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Cyprus officials due in Brussels for crunch talks
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23 Mar 2013

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and party leaders are due in Brussels for last-ditch talks on how to secure crucial EU funding. Cyprus has to raise 5.8bn euros (£4.9bn; $7.5bn) before Monday to qualify for a 10bn-euro bailout. Parliament voted on Friday to restructure the island's banks, set up a "national solidarity fund", and...

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Cyprus officials due in Brussels for crunch talks
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updated 20 Mar 2013; published 20 Mar 2013
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Cyprus Looks To Russia Amid Bailout Chaos
updated 15 Mar 2013; published 15 Mar 2013
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Cyprus bailout talks in Brussels
updated 17 Mar 2013; published 17 Mar 2013
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Cyprus Postpones Vote On Savings Raid Bailout
updated 17 Mar 2013; published 17 Mar 2013
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Cyprus Postpones Vote On Savings Raid Bailout
updated 17 Mar 2013; published 17 Mar 2013
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updated 03 Jul 2012; published 03 Jul 2012
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Cyprus takes on EU Presidency amid bailout talks with EU and Russia
After 10 years in Iraq, did we learn our lessons?
Full Article Tulsa World
23 Mar 2013

Last week marked the 10th anniversary of the United States invasion of Iraq. It was a war that the country never should have pursued and one from which we ought to have learned some lessons. Unfortunately, the country seldom learns those lessons. The costs alone are sobering. Almost 4,500 Americans killed and more than 30,000 wounded, some so...

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File - U.S. Marines take a break while searching the city of Al Fallujah, Iraq, for insurgents and weapons during Operation al Fajr (New Dawn) on Nov. 9, 2004.
photo: USMC / Lance Cpl. J.A. Chaverri

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Attacks claim 80 lives on Iraq anniversary
updated 17 Mar 2013; published 17 Mar 2013
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updated 18 Mar 2013; published 18 Mar 2013
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10 Years On - Iraq
updated 15 Sep 2010; published 15 Sep 2010
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Thirty Years after the Iran-Iraq War. Lessons of Counterproliferation and WMD Deployment
updated 18 Mar 2013; published 18 Mar 2013
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Cyprus lawmakers approve key bills for bailout
Full Article The Guardian
23 Mar 2013

MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press= NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Lawmakers in Cyprus approved three key bills Friday that aim to raise enough money to qualify the country for a broader bailout package and help it avoid financial ruin in mere days. A total nine bills were approved, including a key one on restructuring the country's...

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Cyprus lawmakers vote on key bills aimed at securing a broader bailout package from international creditors in parliament in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, late Friday, March 22, 2013.
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updated 21 Mar 2013; published 21 Mar 2013
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Cyprus parliament rejects controversial bank tax
updated 19 Mar 2013; published 19 Mar 2013
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Business News - NICOSIA, Samsung, IHS, Cyprus
updated 19 Mar 2013; published 19 Mar 2013
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"Open Bank Resolution": Cyprus on Steroids hits New Zealand!?
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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ETX Capital Daily Market Bite, 21st January, 2013: Firm Session But Lacking Direction; Subdued Mkts
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Israel and Turkey agree to restore diplomatic ties
Full Article The Himalayan
23 Mar 2013

Added At: 2013-03-23 8:42 AM Last Updated At: 2013-03-23 8:42 AM The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) The headlines has been added to your saved article(s) To View your saved article(s)please Click Here » Close AP President Barack Obama walks on the tarmac with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...

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President Barack Obama walks on the tarmac with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Israeli President Shimon Peres, left, prior to his departure from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, March 22, 2013.
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updated 23 Mar 2013; published 23 Mar 2013
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Israel's Netanyahu Apologizes to Turkey for Flotilla Deaths
updated 01 Mar 2013; published 01 Mar 2013
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Zionism row casts cloud over Kerry's Turkey visit
updated 22 Mar 2013; published 22 Mar 2013
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Israel PM apologized to Turkey PM over flotilla deaths
updated 22 Mar 2013; published 22 Mar 2013
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Breaking news : Israel apologized to Turkey!
updated 22 Mar 2013; published 22 Mar 2013
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Israel Apologises For Gaza Flotilla Raid | Obama brokers Israel-Turkey rapprochement
updated 22 Mar 2013; published 22 Mar 2013
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Turkey, Israel make US-brokered peace after Mavi Marmara apology
Abu Sayyaf release Australian hostage Warren Rodwell
Full Article BBC News
23 Mar 2013

An Australian man kidnapped 15 months ago by an al-Qaeda-linked group in the Philippines has been released. An emaciated-looking Warren Rodwell was freed on Saturday near Pagadian city in the southern Philippines, police said. He was kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants...

