The European Union has named a veteran German diplomat as the new EU envoy to the Middle East peace process amid tensions withIsrael over Jewish settlements. Andreas Reinicke, Germany’s ambassador to Syria, will take over from Belgian diplomat Marc Otte on February for a term ending June 30, 2013, with the goal of helping to revive stalled peace talks. Reinicke “is an experienced […]
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Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani Leaders to Discuss Karabakh
January 23, 2012 
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts in the southern Russian city of Sochi to discuss the Nagorny Karabakh settlement on Monday, the Kremlin reported. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will visit the Black Sea resort on Medvedev’s invitation. A trilateral meeting and bilateral meetings […]
Read moreFormer Lebanon PM Saad Hariri breaks leg skiing in French alps
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Lebanon’s opposition leader and former prime minister Saad Hariri broke his leg while skiing in the French alps, doctors said Sunday. Hariri was injured while skiing in powdery snow and was taken on Friday to the American Hospital in Neuilly, near Paris. “He was treated Saturday morning for a fracture of the tibia. There were two fracture lines and […]
Read moreU.S. State Dept. says approves visa for Yemen’s Saleh
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WASHINGTON — The United States confirmed on Sunday it had issued a visa for Yemen’s outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh, but said it expected him to remain in the country only for a limited time to undergo medical treatment. “Ali Abdullah Saleh’s request to travel to the U.S. for medical treatment has been approved,” the U.S. […]
Read moreObama into fray as Republicans feud
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As Republicans feud in a divisive nominating melee, President Barack Obama this week takes his reelection blueprint of economic justice for all direct and unfiltered to American voters. Obama will lay out his vision in his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday, seeking to defy political logic that suggests incumbent presidents lose when they […]
Read moreCroatia says ‘yes’ to EU membership
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ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatians voted Sunday in favor of joining the European Union despite a poor turnout for the referendum — a sign of how much the debt-stricken 27-nation bloc has lost its appeal within countries aspiring to join. Croatia’s state referendum commission said that with near complete of the ballot calculated, about 66 percent of those […]
Read moreEgypt to host Palestinian factions next month
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BETHLEHEM — Egypt intends to intervene in the implementation of a reconciliation deal between Hamas and Fatah, the country’s ambassador to the Palestinian Authority said Sunday, Ma’an News Agency reported. Yasser Othman told Ma’an that Egypt “intends to take its intervention to the top leaders level because that will be the best way to […]
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