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IRAN/RUSSIA: Bushehr agreement could be divisive
Moscow and Tehran signed a deal today setting out a timetable for the long-delayed completion of...
IranLEBANON/SYRIA/UN: Hariri investigator reports progress
Serge Brammertz, the Belgian investigator now leading the UN inquiry into the assassination of...
LebanonEAST TIMOR: Prime minister talks with rebel leader
Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta today held talks with rebel leader Gastao Salsinha, the leader of...
East TimorINTERNATIONAL: Human rights survey shows progress
The findings of a survey of the human rights practices of Fortune 500 firms suggest that major...
InternationalSUDAN: Khartoum gets breathing room on Darfur
The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council yesterday extended the mandate of its mission...
SudanMIDDLE EAST: Quartet encourages unity government
Hamas spokesmen today welcomed yesterday's Quartet statement on the formation of a Palestinian...
SERBIA/UN: Tensions mount ahead of Ahtisaari report
If the ethnic Albanian objective of independence is not met, a "citizens' revolt" may follow,...
SerbiaSUDAN: Darfur deterioration set to continue
The UN Security Council passed a resolution on August 31 calling for the deployment of UN...
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