Eurasia Press & News
Lebanon is getting ready for a United Nations meeting in New York next week to discuss ways of helping Lebanon cope with huge numbers of Syrian refugees who have taken residence in the country.
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September, 2013
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18 September
Obama to test Iran president’s interest in dialogue
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that Iran’s new President Hassan Rouhani appears to want to open a dialogue with the United States and that he is willing to test whether this is the case.
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18 September
Egypt partially reopens Gaza crossing
Egypt partially reopened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a week after it was closed in response to a deadly attack on an Egyptian military headquarters near the frontier. Witnesses said two buses took 100 passengers into Egypt through the Rafah crossing, the main window to the world for the Gaza Strip’s …
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18 September
Algeria supports consensus in Tunisia
The president of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, met with both Rached Ghannouchi and Beji Caid Essebsi separately on back to back days last week. The meetings came just as a mediation effort led by Tunisia’s largest union, the UGTT, has stalled. Comments by political leaders and analysts suggest a potential mediating …
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18 September
Pakistan accuses India of firing across LoC
Pakistani officials said a girl and an elderly woman were injured in disputed Kashmir region late on Tuesday night in shelling by Indian troops from across the Line of Control (LoC). The Deputy Commissioner of Kotli District of the Pakistani side of Kashmir, Masood ur Rehman, said two people were …
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17 September
Algerian President makes key changes to government
Just months ahead of the Algerian presidential elections, Abdelaziz Bouteflika made key changes to his cabinet on Wednesday (September 11th). Under the reshuffle announced by President Bouteflika, General Ahmed Gaid Salah will serve as both deputy defence minister and army chief.
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17 September
Tunisian Presidency reiterates the importance of freedom of expression
Freedom of opinion and expression constitute sacred principles, which should not be challenged”, a state published, Monday by the Presidency of the Republic reads, specifying that the press offenses, despite their negative impacts, are less dangerous than violation of freedom in society.”
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17 September
Senegal’s President talks key issues with Morocco King
HM King Mohammed VI received this Tuesday a phone call from Senegalese president Macky Sall, says a release of the royal office. President Macky Sall expressed in this phone
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17 September
Egypt’s new constitution to balance powers between President and Parliament
Senior member of the 50-strong committee tasked with amending the 2012 constitution Mohamed Abdel-Aziz said the political system in the new constitution will be balanced between the president and the parliament.
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17 September
Egypt’s military action in Sinai aim to wipe out extremism, says Army’s Spokesman
Armed Forces Spokesman Colonel Ahmed Mohamad Ali asserted that the army has succeeded in the elimination of the hotbeds of the criminal gangs in Sinai, pointing out that the military operations in the peninsula aim to eradicate extremism and terrorism.
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