July, 2013

• 8 July

  Syrian Opposition Interim PM steps down

  Interim Prime Minister of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces Ghassan Hitto announced his resignation on Monday, nearly four months after his appointment.

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• 8 July

  Mali army says Tuaregs have broken the peace agreement

  Mali’s army has accused a Tuareg rebel group of breaching a peace accord in the flashpoint northeastern town of Kidal, by attacking civilians and soldiers. “The MNLA has mobilised women and children in Kidal to throw stones at the black population, African

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• 8 July

  Bulgarian protesters head to parliament

  Thousands of people have gathered to protest against the Bulgarian government in the capital Sofia. They are now heading to the parliament, waving Bulgarian national flags and EU flags and chanting

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• 8 July

  Turkey condemns Egypt killings

  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has condemned the attack outside the headquarters of the Republican Guard in Egypt’s capital.

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• 8 July

  EU condemns killings in Egypt

  The European Union Monday condemned the violence in Egypt which has led to the death of scores of people and urged for calm and return to dialogue and the democratization process.

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• 8 July

  42 dead in Egypt in clashes outside a military facility

  At least 42 people were killed Monday in clashes outside a military facility in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, the Health Ministry announced. 

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• 8 July

  Greece hopes to reach deal with IMF on Monday

  Greece and its international creditors hope to reach a deal by Monday on reforms including thousands of job cuts needed for the debt-laden nation to unlock further aid worth 8.1 billion euros. “We have made substantial progress,” Poul Thomsen, the

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• 8 July

  Belgrade and Pristina continue dialogue in Brussels

  Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaci will meet on Monday to continue their dialogue on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Priština. The heads of the two governments will hold the meeting in Brussels, with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton’s mediation.

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• 5 July

  Turkey calls for democratic elections in Egypt as soon as possible

  Turkish President Abdullah Gül said today that there should be elections in Egypt as soon as possible, defining the military intervention in the country as an “interruption” to democracy.

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• 5 July

  EU will send observation mission to Mali for elections

  The European Union is deploying a 60-strong Election Observation Mission to observe the Presidential Elections of 28 July in Mali, EU High Representative Catherine Ashton announced here Friday.

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