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EU Calls for Egypt to Lift State of Emergency

One year on from the uprising in Egypt which ousted the President, Hosni Mubarak, the EU has called for the military leadership in the country to lift a partial state…

January 25, 2012No CommentRead More

Europe and US Put Pressure on Iran with Warships in the Gulf

The European Union has decided to place sanctions on the import of oil from Iran. The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union has decided to impose an import ban…

January 24, 2012No CommentRead More

EU Appoints Envoy to Middle East Quartet

The European Union has appointed Mr Andreas Reinicke to represent Europe in the Middle East Quartet. Currently Germany’s ambassador to Syria, Mr Reinicke has worked in diplomacy for 25 years,…

January 23, 2012No CommentRead More

Many Dead Following Bomb Blasts in Kano, Nigeria

The city of Kano, in Northern Nigeria, has been shaken by bomb blasts which have killed many people. Kano has a population of around nine million people, all of whom…

January 21, 20121 CommentRead More

A Victory for the Internet? – US House of Representatives Will Not Vote on SOPA Bill

Following a day of unusual industrial action, the US House of Representatives has capitulated on its controversial SOPA bill. Wikipedia and Google, as well as many other web operations, blacked…

January 18, 2012No CommentRead More

Anders Fogh Rasmussen Visits Baltic States on Whirlwind Tour

The UN Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen is on a whirlwind tour of Baltic States with stops in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia at the end of January 2012. On 19th…

January 18, 2012No CommentRead More

Diamond Jubilee 2012: HRH The Prince of Wales becomes Patron of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant

Prince Charles, HRH The Prince of Wales, has agreed to become Patron of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, established to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of his mother, The Queen, in…

January 18, 2012No CommentRead More

President Obama Reassures Middle Eastern Leadership with Flurry of Top-Level Meetings

The US President, Barack Obama, has taken pains to reassure Middle Eastern leaders of United States’ support following Western pressure on the Bahraini, Yemeni & Syrian leadership to bow to…

January 12, 2012No CommentRead More

Mitt Romney Wins New Hampshire Primary

Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire primary, just one week after inching a victory over Rick Santorum in Iowa. The former governor of Massachusetts has enjoyed a blistering start…

January 11, 2012No CommentRead More

French Journalist Gilles Jacquier Killed in Syria

The French journalist, Gilles Jacquier, has been killed during unrest in the Syrian capital, Homs. The television reporter worked for France 2 and had been working on a report authorised…

January 11, 2012No CommentRead More