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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Sudan and South Sudan sign pact

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Thabo Mbeki, ex-president of South Africa, says Sudan and South Sudan have signed a non-aggression pact. Mbeki, who has acted as the chief mediator between the two sides, said told the BBC on Friday both sides have pledged to "refrain from launching any attack,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 10, 2012

Tourists, police kidnapped in Sinai

CAIRO, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Three South Korean tourists and a guide were kidnapped Friday in the Sinai, Egyptian officials said. The abductions came a day after a Bedouin tribe in the region kidnapped 17 Egyptian border police officers, bikyamasr.com reported. The tourists and the guide were taken off a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

One Somali summit not enough, London says

LONDON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- While a conference in London on Somalia is meant to change the dynamic in the war-torn country, one summit likely isn't enough, a British official said. Somalia hasn't had a functioning central government since the 1990s and the transitional leadership struggles to exert its... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

EU: No change in Palestinian aid

BRUSSELS, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- The European Union says the Palestinian Authority's new Fatah-Hamas unity government will not change the EU's ongoing financial assistance to Palestinians. Hamas is officially considered a terrorist group by the European Union but it gained some recognition for freeing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Russian envoy arrives in Syria for talks

DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and head of foreign intelligence Mikhail Fradkov arrived in Damascus Tuesday to meet with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Russia "firmly intends to seek the swiftest stabilization of the situation in Syria on the basis of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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