{"id":85,"date":"2014-02-27T18:50:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T18:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.di4sr.com\/en\/?p=85"},"modified":"2014-02-27T18:51:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T18:51:12","slug":"gas-explosion-kills-nine-people-in-qatar-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.di4sr.com\/en\/gas-explosion-kills-nine-people-in-qatar-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas Explosion Kills Nine People in Qatar Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An apparent\u00a0gas explosion<\/a>\u00a0in a Turkish restaurant in Qatar’s capital of Doha killed nine people Thursday. Thirty-two others were\u00a0wounded<\/a>, three of them critically. Initial reports indicate that a burst gas cylinder was likely to blame for the blast at the\u00a0Istanbul Restaurant<\/a>, which is adjacent to a gas station near Doha’s\u00a0Landmark Mall<\/a>. It is not yet clear if the explosion was accidental. The interior ministry said it will hold a press conference to offer more information about the incident.<\/p>\n

Syria<\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. State Department has\u00a0<\/span>accused<\/a>\u00a0the Syrian government of retaliating against the opposition’s delegates to the Geneva peace talks by arresting their relatives. State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said, “The United States is outraged by reports that the Assad regime has arrested family members of the Syrian Opposition Coalition delegation to the Geneva II peace talks, designated delegates as terrorists and seized delegates’ assets.” She continued calling on the government to\u00a0<\/span>immediately release<\/a>\u00a0those who had been “unfairly arrested.” Meanwhile, the Syrian government has agreed to a<\/span>new timetable<\/a>\u00a0to remove its chemical weapons arsenal by April after failing to meet a February 5 deadline. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) reported on Wednesday that Syria had delivered a significant shipment of<\/span>mustard gas<\/a>\u00a0to the port of Latakia to be exported and destroyed. Ahmet Uzumcu, director general of the OPCW, said the step was “encouraging” but that “Much work nonetheless remains to be done.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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