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January 30, 2014

Rights organisation urges UN to secure release of journalists detained in Egypt

Following the Egyptian authorities’ arrest on Sunday of four Cairo-based Al-Jazeera English journalists, the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in UK (AOHR UK), a non-governmental organisation that promotes human...

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January 30, 2014

International Criminal Court to investigate Egyptian military for “crimes against humanity”

IMAGES At a packed press conference in Mayfair, London, the legal team appointed by the Freedom and Justice party to investigate the Egyptian military following the coup against the...

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January 30, 2014

European think-tank slams Egyptian military’s crackdown

Egypt is not moving towards democracy under its military rulers, warns think-tank the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) in a new policy memo published the week before a...

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January 30, 2014

Kerry asks Arab kings to put pressure on Abbas to recognise Israel as a Jewish state

US Secretary of State John Kerry has asked the Jordanian and Saudi kings to put pressure on the Palestinian Authority (PA) president, Mahmoud Abbas, to recognise Israel as a...

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January 30, 2014

Russia vetoes UNSC statement on attacks by Syrian regime

Russia has vetoed a UK-drafted statement at the UN Security Council denouncing attacks by the Syrian regime forces on Aleppo in the north of Syria, UN diplomats told Reuters...

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January 30, 2014

Turkey’s Foreign Minister says Al-Qaeda and Al-Assad regime are partners

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told Anadolu news agency on Thursday that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, also known as Daash, is a secret partner of...

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January 30, 2014

Ex-security chief flees Denmark over arrest fears

The former director of Israel’s Shabak internal security agency has been forced to flee from Denmark following a formal complaint accusing him of committing crimes of torture and brutality...

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January 30, 2014

Israel loses ‘last friend’ in Europe

Israel’s friendship with Germany has been damaged because of settlements in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, Israeli newspaper Maariv said on Sunday. Describing Germany as Israel’s “last friend” in...

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January 30, 2014

Germany warns Israel against settlement expansion

The German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has warned Israel against continued settlement expansion, saying that it undermines peace negotiations with the Palestinians. Steinmeier, who is paying his first official...

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January 30, 2014

Egypt warns foreign journalists to follow Egyptian narrative

Foreign media correspondents have received warnings from the Egyptian authority and asked to be cautious when covering incidents in the country, The Times newspaper said. The Times said that...

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