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France is pressing for political solution in Mali

After winning adulation across Mali for a five-month military offensive that crushed Al Qaeda fighters, France is now frustrating some of its allies by pushing for a political settlement with a separate group of Tuareg rebels.

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Syrian President welcomes US-Russian peace initiative

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he welcomed a US-Russian peace initiative to end Syria’s civil war but had no plans to resign. “To resign would be to flee,” he said on Saturday when asked if

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EU urges Georgia to follow European values

The EU Delegation to Georgia issued a statement on the May 17 events in Tbilisi. “The heads of diplomatic missions of EU member states and the EU Delegation in Georgia

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