September 23, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu met with members of the Syrian community in the United States on Saturday as part of talks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The delegation representing the Syrian community in the US conveyed their thanks to Turkey for its …
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September 23, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Pakistan, South East Asia
Pakistan is to observe a 3-day nation-wide mourning over the twin suicidal blasts that targeted a Church in northern Pakistani city Peshawar, killing 81 and wounding 120 others. The twin blasts targeted All Saint’s Church in Peshawar’s Kohati gate area on Sunday were largely condemned by the Christian community across …
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September 23, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Pakistan, South East Asia
A PAIR of suicide bombers detonated their explosives outside a historic church in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 78 people in the deadliest-ever attack on the country’s Christian minority. A wing of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing in the city of Peshawar, saying it would continue to …
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September 23, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
A mortar round hit the Russian embassy compound in Damascus yesterday, injuring three, as Moscow accused Washington of blackmailing it to win a tough UN resolution on Syria’s chemical weapons.
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September 23, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Magreb, Magreb News
Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets of Bardo, near the capital Tunis, late Saturday, calling for the government led by the moderate Islamist Ennahda party to step down. They were marking the end of a 40-day period of mourning after the assassination of opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi, shot dead …
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September 23, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Kenyan troops launched an assault Sept. 22 to end a terrifying siege by Somali militants holding hostages inside a shopping mall, with police warning the death toll of 68 people could rise “much higher”. Shortly after night fell with the siege well into its second day, teams backed by Israeli …
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September 23, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Militant gunmen stormed a shopping mall in Nairobi on Sept. 21 killing at least 25 people, including children, and sending scores fleeing in panic from shops and restaurants onto the streets, according to witnesses and the Red Cross. Shooting continued hours after the initial assault as troops surrounded the Westgate …
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September 20, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said late on Thursday that the content of a one-year mandate allowing Turkey to carry out military operations in foreign countries to be renewed in Parliament on Oct. 4 might remain the same but could also contain changes.
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September 20, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Magreb, Magreb News
Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party announced on Friday it has accepted an ambitious roadmap proposed by mediators to form a government of technocrats and resolve a two-month-old political crisis. “Ennahda announces after examining the proposal… its acceptance and demands that a serious national dialogue is launched to get the country out …
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September 20, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Former US Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson said the US will continue to pressure Egypt to achieve democracy, implement the roadmap and form a new civil elected cabinet. Patterson told the House committee on Foreign Affairs that the Middle
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