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09.03.2010 Non-condemnation of Dubai killing damaged EU reputation in Arab world - report

"Honest broker"

(kuna) The European Union's reputation as an honest broker in the Middle East, in the eyes of the Arab region, was damaged by its refusal last month to condemn the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai, by a hit squad believed to have been sent by Israel, the Brussels-based website EUobserver.com reported Tuesday. EU foreign ministers in a statement last month only criticized the assailants' use of fake EU passports instead. more ...

04.03.2010 Zuma plays down crtiticism of Britain''s colonial past

Out of context

(kuna)South African president Jacob Zuma played down his criticism of Britain's colonial past Thursday as he held talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Number 10 Downing Street. On the eve of his state visit to the UK, Zuma accused the British media of thinking "their culture is more superior than others" after comments on his polygamous lifestyle. He has three wives. But at a joint Downing Street press conference with the Prime Minister today, Zuma suggested he had been taken out of context. more ...

04.03.2010 Davutoğlu: Quartet, road map irrelevant for Mideast peace

Not relevant

(zaman) Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has called for a clear timeframe for a resolution to the bitter Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying it is time to reach the end of the road, not for a new indefinite roadmap.Davutoğlu, on a two-day visit to regional powerhouse Egypt, urged Arab countries to act in consensus to facilitate settlement efforts and help unity among Palestinian groups, warning that the Mideast cannot afford to lose more time. more ...

03.03.2010 Afghan drug traffic: A problem for regional countries

Russia urges NATO to crack down on Afghan drug traffic

(ria) The United States has completed a military operation in Afghanistan's Hilmand Province and is preparing a new operation, in Kandahar. The U.S. says its new strategy in Afghanistan does not emphasize action against drug producers. The U.S. most likely does not want to provoke the wrath of the Afghans, whose welfare largely depends on opium poppy plantations. more ...

25.02.2010 Turkish leaders meet as coup plot storm gathers

Showdown

(zaman) President Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Chief of General Staff Gen. İlker Başbuğ Turkey's political and military leaders met on Thursday over a coup plot probe that has raised tensions between the armed forces and the ruling government, rattling investor faith in the EU-candidate country. The meeting is taking place as prosecutors get set to question and possibly charge former commanders of the air force and navy at a courthouse in İstanbul, threatening to aggravate the showdown between the ruling AK Party and military. more ...

20.02.2010 How does Germany treat minorities? By Abu Bakr Rieger

Systematic Opposition?

(gm) Is Germany systematically opposed to Islam? Of course Germany is a constitutional state under the rule of law, or Rechtsstaat as the Germans call it, with a functional system for the protection of minorities, with a free press and all the concomitant possibilities for the free formation of opinion. And yet to understand the true state of a society it always pays to revisit its declared fringes and examine the true situation of the minorities in it. more ...

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