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French President to visit Turkey on Jan. 27

French President François Hollande’s long-awaited visit to Turkey will take place on Jan. 27-28. Hollande, whose election in 2012 was welcomed by Ankara due to his softer tone on the Turkish bid to join the European Union, has long been expected to visit Turkey. The decision

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Musharraf released from house-arrest

A Pakistan court Wednesday ordered the release of ex-president Pervez Musharraf from house arrest, two days after he was granted bail in connection with the attack on Islamabad’s Red Mosque. The former military ruler has already got bail in two other cases — the 2007 assassination of former prime minister …

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P5+1 Group, Iran hold new talks on nuclear issue

Delegates of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany started another round of nuclear talks with Iran on Thursday. The P5+1 group (Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States plus Germany) was represented by EU High Representative for

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UN, Russia, U.S. fail to agree on date for Syrian peace talks

UN-Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said Tuesday that the tripartite meeting of the UN, Russia and the United States wasn’t able to set a date for the long delayed Syria peace talks, known as Geneva II.

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US welcomes Kosovo elections

Despite attacks on polling stations in northern Kosovo, the US praised late Tuesday the country on its “historic” local elections, and called for a smooth transition into the next round of voting. “We applaud the commitment of both the Governments of Kosovo and Serbia to encourage voter participation and enable …

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