Kurdish political movement called for Kurdish-language education, the release of political activists from prison, an end to military operations against the PKK.
Dubai police have foiled a bid to smuggle 16,000 guns from Turkey to Yemen's northern province of Saada, the stronghold of Shiite rebels, the Gulf emirate's police chief said on March 24.
A Russian environmental monitoring official said radioactive particles from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant may spread across the world.
In Singapore, Hranush Hakobyan is scheduled to meet with representatives of the Armenian community, as well as attend a concert of Armenian Heritage ensemble.
''Russia hampers international inspection in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which raises suspicions as to the legality of the country's actions,'' Vladimir Socor stated.