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Syrian Arab Republic (the): The Crisis in Syria

Source country reliefWeb Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:42:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] civil war[1]; offensive[1]; insurgency[1]; conflict[2]; military intervention[2]; war[1]; oil[1];

Entities: Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: Economic Crisis - Internal Market; EU-USA; EU Russia; UN Bodies; Security Council; EU-Asia;

Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies Country: Syrian Arab Republic (the) Q1: How has President Bashar al-Assad of Syria been able to remain in power in the wake of mounting unrest? A1: A number of local and regional factors have and are likely to continue to enable Assad to hang on to power, at least in the short to medium term....

Syrian Arab Republic (the): In Restive Syrian City, Signs Of Sectarian Violence

Source country reliefWeb Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:42:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] killed[1]; kill[1]; military intervention[1];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Ilter Turan[1]; Sergei Lavrov[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; Recep Tayyip Erdogan[3]; Bashar Assad[1]; Ahmet Davutoglu[1];

Other categories: Science; EU Russia; UN Bodies; Security Council; EU-Asia; External Relations;

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: "We will start a new initiative with those countries who stand by the Syrian people, not the regime,"

Source: National Public Radio Country: Syrian Arab Republic (the) by KELLY MCEVERS Hundreds of people have died from tank, mortar and rocket fire in the Syrian city of Homs, the target of bombardment by government forces for the fifth day in a row. And activists say three families, including women.......

Democratic Republic of the Congo (the): Un nouveau groupe armé créé au Sud-Kivu

Source country reliefWeb Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:42:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] morts[1]; armées[1]; militaire[2]; combattre[2]; miliciens[1]; milice[3]; groupe armé[2];

Entities: Amani Leo[1];

Other categories: Security;

Source: Radio Okapi Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) , Rwanda Un nouveau groupe armé dénommé «Raïa Mutomboki Mboko» sévit depuis une semaine dans le territoire de Mboko (Sud-Kivu). Cette milice composée d’une centaine de personnes prétend défendre les populations civiles du territoire.......

Burundi: Le CNDD-FDD au Burundi Le cheminement de la lutte armée au combat politique

Source country reliefWeb Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:42:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] combat[2]; armée[2];

Other categories:

Le CNDD-FDD au Burundi Le cheminement de la lutte armée au combat politique .......

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Distrito no descarta atentados en Bogotá

Source country elespectador Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:40:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] bomba[1];

Entities: Antonio Navarro[1];

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El secretario de Gobierno de Bogotá, Antonio Navarro, dijo que un atentado terrorista en Bogotá no está descartado. "Hay labores de inteligencia especiales, pero yo confío en la gente, evitemos que Bogotá sea objeto de un atentado", manifestó el funcionario a los periodistas, al instar a la.......

Özal ailesinden inanılmaz hareket!

Source country internethaber Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:39:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] ölüm[1]; ölümünü[1]; hayatta[1];

Entities: Aslan Güner[1]; Doğan Güreş[1]; Kemal Çetin[1]; Semra Özal[4]; Ahmet Özal[1]; Turgut Özal[2];

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Turgut Özal'ın ölümüyle ilgili soruşturma Özal ailesinin tutumu nedeniyle tıkanma noktasına geldi....

«البرلمانية للبحر المتوسط» ترحب باتفاق تشكيل حكومة توافق وطني فلسطينية

Source country addustour Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:38:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] للصراع[1];

Entities: Mahmoud Abbas[3]; Khaled Mashal[1];

Other categories:

عمان -بترااعربت الجمعية البرلمانية للبحر المتوسط عن ارتياحها للاتفاق على تشكيل حكومة توافق وطني فلسطينية برئاسة الرئيس محمود عباس تكون مهمتها الإشراف على الانتخابات.وقال رئيس الجمعية العين الدكتور فايز الطراونة في بيان للجمعية امس «ان الاتفاق بين الرئيس محمود عباس (ابو مازن) ورئيس المكتب السياسي.......

"parliamentary elections of the Mediterranean Sea" welcomes the agreement on the formation of the Government of National Consensus Palestinian

Amman - بترااعربت the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean Sea expressed its satisfaction with the agreement on the formation of the Government of National Consensus under the chairmanship of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to be responsible for supervising the elections. He said the president of the Assembly, Dr. Al-Ain Fayez Tarawneh in a statement of the Assembly yesterday, "the agreement between President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and the President of the political office. ...

La droite se méfie toujours de Mitt Romney

Source country cyberpresse Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:38:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] militants[1]; combat[1];

Entities: Barack Obama[2]; Ron Paul[2]; Mitt Romney[6]; Michele Bachmann[1]; Herman Cain[1]; Rick Santorum[4]; Rick Perry[1]; Paul Begala[1]; Newt Gingrich[2]; David Damore[1];

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Les victoires surprises du conservateur Rick Santorum illustrent les divisions des républicains �......

