Eurasia Press & News
The largest ethnic Albanian party in Macedonia, the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), has decided to resume participation in Parliament after a boycott lasting nearly four months. The move came after an agreement was reached with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s VMRO-DPMNE party.
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31 May
Blair hails ‘transformed’ relations with Libya
SIRTE, Libya (AFP) — British Prime Minister Tony Blair hailed “completely transformed†relations with oil-rich Libya after talks with Muammar Qadhafi, the leader of a country now firmly back in the international fold.
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31 May
Iran arrests third US-Iranian — report
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran has arrested a third US-Iranian accused of being a “CIA agent†linked to US efforts to topple the country’s clerical authorities, a hardline newspaper said on Wednesday.
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31 May
Tehran rules out key demand before atomic meeting
TEHRAN (Reuters) — Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment, the key UN demand in a nuclear row with Tehran, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said the day before talks with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
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31 May
Lebanese tourism industry at risk this summer
BEIRUT — Bombings in Beirut and violence in north Lebanon are jeopardising Lebanon’s tourism industry, just as the normally lucrative summer season approaches, the country’s tourism minister said on Wednesday.
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31 May
Peres announces candidacy for president
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AP) — Vice Premier Shimon Peres announced his candidacy Wednesday for president of Israel, an office tarnished by rape and other sexual misconduct allegations against its current occupant, Moshe Katsav.
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31 May
Tree newspaper blossoms in Darfur
AL FASHER — Awatef Ahmed Isaac is something of a celebrity in this dusty Darfur town where the handwritten dispatches she pins to the same tree each week are the main source of independent news.
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31 May
Turkish army buildup fuels anxiety on Iraq border
GORUMLU (Reuters) — Turkey sent more tanks to its border with Iraq on Wednesday in a military buildup that is fuelling US concern about a possible incursion into northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels.
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31 May
Security Council approves Hariri court
BEIRUT (AP) — Supporters of slain former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri cheered and wept — and some even danced in the streets — late Wednesday to celebrate the UN Security Council approval of the international tribunal to prosecute suspects in his killing.
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