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Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 08:18
Tunisia's embattled Constituent Assembly met on Tuesday for the first time since one of its members was assassinated, ahead of planned mass protests calling for the body to be dissolved.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 08:21
According to US-based Defense News, in light of the considerable cuts Washington has made to its defense budget, Jerusalem has sought to shoulder its part in the new, harsher financial reality.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 08:27
Most Israeli Jews would oppose a peace agreement with the Palestinians if it included a full West Bank pullout with land swaps to let Israel retain major settlement population centers, according to a new poll.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 08:30
Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party leader Rachid Ghannouchi has raised the prospect of a referendum as a
way out of the country's political crisis, but has also warned against the opposition’s efforts to topple the government.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 08:35
A fresh round of intense diplomatic efforts are under way in Egypt to broker a peaceful end to the crisis sparked by the military's overthrow of president Mohamed Morsi.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 08:41
Rebel fighters on Monday swept into a sprawling government air base in northern Syria where isolated government troops had fought off their attacks for nearly a year, and by early Tuesday controlled almost all the base.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 08:48
The State Department on Tuesday ordered the evacuation of much of the U.S. Embassy in Yemen and urged all Americans to leave the country following an al-Qaeda threat that triggered shutdowns of diplomatic outposts across the Muslim world and Africa.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 09:10
If confirmed, I pledge to work to protect and advance U.S. interests by promoting security, prosperity, democracy and human rights in Europe and Eurasia, and working with our Allies and partners there to advance our shared global interests.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 10:22
A THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD Zambian woman wanted by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) on fraud charges involving US$600,000 is in the country although no formal request has been made for her extradition to face charges in the United States of America.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 10:45
We are concerned, given the current apparent decline in respect for democratic values in Azerbaijan, that the prospects for a free and fair presidential election have not improved and, indeed, may have significantly declined.