Middle East
US/MIDDLE EAST: Structural flaws mar FTA outlook
Washington is expected this month to announce plans to start talks with Egypt on a free trade...
Middle EastRUSSIA: 'Terrorists' taken
The Federal Security Service (FSB) announced yesterday that it had arrested 121 members of an...
RussiaUNITED STATES: 'Peacemaker' Bush faces major hurdles
In advance of today's Israeli-Palestinian summit, US President George Bush has called upon Israel...
United StatesIRAN: Nuclear programme arouses concern
Washington is pressing the IAEA to declare Iran in breach of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)...
IranUNITED STATES: Iraq war speeds military redeployment
The Iraq war will accelerate changes in the global deployment of US military forces and raises...
United StatesBALKANS: Farmers' fears
Recent high temperatures led Romania's agriculture ministry yesterday to revise its wheat harvest...
BalkansUS/IRAQ: Deep divisions endanger transition
US officials will hold a meeting in Baghdad on April 28 to discuss the establishment of an...
United StatesRUSSIA/BALKANS: Troop pull-out shortens Moscow's reach
The General Staff announced in April that the military contingents in Bosnia and Kosovo would...
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