July 14, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans
The former Serbian government, headed by current Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, unveiled a draft restitution law days before reaching an agreement on a new ruling coalition.
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July 14, 2007 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
The Turkish Armed Forces have begun to recruit “professional commandos” as part of a new plan to combat the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The military expects to recruit around 10,000 soldiers, who will be given special training to fight terrorists in mountainous areas.
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July 14, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
France hosts talks at the weekend between Lebanon’s fractious leaders to try to ease a political deadlock that has plunged the nation into its worst crisis since the end of the civil war.
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July 14, 2007 Islamic World News, Islamic-World, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Insurgents fired more than two dozen mortar shells at government targets in the Somali capital overnight, including the president’s residence, in an apparent attempt to disrupt reconciliation talks planned for the weekend.
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July 14, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
It still looks like an oasis in the desert, but Baghdad’s smart set does not drive out to play beside the pristine lake at Habbaniyah any more.
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July 14, 2007 Iran, Iran News
Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog have reached agreement on how to conduct negotiations over Tehran’s contentious nuclear programme and will continue talks in search for a final settlement, both sides said.
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July 14, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
The United States has taken another step in restoring normal diplomatic relations with Libya, as President George W. Bush nominated a US ambassador to the once-outcast nation.
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July 14, 2007 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Syria has signalled to the UN’s Middle East envoy a willingness to change its relationship with Iran, Hizbollah and Hamas if progress were made towards a peace deal with Israel.
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July 14, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
A thick blanket of smoke covered a Palestinian refugee camp Thursday as the army unleashed one of its heaviest bombardments against Al Qaeda-inspired gunmen holed up inside.
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July 14, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
US President George W. Bush said Thursday he was sending his diplomatic and defence chiefs to the Middle East next month to shore up support for Iraq’s besieged government.
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