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In this undated image taken from a video sent by the kidnappers of Australian citizen Warren Richard Rodwell to his family, Rodwell pleads for a US$2 million ransom for his safe return.
photo: AP

updated 27 Dec 2012; published 27 Dec 2012
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Kidnapped Australian in the Philippines Warren Rodwell (December 15, 2012)
updated 05 Jan 2012; published 05 Jan 2012
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Kidnapped Australian pleads for life
updated 23 Mar 2013; published 23 Mar 2013
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Abu Sayyaf release Australian hostage Warren Rodwell
updated 23 Mar 2013; published 23 Mar 2013
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Abu Sayyaf release Australian hostage Warren Rodwell 23.3.2013
updated 23 Mar 2013; published 23 Mar 2013
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Abu Sayyaf release Australian hostage Warren Rodwell
updated 21 Mar 2013; published 21 Mar 2013
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Abu Sayyaf Releases their Australian kidnap Victim, Warren Rodwell
Lebanon's government collapses as Miqati cabinet resigns
Full Article The Guardian
22 Mar 2013

Country's parliament has been bitterly divided in last two years since Saad Hariri was ousted by a Hezbollah-led bloc Lebanon's government was led by Najib Miqati, who has announced the resignation of his 30-strong cabinet. Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP Lebanon's government fell late on Friday adding more instability to an already volatile region...

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Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announces his resignation at the government palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 22, 2013.
photo: AP / Hussein Malla

updated 26 Jan 2011; published 26 Jan 2011
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Mikati - Lebanon's cabinet maker
updated 13 Jun 2011; published 13 Jun 2011
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Lebanon gets new government after months of wrangling
updated 23 Mar 2013; published 23 Mar 2013
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Lebanon Prime Minister and cabinet resign
updated 14 Jun 2011; published 14 Jun 2011
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Lebanon Forms a New Government
updated 25 Jan 2011; published 25 Jan 2011
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Hezbollah candidate asked to form Lebanon's government
updated 03 Dec 2012; published 03 Dec 2012
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Lebanons Government Collapses
Britain set to lose second AAA credit rating
Full Article The Guardian
22 Mar 2013

Impending report by Fitch agency almost certain to downgrade UK's status because of lack of growth and rising debt The Fitch agency's verdict on George Osborne's budget is almost certain to result in a downgrade of Britain's credit rating. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA George Osborne was served notice on Friday night that the UK's AAA credit status...

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British Finance Minister George Osborne, right, speaks with Italian Economy Minister Vittorio Grilli, center, during a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels on Tuesday, March 5, 2013.
photo: AP / Virginia Mayo

updated 25 Feb 2013; published 25 Feb 2013
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Govt Addresses MPs Over Credit Rating Slide.
updated 08 Jul 2011; published 08 Jul 2011
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Shoot the messenger: EU blames debt panic on rating agencies
updated 23 Apr 2010; published 23 Apr 2010
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News Update: S&P; Rating Services Raised Mattel, Inc's Rating to BBB (NYSE:MAT)
updated 07 Aug 2011; published 07 Aug 2011
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"It's About Revenues, Stupid"
updated 20 Dec 2010; published 20 Dec 2010
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iTunes Version - Backin Up Song
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Obama In Jordan: President Meets With King Abdullah II
Full Article Huffington Post
22 Mar 2013

AMMAN, Jordan -- The civil war in Syria and the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees over the border into neighboring Jordan are expected to be the focus of talks Friday between President Barack Obama and Jordan's King Abdullah II. More than 400,000 refugees have crossed into Jordan to escape two years of bloodshed at home, crowding refugee...

