A fully pre-meditated international crime of genocide has been taking place during the last 62 years in the heart of the Arab World. The victims are the Palestinian people especially those in the Gaza Strip.
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Daily Telegraph’s Andrew Gilligan doesn’t believe the British Foreign Office:

 “The (British) Foreign Office denied claims that it had been tipped off about the use of British passports before the hit, insisting: “We only received details of the British passports a few hours before the [February 15] press conference held by the police in Dubai.”

By Michael F. Scheuer
Adjunct Professor of Security Studies, Georgetown University

On Iran, President Obama should:

A represententative of Sudan's Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) has said the temporary ceasefire deal the group signed with the government is intended to facilitate forthcoming elections.

Critics of Felipe Calderon, Mexico's president, and his so-called war on drugs have alleged that the Mexican government may be favouring the Sinaloa cartel, one of the country's most powerful drug-trafficking organisations.

Taliban resistance to a military offensive in the Afghan town of Marjah has begun to ease amid reports that the group's fighters are running out of ammunition.

Rescue workers are hunting for missing people after torrential rains caused flooding and mudslides on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

An unidentified man has thrown a suitcase containing a small explosive device at a synagogue in central Cairo, the Egyptian interior ministry has said.

Jordan has signed an agreement with France's nuclear giant Areva, giving the company exclusive uranium mining rights.

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, is alleged to have given the green light for last month's assassination of a senior Hamas figure, according to a British newspaper.

Iraq's second parliamentary elections since the 2003 US-led invasion is scheduled for March 7. The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission has approved 6,172 candidates to compete for 325 seats.

Saleh al-Mutlaq, a prominent Iraqi politician banned from contesting next month's parliamentary elections, has announced he is withdrawing his party from the March 7 vote.