November 13, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, India, South East Asia
British Prime Minister David Cameron will be in India on a day-long visit, his third in two years, on his way to Colombo to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on November 15-16. Cameron will hold talks with Singh on number of crucial bilateral, regional and international issues.
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November 13, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
An Egyptian court ruled a three-month state of emergency be lifted on Tuesday, a step that may help the army-backed government restore a semblance of normality after the military ousted President Mohamed Morsi. But as emergency rule was ordered to end, the government edged a step closer to passing a law on demonstrations that the opposition says could be a new way to curb protests.
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November 13, 2013 Albania, Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Romania, Romania News
Romania supports Albania’s efforts to join the European Union (EU), Romania’s parliament speaker said on Tuesday. “Progress of Albania in the fields of judiciary, parliamentary reform and public administration is a testimony that your
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November 13, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
Joint Georgian-US military-naval exercises are to be held at the port of Batumi on Tuesday. The Georgian Coast Guard told Trend today that representatives of the Coast Guard
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November 13, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Five people were arrested in clashes on Tuesday between police and Bulgarian students who had cordoned off parliament in the capital Sofia as part of an anti-government protest, police said. Skirmishes erupted and at least one person was injured as officers tried to push back the students, who had formed …
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November 13, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News, Turkey
Turkey and Azerbaijan discussed issue of Nagorno-Karabakh during the official talks between Turkish President Abdullah Gul and visiting Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in the Turkish capital of Ankara, Gul said on Tuesday. “We discussed territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and liberating the occupied lands, issues which we also consider national
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November 13, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said Turkey’s relations with Kurds living in neighboring countries are not a threat and added that taboos regarding ties with Kurds should be broken. Davutoğlu’s comments came as he was on his way back to Turkey from a two-day-visit to Iraq on Monday
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November 13, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
The United States welcomes the Syrian Coalition’s decision to participate in the Geneva II conference, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Tuesday night. “This is a significant step forward in the process to convene the Geneva conference, the goal of which is the full implementation of the Geneva
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November 13, 2013 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke on Tuesday as part of their ongoing discussions on shared security interests, including Iran, Afghanistan and Syria, the White House announced.
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November 13, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Turkey has asked NATO to extend for another year the deployment of surface-to-air Patriot missiles to protect its troubled border with Syria because of a continuing “serious” threat, officials said on Wednesday. “We have received a letter from the Turkish government requesting the continuation of the Patriot mission,” a NATO official said.
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