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Politics and the new Egypt
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Afghan govt derailed US talks with Taliban
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011US officials confirmed on Monday a media report that the Afghan government deliberately leaked details of the United States’ secret meetings with a Taliban emissary, scuttling the US-Taliban talks and sending the intermediary into hiding.
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Yemeni president vows to hold early presidential election
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Monday he was committed to holding early presidential elections, the official SABA news agency said on its website.
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Algeria defends taking in Gaddafi’s Family
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011Algeria’s UN envoy has defended his country’s decision to grant refuge to the wife and three children of fugitive Libyan leader leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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AU Commission Chief Says Gadhafi Forces Must Accept Defeat
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011African Union Commission chief Jean Ping says loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya must accept defeat and stop fighting. Ping is urging Gadhafi to “understand” that his opponents have taken power, and to act in order to avoid further bloodshed.
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Senior Iraqi Kurd calls on PJAK, PKK to lay down arms
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011The deputy chief of the most powerful political party in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region has called on separatist groups in the area to lay down their arms in an interview published on Sunday.
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NATO Says Situation in North Kosovo Is Still Tense
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011NATO said Aug. 29 that the situation in the north of Kosovo was still tense and it would continue to control the border with Serbia, scene of violent clashes last month, until the end of September.
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Austria Sending 160 Troops to U.N.’s Lebanon Mission
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011Austria will send 160 peacekeeping troops to Lebanon as part of the United Nations’ mission there starting in November, the defense ministry announced Aug. 29.
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Syrian troops ‘fire on Eid demonstrators’
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011Anti-government demonstrations are reported to be breaking out across Syria after morning prayers on the day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
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Iran will examine questions if IAEA takes a serious step
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Director Fereydoun Abbasi has said that Tehran is ready to continue talks on the issues or questions raised recently by the International Atomic Energy Organization about Iran’s nuclear program if the agency takes a serious step to resolve dispute over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear issue.
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