August, 2013

• 26 August

  UN experts investigate chemical weapons in Syria

  UN inspectors Monday reached a site near Syria’s capital of a suspected chemical weapons attack to launch an investigation, meeting doctors and casualties, online videos showed. In videos posted online, with faint sound quality, the inspectors appeared in a makeshift hospital, wearing

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• 26 August

  Egyptian FM discusses Syria with John Kerry

  Egyptian foreign minister Nabil Fehmi condemned last week’s alleged chemical attack in Damascus, and said he had spoken to the US secretary of state on the issue of the crisis in Syria on Sunday as pressure mounts for an international response.

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• 26 August

  French FM says all options are open for Syria

  All options are open in response to an alleged chemical weapon attack in Syria, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Monday. Asked by the local broadcaster Europe 1 on the possible use of force against Syria, the French top diplomat said “the decision is not yet taken,” but a coordinated …

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• 26 August

  Afghan President visits Pakistan

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai went into a key meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif soon after his arrival on Monday on a trip to seek support for the revival of peace talks with Taliban and to improve frayed ties with Islamabad.

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• 26 August

  Syria allows UN to investigate chemical weapons attack

  Syria has agreed to a United Nations investigation into last week’s alleged chemical weapons attack outside Damascus. But a senior White House official dismissed the move as “too late to be

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• 26 August

  Turkey pledges to support Mali’s political stability

  Turkey’s application to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to send a police force to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has reaffirmed Ankara’s commitment to the stability and security of Mali and has shown

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• 26 August

  Tunisian opposition prepares mass protest

  Tunisia’s opposition sought to mobilize a mass protest on Saturday to kick off a week of demonstrations aimed at ousting the government, one month after a secular politician was assassinated. The planned protest comes amid political turmoil in nearby Egypt, where the army overthrew Islamist president Mohammed Mursi last

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• 26 August

  Former Egyptian President Mubarak appears in court three days after release

  The former Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, has appeared in court, three days after being released from prison and placed under house arrest. Mr Mubarak is facing a retrial on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising.

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• 26 August

  Serbian President visits China

  Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić arrived in China on Sunday, where he will over the next four days meet with Chinese leaders and prominent businesspeople. According to reports in both countries, the visit to China will have both historic

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• 26 August

  Macedonian PM calls for snap elections

  Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has suggested organizing early parliamentary elections as a solution to the political crisis which arose after the failure of the commission investigating into the incidents in

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