Bashir will announce wide-ranging political reforms in a live television address late on Monday, Rabie Abdelati, a senior member of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), said.
"The president will invite the opposition parties today to participate in the preparation of a new constitution and to participate in organizing new elections and then in sharing in government," Abdelati said.
70 Killed in Iraq Violence; 65,000 Displaced in Anbar over Past Week →
More Oil Spills From Railroad Accidents in 2013 Than Past 40 Years Combined →
DESVARIEUX: So, Scott, let's take a look at the graph here. There were about 800,000 gallons of crude oil spilled in rail accidents between 1975 and 2012, and 1.15 million gallons spilled in 2013 alone. Why such a vast jump in the number of oil spills?
SMITH: Well, a couple simple reasons: a dramatic increase in volume from about 9,000 railcars in 2008 to 400,000 in 2013; and you've got an aging infrastructure for all this transport that's not adequately prepared to deal with the amount of traffic and the new explosive oils that are being pumped from beneath the surface of the earth.
Military brass, behaving badly: Files detail a spate of misconduct dogging armed forces →
It sounds like the military is stuck in an episode of Mad Men.
Tunisia Finally Passes Progressive Constitution →
The new constitution sets out to make the North African country of 11 million people a democracy, with a civil state whose laws are not based on Islamic law, unlike many other Arab constitutions. An entire chapter of the document, some 28 articles, is dedicated to protecting citizens' rights, including protection from torture, the right to due process, and freedom of worship. It guarantees equality between men and women before the law and the state commits itself to protecting women's rights.
More Views on Nuclear Power, Waste, Safety and Cost →
My favorite blog for a general survey of environmental issues. Revkin frequently interviews or sets up discussions between scientists, and includes follow-up.
Here’s another round in a continuing exploration of views on next steps for nuclear power. Earlier this week, I received a letter arguing for a fresh push on nuclear technologies, building on the argument of James Hansen and three other climate researchers that I wrote about last fall.
Why There’s No Outcry →
Middle incomes are sinking, the ranks of the poor are swelling, almost all the economic gains are going to the top, and big money is corrupting our democracy. So why isn’t there more of a ruckus?
The answer is complex, but three reasons stand out...
Protesters Block Early Voting in Thai Capital →
Hundreds of thousands of Thais were blocked from voting on Sunday as antigovernment demonstrators obstructed polling places in Bangkok and southern Thailand in a campaign to suspend democracy and replace Parliament with an unelected “people’s council.”
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Critics of the protest movement, which is battling to purge the country of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her influential family, called Sunday’s shutdown of polling places a major blow to democracy in Thailand and a possible portent of further moves to seize power from the government.
More than two million people out of a total electorate of about 48 million were registered for Sunday’s advance voting, which was held for those unable to vote in the Feb. 2 general election.