Armoured & Luxury
Chauffeur Driven Cars

Discreet Professional Protection

Ukraine protesters blockade government sites

Demonstrators are blockading government buildings in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, as they step up their campaign for the resignation of the government.

Protesters have put up barricades on Independence Square, while others are entrenched inside city hall.

The unrest was triggered in November by President Viktor Yanukovych’s refusal to sign a deal on closer EU ties.

Opposition leaders have renewed demands that he stand down, and urged him to «stop political repression».

The call was issued on Monday at a meeting in Parliament convened by Speaker Volodymyr Rybak, the Ukrainska Pravda news website reported.

Read More

Tahrir Square clashes as constitution changes agreed

Police have fired tear gas to disperse supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi from Tahrir Square in the capital, Cairo.

The clashes came as a panel amending the constitution adopted during his time in office agreed on text changes.

The revised charter preserves the military’s wide-ranging powers — including the ability to try civilians in certain cases.

It will be put to a referendum which is expected to be held in January.

The 50-member panel completed a final draft after two days spent revising the charter adopted under former President Morsi.

Read More

Lebanon city of Tripoli hit by deadly clashes

At least 10 people have died in north Lebanon in two days of gun battles between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Clashes in the port city of Tripoli also left 49 people wounded including 11 soldiers, a security source said.

Tripoli, with a small Alawite community surrounded by a Sunni majority, is seen as one of Lebanon’s most volatile sectarian fault-lines.

President Assad is an Alawite and is fighting a Sunni-led revolt.

Correspondents say tensions have been high since last week, when residents of the Alawite district of Jabal Muhsin began flying Syrian flags in support of President Assad.

Read More