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FROM SYKES-PICOT TO OBAMA-PUTIN: POWER ACTORS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

Case Study: The migration wave and the Schengen agreement Most of the observers of the Middle East have become used to the talk about a new Middle East. They did so after the Camp David accords, the Oslo Agreements and most recently the Arab Spring. In the end, it resulted …

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20 peacekeepers detained in South Sudan Free

New York – The United Nations said that all 20 soldiers from the UN peacekeeping held by rebels in Southern Sudan have been released. But spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the UN said Thursday the rebels still hold 12 UN contractors.

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Over 30 killed in fighting between Congolese army and rebels

Beni – More than 30 people were killed in eastern Congo in fighting between the army and a rebel Ugandan group of origin, the military said Thursday. Twenty members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and 11 government soldiers have been killed since Monday in the villages north of the …

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