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 Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu left Wednesday to observe the situation in Myanmar, from where he said Turkey was receiving “conflicting information” regarding deadly religious violence.
“The administration (in Myanmar) says the deaths are around a hundred... but the Muslim leaders in Rakhine, with whom we have been in contact, say the deaths reach thousands,” Davu ... |
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 Egypt's military has pledged to hunt down those behind the killing of its 16 soldiers at a checkpoint along the Sinai border with Israel.
It described on Monday the attackers as "enemies of the nation" who must be dealt with by force and suggested they were Sinai-based Egyptian fighters who received Palestinian support from the Gaza Strip.
Security and military officials said at least tw ... |
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 Egypt’s foreign ministry Saturday denounced attacks against Myanmar’s Muslim minority, saying its envoy in the Buddhist-majority east Asian country had seen extensive damage caused by sectarian clashes.
The ministry statement came a day after protesters in Cairo burnt the flag of Myanmar’s mission.
Ministry spokesman Amr Rushdi “condemned the violence Muslims have been subj ... |
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 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is visiting the world's newest country, South Sudan, which split from former civil war foe Sudan last year, to press its leaders and their counterparts in the north to resolve differences that threaten to re-ignite civil war.
Clinton arrived Friday in South Sudan's capital of Juba for a brief visit to congratulate the new nation and offer U.S. support ... |
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 Egypt’s presidency has filed two lawsuits against two state media outlets and a foreign news agency on charges of defaming President Mohammed Mursi and spreading false news, an Egyptian daily reported on Tuesday citing presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali.
However, Ali did not reveal the names of the media outlets, Egypt’s Independent reported.
“We embrace freedom of expression, ... |
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 Syrian combat aircraft and artillery pounded two areas of Aleppo on Tuesday as the army battled for control of the country's biggest city, but rebel fighters said troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad had been forced to retreat.
Heavy gunfire sounded from the Salaheddine district in the southwest of the city, scene of some of the worst clashes.
Large clouds of black smoke rose into the sky aft ... |
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 More than $200m was wasted on a programme to train Iraqi police that the government in Baghdad neither needed or wanted, US auditors have found.
The Police Development Programme, which was to be the single largest programme launched by the US State Department anywhere in the world, was envisioned to be a five-year, multi-billion dollar effort to train local security forces after the US military pu ... |
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 U.S. defense chief Leon Panetta sets off on an international tour Monday that, after Tunis and Cairo, takes him to Israel and Jordan, in a region that feels threatened by Iran’s nuclear program and potential spillover from troubled Syria.
In Jerusalem, the secretary of defense will discuss regional issues with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak, among other leaders of the Jewish state.
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 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said he was “deeply” concerned about reports of the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria, and demanded the government state it would not use them “under any circumstances.”
“I remain deeply concerned about the reports of the possible use of chemical weapons,” he told reporters, citing one report in whic ... |
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 Gathering with a few friends in front of laptop to get married may not be the best scenario to tie the knot.
But one man in Dubai believed it was the only choice he had.
Mahmoud Mohammed Abdul Hafez, a 30-year-old-accountant, said he took the decision to deliver his nuptials via a Skype video link because he was afraid of losing his job, if he had attended the wedding in his native Egypt.
Hafez fe ... |
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