul Kadir and other documentation are among the evidence the prosecution will present when the conspiracy to blow up the JFK International Airport case starts.

Kenan Malik’s latest book From Fatwa To Jihad: the Rushdie affair and its legacy distorts anti-racist history and plays into the hands of today’s anti-Muslim politics.