Ali Abdullah Saleh, who ruled for 33 years, remains head of the GPC which retains half the seats in a transitional cabinet.

"Mercy shown to an oppressor is the most merciless act toward people under oppression," Davutoğlu said on Syria.

Tymoshenko is currently being held in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, where she has fallen ill and complained of maltreatment.

Aleppo-based activist Ahmad al-Halabi estimates the blaze destroyed a majority of the shops in the district overnight.

Intelligent Verification Systems says its lawyers made Microsoft aware of the infringement, to no avail, in a June 2011 letter.

Mrs. Romney was asked what her biggest worry was should Mitt Romney be elected to serve in the White House.

Ralls Corp, a private Chinese firm, had acquired four wind farm projects near a U.S. naval facility earlier this year.

The most damaging letter reproduced in the book was written by the former No. 2 Vatican administrator to the pope.

Shawn Turner said that as U.S. intelligence subsequently learned more about the attack and revised initial assessment.

The president's remarks came amid public polls that show him gaining advantages in some key battleground states.