Eurasia Press & News
The Libyan Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 11th) upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who has been given Bulgarian citizenship.
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11 July
Fried calls for limited period of negotiations on Kosovo
Kosovo will inevitably gain independence, and it would be better if the transition to its new status is orderly, a senior US diplomat said on Tuesday (July 10th) after a meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica.
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11 July
Fiscal decentralisation starts in Macedonia
Two years after Macedonian authorities started transferring responsibility to the local level, the second phase of the country’s decentralisation plan is under way. Earlier this month, five municipalities, out of a total 85, asked to take over financial responsibility in several areas.
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11 July
New international envoy in BiH to be the last … again
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has a new top international envoy. Slovak diplomat Miroslav Lajcak took over the post of high representative and EU special representative (EUSR) on July 1st, succeeding Germany’s Christian Schwarz-Schilling.
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11 July
Group calls for new probe in Kazemi death
An international journalist rights group is calling on Iran to re-open a trial into the murder of Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi.
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11 July
Norway’s FM strongly protested Iran’s execution by stoning
Aftenposten, the Norwegian daily reported today that Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre called the stoning on an Iranian man “inhumane and barbaric.”
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11 July
Mullahs denied nuclear enrichment slow down; removed the report shortly after
Iranian mullahs’ persistence on uranium enrichment for the purpose of acquiring nuclear weapons created a folly today. The mullahs denied nuclear enrichment activities slow down; but removed the report shortly after it was published.
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11 July
Saudi Daily: Paris witnessed the largest gathering of the Iranian opposition
Al-Jazeerah, July 3, 2007- The Iranian opposition coalition, in which the People’s Mojahedin organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has a leading role, organized a large gathering in the French capital, Paris.
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11 July
Bulgarian families see no quick end to Libya case
Bulgarian nurse Snezhana Dimitrova has spent eight years in a Libyan jail and her family is convinced that a court there will on Wednesday confirm the death sentences passed on her and five other foreign medics.
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11 July
Poll finds slight majorities in Iran support nuclear weapons
Small majorities of Iranians say their country should develop nuclear weapons and they would feel safer if Tehran possessed such arms, according to a rare public opinion poll of Iranian citizens.
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