September, 2013

• 20 September

  Serbian, Bosnian to cooperate on solving war crimes

  The war crimes prosecutor’s offices of Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina agreed in Sarajevo on mutual help and concrete cooperation in a number of war crime cases. The meeting between the delegations of the two prosecutions headed by chief prosecutors Vladimir Vukčević and Goran Salihović presented the activities in concrete cases and …

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• 20 September

  Turkish delegation to discuss tension in region at UN meeting

  A Turkish delegation led by President Abdullah Gul has been preparing to leave for New York on Sept. 20 for next week’s UN General Assembly, which will provide an opportunity for Turkish diplomats to bring regional issues, particularly Syria, to the world’s agenda in a bid to stop the violence …

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• 20 September

  Turkish President warns that Syrian crisis breeds instability if unsolved

   Commenting on the capture of the northern Syrian town of Azaz by an al-Qaeda-affiliated group, Turkish President Abdullah Gül has said Turkey has repeatedly warned international powers that the unsolved Syrian crisis would breed instability and terrorism in the war-torn country.

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• 20 September

  Turkey rejects allegations that chemical weapons have been sent to neighboring Syria via Turkey

  The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday rejected allegations that chemical weapons have been sent to neighboring Syria via Turkey, saying the charges are “impossible to take seriously.” “It is out of the question that we show the slightest tolerance for the use, possession and production of chemical weapons,” Foreign Ministry …

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• 20 September

  Kerry says UN should act on Syria next week

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sept. 19 it was essential that a Russia-U.S. deal on eradicating Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal be enforced and that the U.N. Security Council must act on it next week. “The Security Council must be prepared to act next week,” Kerry told reporters. …

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• 20 September

  UN condemns attack on EULEX in Kosovo

  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the attack on a convoy of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) in northern Kosovo earlier today and resulted in the death of one EULEX staff member.

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• 20 September

  Syria hands materials to Russia regarding chemical weapons

  Syria has turned over materials to Russia which aim to show a chemical weapons attack last month was carried out by rebels, a top Russian diplomat visiting Damascus and a Syrian official said yesterday. The August 21 attack precipitated the current high tensions over Syria’s chemical weapons and sparked a …

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• 20 September

  Egyptian troops hunt down militants in village near Cairo

  Security forces on Friday hunted down militants in a village near Cairo amid a lull in clashes with gunmen, as Egyptian state media praised the “liberation” of Islamist bastion Kerdassah. A police general was shot dead when security forces stormed the village near the Giza pyramids on Thursday in the latest crackdown on Islamist …

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• 20 September

  Kuwait pledges to provide Egypt $4bn in aid

  Kuwait will provide $4bn in aid to Egypt, state news agency Kuna said on Wednesday, matching pledges by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that showed Gulf Arab approval of the Egyptian army’s ousting of Islamist

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• 20 September

  Hagel says US has no plans stop Egypt aid for now

  Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday that he opposes cutting off US military aid to Egypt but vowed Washington would keep pressing for “reconciliation” in the country.

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