November, 2013

• 6 November

  Bulgarian President to discuss refugees with Security Council

  Bulgaria’s President Rosen Plevneliev has called the Consultative Council for National Security for a sitting on November 20. The formal title of the meeting abstractly mentions “Current risks and

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• 5 November

  Diplomats gather in Geneva to prepare peace conference on Syria

  The UN-Arab League envoy to Syria will meet with senior diplomats in Geneva on Tuesday in a new bid to prepare a long-delayed peace conference amid continued wrangling over who will take part. Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will first hold talks with Russian deputy foreign ministers

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• 5 November

  Turkey, EU will open Chapter 22

  Turkey and the European Union will open Chapter 22, which concerns regional policy and the coordination of structural instruments, on Tuesday at the Intergovernmental Accession Conference, thus ending a three-year hiatus in Turkey’s accession talks.

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• 5 November

  Hague Prosecutor visits Serbia

  Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz is in Belgrade where he is conferring with Prime Minister Ivica Dačić and War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević. He is also meeting with representatives of the international community.

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• 5 November

  Belgrade, Pristina to hold new round of talks

  Serbian PM Ivica Dačić, his first deputy Aleksandar Vučić, and Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci will meet on Wednesday in Brussels.

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• 5 November

  Turkish army captures chemical agents on border with Syria

  The Turkish armed forced intercepted a three-vehicle convoy loaded with sulfur and other suspected chemical weapon agents from Syria. The convoy illegally crossed into in Reyhanli town, Hatay province, south Turkey, on Saturday, the military

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• 5 November

  Musharraf granted bail in last legal case against him

  A Pakistan court on Monday granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over a deadly raid on a radical mosque, bringing closer his possible release after more than six months of house arrest. The ruling by an Islamabad district court means the ex-general is on bail in all the cases brought against him since his …

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• 5 November

  French and Malian troops hunt suspects of journalist killings

  French and Malian forces are questioning suspects in northern Mali to find a small group of militants who carried out the killing last week of two French radio journalists, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday. Claude Verlon, 58 and Ghislaine Dupont, 51, both journalists at RFI radio, were found dead in northern Mali …

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• 5 November

  Tunisia extends state of emergency

  The Tunisian presidency announced Sunday it would extend the state of emergency, which has been in force since January 2011, by eight months. “The president of the republic decided to prolong the state of emergency in

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• 5 November

  Morsi says he is still Egypt’s President

  Egypt’s deposed leader Mohammed Morsi has gone on trial in Cairo, telling the judge the case is illegitimate and insisting that he remains president. As he entered the courtroom on Monday, Morsi refused to remove his blue suit and put on

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