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Pakistan - Greater influence in Afghanistan undermines stability

By Ahmed Rashid
Friday, 12 March 2010 21:03
After the failure of high level talks between India and Pakistan over their long running disputes, both countries are now locked in an escalating proxy war in Afghanistan. If no solution is found to reconcile Pakistani and Indian interests in Afghanistan,
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Focus on Somalia: Peace and Reconciliation Forum to be held in Dubai

Friday, 12 March 2010 15:27
The Global Centre for Renewal and Guidance (GCRG) will host a summit in Dubai March 13-14, to call for reconciliation and peace in Somalia. The Summit, which will be attended by President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
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State-to-state negotiations: Declare Palestine

By Jerome Segal
Friday, 12 March 2010 02:30
France's foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, has alarmed the Israeli government with his recent statement that "one can envision the proclamation soon of a Palestinian state, and its immediate recognition by the international community,
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Iraqi voters want next parliament to improve services rather than pursue sectarian rivalries

Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:14
Iraqi voters say they want their next parliament to improve services and the economy rather than pursue the sectarian rivalries that were rekindled in the closing stages of the election campaign.
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Can Iran’s Accelerating Nuclear Program Be Stopped?

By Leonard S. Spector
Thursday, 11 March 2010 00:50
In recent weeks, as Iran ratcheted up its sensitive uranium enrichment activities another notch, and outside observers voiced growing fears that it had intensified its work to design a nuclear warhead, reports surfaced for the first time
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US and EU condemn Israeli settlement building in East Jerusalem

Posted by Talal Abdullah
The EU and US have condemned Israel’s decision to build new housing units in East Jerusalem, saying settlements undermined efforts to restart peace talks.
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Lebanese march for secularism: Ongoing power-sharing

By Alexandre Medawar
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:38
Launched by a small group of non-partisan civic-minded citizens called Laïque (Secular) Pride, the March for Secularism will bring Lebanese together on 25 April in support of secularism,
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Worsening year by year - Drought hits Syria badly

Posted by Shahid Abbas
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 18:15
Syria (Al-Hasakeh) With the support of the EU, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has started distributing emergency food assistance to almost 200,000 people in the rural northeast of Syria, where the drought of 2009
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Australia, India - Talk between English-speaking democracies proves premature

By Sadanand Dhume
Monday, 08 March 2010 23:32
When Australian foreign minister Stephen Smith visited India earlier this month, topping the agenda was not nuclear co-operation, joint counter-terrorism efforts or trade ties, but healing a sharp rift between the two countries
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EU to reactivate Middle East peace process

Posted by Gamal Ragay
Monday, 08 March 2010 21:10
EU Foreign Ministers and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy have established their positions regarding the appropriate course of action for the EU in the face of the resumption of the Middle East peace process.
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