September, 2013

• 20 September

  Egyptian troops hunt down militants in village near Cairo

  Security forces on Friday hunted down militants in a village near Cairo amid a lull in clashes with gunmen, as Egyptian state media praised the “liberation” of Islamist bastion Kerdassah. A police general was shot dead when security forces stormed the village near the Giza pyramids on Thursday in the latest crackdown on Islamist …

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• 20 September

  Kuwait pledges to provide Egypt $4bn in aid

  Kuwait will provide $4bn in aid to Egypt, state news agency Kuna said on Wednesday, matching pledges by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that showed Gulf Arab approval of the Egyptian army’s ousting of Islamist

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• 20 September

  Hagel says US has no plans stop Egypt aid for now

  Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday that he opposes cutting off US military aid to Egypt but vowed Washington would keep pressing for “reconciliation” in the country.

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• 20 September

  Tunisian PM meets Maghreb Social Affairs Ministers

  Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh received, on Thursday in Tunis, the Maghreb Social Affairs Ministers attending the 10th Session of the Maghreb Council of Ministers for Training, Employment, Social Affairs and Maghreb Community abroad.

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• 20 September

  Amnesty International says Saif Al-Islam Al-Gaddafi must be judged by International Criminal Court

  The Libyan authorities should immediately hand Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi and former intelligence chief Abdallah al-Senussi to the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Amnesty International.

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• 19 September

  French president says the war against terror was won in Mali

  French President Francois Hollande declared Thursday that the war on terror had been won in the West African nation of Mali, listing the towns that French and Malian troops had liberated from al-Qaida’s local fighters earlier this year. Hollande spoke before more than a dozen heads of state at inauguration festivities for …

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• 19 September

  France condemns killing of EULEX member in Kosovo

  France on Thursday condemned an attack in the troubled northern area of Kosovo earlier in the day in which a policeman from the European Union “Eulex” mission was killed. The area of the incident is a tinderbox where Kosovars and Serbs have frequently clashed in their joint-border region.

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• 19 September

  Bulgarian and Serbian Presidents discuss the need to increase bilateral relations

  Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolić agreed on Wednesday that the two countries “need to intensify their relations.” This is especially in terms of economy, the two presidents said, and announced joint sessions of the two governments.

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• 19 September

  EULEX member killed in northern Kosovo

  A member of the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, has been killed near the town of Zvečan in northern Kosovo. The media in Priština have also reported about the incident. According to them, the victim is a Lithuanian member of the EULEX police. 

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• 19 September

  EU congratulates Mali President

  The European Union Thursday congratulated Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita who will be publicly inaugurated today after winning landslide election victory in August. European Council President Herman Van Romnpuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in a joint statement expressed

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