October 3, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Magreb, Magreb News
French former prime minister and presidential envoy for the Algerian-French economic relations Jean-Pierre Raffarin arrived here on Wednesday on a two-day visit. Raffarin said he will hold talks with the Algerian officials on a number of economic
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October 3, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Mali’s new president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, on Wednesday dissolved an army reform committee dominated by former members of a military junta after blasting disgruntled officers for staging an unruly protest at a military base earlier this week.
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October 3, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy on Wednesday discussed a range of issues facing Egypt with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, her third visit to the country since the army-sponsored overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsy in July.
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October 3, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Magreb, Magreb News
The attack on the Russian embassy in Tripoli on Wednesday left one attacker dead and four others were injured, according to the Libyan government. The Russian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the embassy was attacked, stating that none of the diplomats were injured.
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October 3, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
EU’s Catherine Ashton will next meet with Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaci in Brussels on Monday, October 7, it has been announced. Ashton’s office also said on Thursday that “the purpose of the meeting is to review progress on implementation
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October 3, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon late Wednesday discussed with Iranian Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif Iran’s nuclear programme and the conflict in Syria. The Secretary-General “welcomed the generally favourable impressions
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October 3, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday night welcomed the Presidential Statement approved by the Security Council earlier today on the humanitarian situation in Syria, his press office said in a statement.
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October 3, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Mali’s government freed 23 rebel prisoners on Wednesday under terms of a June ceasefire deal in an effort to revive a stalled peace process after Tuareg separatists pulled out last week. Violence has flared in northern Mali since the MNLA rebel group abandoned the ceasefire on Thursday. A grenade attack that wounded …
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October 3, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
The Egyptian authorities removed on Wednesday one of the security walls, located in Qasr al-Aini street, which had been built by the military in downtown Cairo to prevent recurring confrontations from reaching state buildings.
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October 3, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama may discuss the Syria crisis on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit next week in Bali, a Kremlin aide said on Thursday. “It would be rather logical to meet (Obama) in Bali, taking into account the work on the Syrian issue,” …
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