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President Barack Obama meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II, Friday, March 22, 2013, at the King's Palace in Amman, Jordan.
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updated 02 Sep 2010; published 02 Sep 2010
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Middle East Peace Talks
updated 23 Mar 2013; published 23 Mar 2013
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Obama tours symbolic sites in Israel and West Bank
updated 14 Nov 2011; published 14 Nov 2011
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The late King Hussein Bin Talal
updated 26 Jun 2011; published 26 Jun 2011
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King Hussein
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Mid-East Peace Leaders c- King Abdullah - Will Israel Plunder of Palestine End?
updated 14 Sep 2012; published 14 Sep 2012
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Middle East Peace Talks
The case for restraint: Syria and the International Criminal Court
Full Article Al Jazeera
22 Mar 2013

March 2013 will be notable in the history of the Syrian conflict for several reasons, two of which include the second anniversary of that conflict and the number of refugees surpassing the one million mark. Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, places the number of dead at approaching 70,000. That count very likely underestimates...

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In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian army soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria, Monday March 18, 2013.
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updated 10 Sep 2012; published 10 Sep 2012
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demands for justice in Syria
updated 18 Feb 2013; published 18 Feb 2013
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Time to refer Syrian war crimes to ICC, UN inquiry says
updated 13 Feb 2013; published 13 Feb 2013
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UN Rights Chief: "Syria Death Toll 70,000" Navi Pillay Calls for ICC Criminal Court Action 2-12-13
updated 01 Jun 2012; published 01 Jun 2012
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WorldLeadersTV: SYRIA: KILLINGS in EL-HOULEH: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, GENEVA
updated 02 Jun 2012; published 02 Jun 2012
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MaximsNewsNetwork: SYRIA: KILLINGS in EL-HOULEH: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, GENEVA
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 11 Mar 2013
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UN Syria investigators seek access to Security Council
Burma: State of emergency imposed in Meiktila
Full Article BBC News
22 Mar 2013

A state of emergency has been imposed in the Burmese town of Meiktila following three days of communal violence between Buddhists and Muslims....

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Local residents are stopped by police officers at a security check point before they enter Meikhtila, where Ethnic unrest between Buddhists and Muslims continues, in Meikhtila, Mandalay division, about 550 kilometers (340 miles) north of Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, March. 22, 2013.
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updated 22 Mar 2013; published 22 Mar 2013
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Myanmar :: State of emergency imposed in Meiktila
updated 29 Jan 2013; published 29 Jan 2013
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Violence flares in Egypt after emergency law imposed
updated 28 Jan 2013; published 28 Jan 2013
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Egypt violence: protests continue as Mohammed Morsi imposes state of emergency
updated 22 Mar 2013; published 22 Mar 2013
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State of emergency in Burmese town
updated 22 Mar 2013; published 22 Mar 2013
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Breaking News - State of emergency imposed in Burmese town of Meiktila
updated 28 Jan 2013; published 28 Jan 2013
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Egypt's president declares state of emergency

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Russia refuses to help Cyprus until EU bailout is agreed
Russia has sent Cyprus ’s finance minister home emptyhanded and said it will only consider helping the stricken island once it has sealed a bailout deal with the EU. Michael Sarris failed in his two-day mission to Moscow to secure a financial...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping smile during their press briefing after talks in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, Friday, March 22, 2013.
(The Independent) China’s new leader began his first overseas trip as president with a much anticipated visit to Russia today – a symbolic trip that underlines China’s desire to ensure its energy supply while showing defiance in...
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Pakistan's former military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf is finally coming home in time to stand in elections, due in May. He left the country in late 2008 and has since been living in self-imposed exile in London. With arrest warrants issued...
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Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said he "expressed apology" to Turkey for any error that led to the death of nine Turkish nationals in 2010 in the Gaza flotilla incident. Netanyahu also said on Friday that Israel has also agreed to...
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BANGUI, Central African Republic - Witnesses confirmed that Central African Republic rebels took the town of Damara, located 75 kilometers (47 miles) from the capital, Bangui. Damara marked the "red-line" drawn by regional forces in January, when the...
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Italian marines Salvatore Girone, left, and Massimiliano Latorre, arrive at a military prosecutor's office in Rome Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen are on their way back to Delhi for trial, Indian officials say, as diplomatic tensions ease. India had allowed them to travel to Italy to vote in last month's election. When they failed...
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