August 20, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
The issue of Georgia’s integration into the EU and NATO was discussed by Georgia’s Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze during a meeting with the Director
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August 20, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Egypt’s army-backed government detained the Muslim Brotherhood’s leader on Tuesday after a bloody crackdown on his supporters, underscoring its intention to crush the movement that had propelled the country’s first freely elected president to power.
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August 20, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Pakistan, South East Asia
Pakistan’s ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf was indicted Tuesday on three counts over the murder of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto who died in a gun and suicide attack in December 2007. Bringing charges against a former army chief is an unprecedented move in a country ruled for more than half of …
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August 20, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for a “full investigation” into the deaths of three dozen Islamist detainees in police custody in Egypt. Ban was “deeply disturbed by the reported deaths” of the prisoners
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August 20, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is to meet with representatives of Kosovo Serbs on Tuesday. Last week Nikolic met with representatives of the Serbs in Kosovo and urged them to participate in the local elections in the autumn. The assembly of Kosovo which is comprised of representatives of the Serbs in …
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August 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Top Russian and US officials will meet in The Hague next week to discuss preparations for a long-delayed international peace conference on Syria, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Monday. “This meeting will take place in the middle of next week in The Hague,” Russia’s Deputy
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August 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkey said it did not recognize the decisions of the interim government in Egypt because “it is an authority resulted from a military coup.” There are “hundreds of people who
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August 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
The meeting between Turkish president Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, was delayed. It is scheduled to take place on Thursday at the Turkish capital, Ankara.
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August 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkish Ambassador in Cairo Huseyin Avni Botsali, who was recalled on Friday for consultation following Wednesday’s crackdown by the Egyptian army on anti-coup protesters in Cairo, will inform on Monday the meeting of Council of Ministers on Egypt.
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August 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
The Syrian army has recaptured rebel-held positions in Latakia, home province of President Bashar al-Assad, state-run SANA news agency reported Monday quoting a military source.
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