August 16, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Fresh violence targeted the security forces in a tense Egypt Thursday, as Washington cancelled a joint military exercise in response to a crackdown on protesters that killed nearly 600 people. Security sources said at least seven soldiers and a policeman were killed in attacks in the Sinai
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August 16, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has called on Kosovo Serbs to adopt a decision on voting in the Kosovo elections on November 3 – and said Belgrade will not support a boycott of the polls.
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August 16, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Croatia, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbia said that it is ready to drop its genocide case against Croatia at the International Court of Justice, but only if Zagreb drops its own lawsuit against Belgrade first. “It should be noted that we didn’t file charges against Croatia [first], but that Zagreb did it first… Our lawsuit …
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August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Pakistan, Special Analysis, Turkey
The recent developments in Egypt and Turkey, as well as the May 11, 2013 general election in Pakistan, that marked the first transition between civilian governments in a country ruled by the military for more than half of its history, brought to the attention the complex phenomena resulting from the …
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August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has called on the U.N. Security Council to call for a halt to the violence in Egypt, arguing
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August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, India, Pakistan, South East Asia
The issue was raised Wednesday in both houses of parliament with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contending that the government should bring a resolution against Pakistan. The government is preparing a resolution condemning Pakistan, after the country’s lower house of parliament brought a
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August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Pakistan, South East Asia
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday said the United Nations will continue to support Pakistan in the war against terrorism. Speaking at a joint press conference along with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after their talks here, Ban Ki-moon acknowledged Pakistan’s sacrifices in the war against terrorism.
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August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
U.N. chemical weapons investigators are ready to visit Syria to investigate the use of chemical weapons, but a deal has yet to be reached with the Syrian government after two weeks of talks on safety assurances for the team, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Syrian Prime Minister Wael Al-Halqi on Tuesday called on the Syrians displaced by the ongoing conflict to come back home. “Syria can accommodate all her sons and will emerge stronger from the crisis,” he said during a cabinet meeting chaired by him.
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August 14, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkish Ambassador to Bulgaria İsmail Aramaz has been summoned to the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry in order to explain Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ’s recent remarks about Ankara’s intention to gain possession of a Plovdiv mosque and reopen it to prayers.
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