Digest of international news for the week Feb 9- Feb 15, 2013

Saturday Islamabad: During a raid on two LeT training camps in Sindh province, "huge quantity" of incriminating items including details about the distribution of weapons to the Mumbai attacks' terrorists were found, a court conducting the trial of seven men charged with involvement in 2008 attacks was told. Damascus: President Bashar al-Assad reshuffles his cabinet today even as regime warplanes raided rebel areas in a bid to end the stalemate in Syria's deadly civil war while hopes for a political solution appeared to founder. Sunday Los Angeles: Sixty days after his demise, sitar legend Pandit Ravi Shankar was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy award, which was jointly accepted by his musically gifted daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones. Islamabad: Swiss authorities cannot open graft cases against Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari under an order from the Supreme Court, Law Minister Farooq Naek. Monday Vatican City: Pope Benedict XVI announces he would resign on February 28, the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. Islamabad: Pakistan successfully tests the nuclear-capable Hatf-IX tactical missile with a range of 60 km, designed to defeat all known anti-tactical missile defence systems. Tuesday United Nations: The UN Security Council "strongly condemned" North Korea's third nuclear test and vows to take "appropriate measures" in response to Pyongyang's action, which the world body said is a "grave violation" and threat to international peace and security London: Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti says his government is repared to do "whatever necessary to clean up" defence firm Finmeccanica after the arrest of its CEO who is suspected of paying bribes of about Rs 362 crore in India to get orders for 12 helicopters. Wednesday Tehran: Iran announces an upgrade to its uranium enrichment machines, upping the ante even as UN experts were holding talks in Tehran on the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear drive. Male/New Delhi: In a dramatic development, former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed takes refuge in the Indian High Commission in Male to evade arrest, a year after he was toppled. MORE