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Abkhazia leader survives assassination attempt

The leader of the Moscow-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia survived an assassination attempt on Wednesday ...

Syria accepts extending arab observers mission

Syria`s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Damascus accepted the Arab League`s (AL) request of extending the Arab ...

Egypt upper house elections to be speeded up

Egypt`s military ruler decreed on Sunday that multi-phase elections for parliament`s consultative upper house, the ...

Panetta calls Egypt strongman over NGO raids

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta conveyed his "deep concern" to Egypt`s military ruler over police raids on ...

Medvedev orders probes into alleged fraud in parliamentary elections

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday wrote in his Facebook page that he has ordered probes into the alleged ...

NATO seeks to mend fences with Russia on missile shield

NATO and Russia began a fresh push on Thursday to resolve a deep rift over a European missile shield with the alliance ...

Russians start voting in key parliamentary elections

Moscow (ANTARA News/AFP) Russians in the Far East began voting Sunday in key parliamentary elections expected to hand ...

Egypt cabinet resigns: spokesman

Egypt`s cabinet said on Monday it had resigned, as clashes raged for a third day in Cairo`s Tahrir Square, pitting ...

Palestinian rivals to hold new unity talks

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal are to meet this month in an attempt to move ahead ...

Putin vows to strengthen political system if elected as president

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to strengthen the country`s political system and facilitate ...

Clinton says hopes Egypt emergency law lifted before June

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that she hoped that Egypt would lift its emergency law before ...

Militant promises new chapter in Russia insurgency

Moscow`s most wanted Islamist militant Doku Umarov warned that Russia would be the target of a newly strengthened ...

Guinea president survives rocket attack

Guinea`s newly installed president survived a rocket attack on his residence that left a guard dead Tuesday and led to ...

Egypt September polls delayed

Egypt`s military rulers have decided to delay the parliamentary elections scheduled for September by up to two months, ...

U.N. chief urges transparent elections in Egypt

In a meeting with Egypt`s foreign minister, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said on Friday the country`s upcoming elections ...