Syria: UN and Arab League consider joint observer mission to try to stop killings

Source country un-org Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:36:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] massacre[1]; mortars[1]; killed[3]; civil war[1]; civilians[3]; civilian[3]; killings[2]; war[2];

Entities: Navi Pillay[1]; Nabil Elaraby[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: Ban Ki-moon; UN Bodies; Security Council;

The United Nations and the League of Arab States are considering sending a joint observer mission to Syria to try to end the crisis engulfing the Middle East country, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warning today that recent attacks against civilians in the city of Homs were "a grim harbinger of worse to come....

Refugee camp massacre: Libyan militia launch racist raid

Source country rt Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:36:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] massacre[1]; raid[1]; killed[2]; civil war[1]; civilians[1]; war[2];

Other categories: Immigration;

Heavily armed fighters have attacked a camp of about 1,500 refugees on the outskirts of Tripoli, opening fire on its inhabitants. At least six were killed in the incident raising fears that civilians have little......

Il y a 20 ans: les camps de la honte

Source country lequotidienalgerie Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:36:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] morts[1]; mort[6]; Armée[1]; bombes[8]; combattants[1]; militaires[7]; bombe[2]; mortelle[1]; forces de sécurité[1]; soldats[2]; Armées[1]; MORT[1]; militaire[13]; militants[2]; groupes paramilitaires[1]; armée[4];

Entities: George Lucas[1]; Jacques Muller[2]; Sid Ahmed Ghozali[1]; Charles de Gaulle[2]; Larbi Belkheir[1]; Farouk Ksentini[2]; Sid Ahmed[1]; Salah Eddine[1]; Pierre Messmer[3]; Mohamed Boudiaf[1];

Other categories: Science; Echo; Manmade Disasters; Liberties; Public Health (general);

Les Internés des Camps de la Honte « Qu’est ce qui prouve aujourd’hui que notre placement dans ces lieux, ne répondait pas au souci de la France de savoir quel est le degré de nocivité de ses bombes, trente années après leurs essais ? » « L’ouverture des camps de concentretion dans des zones ayant [....

I love being single every day - except Valentine's

Source country theglobeandmail Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:35:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] bombarded[1];

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The question I love being single, every day of the year except Valentine's Day. For 24 hours I feel like I need another person in my life. It's an awful feeling. What do you recommend I do to avoid this? I can't do another 'single's party' or first date. It all seems so fake....

EU: Press India on Rights at Summit

Source country nieuwsbank Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:33:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] killings[1]; conflict[1];

Entities: Lotte Leicht[1]; José Manuel Durão Barroso[2]; Herman Van Rompuy[2];

Other categories: European Council; Council President; Market; Society; EC News; Consumers; Consumer Affairs; José Manuel Barroso; FRA-EU; EU-Asia; Consumers; External Relations; Justice, freedom and security;

[ Donderdag 9 februari 2012 | Human Rights Watch ] (Brussels) ? The presidents of the European Counciland the European Commission should make human rights a central part of their discussions with Indian officials at the EU-India summit on strategic partnership on February 10, 2012, in New Delhi,.......

Las guerrillas incrementan su poder en Colombia

Source country eluniversal Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:32:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] bomba[1]; combate[1];

Entities: Alfonso Cano[1]; Jorge Briceno[1]; Norte de Santander[1]; Leon Valencia[1];

Other categories: Drugs;

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Leon Valencia dijo: "Desde 2008 hemos visto un aumento permanente de la violencia, que se puede consolidar. Estamos en el momento clave para detener un nuevo ciclo de violencia en Colombia"

Leon Valencia explicó: "Hay un fenómeno de reorganización de las FARC. No son las grandes acciones ofensivas de los 90 con captura de prisioneros de guerra o la toma de pueblos, es una acción muy menuda, dispersa, con explosivos, ligada al terror, pero muy letal"

Un informe revela que las FARC utilizaron en 22 ocasiones carros bomba y señaló que "la tendencia en 2012 indica que será una práctica cada vez más común". historias relacionadas EEUU recomienda a sus ciudadanos no viajar a estados violentos en México Bogotá mueve sus fichas para aliviar tensiones.......

'Aanval op Homs verhevigd'

Source country omroep Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:32:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] bombardementen[1];

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De Syrische stad Homs heeft voor de vijfde dag op rij onder vuur gelegen van het regeringsleger....

نائب وزير اسرائيلي: سوريا حاولت اغتيال الجميّل

Source country alankabout Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:31:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] صراع[1];

Entities: Benjamin Netanyahu[1]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories:

شجب نائب وزير تطوير الجليل والنقب في الحكومة الاسرائيلية، العضو في الكنيست عن الليكود، ايوب قرا، «محاولة اغتيال» النائب سامي الجميل، «ابن اخ بشير الجميل الذي كان حليفاً لاسرائيل في بداية حرب سلامة الجليل» عام 1982. وأضاف في لقاء مع القناة السابعة ......

Deputy Israeli Minister: Syria tried to assassinate al-Jamil

Denouncing the Deputy Minister of Development of Galilee and Negev in the Israeli government, a member of Knesset from Likud, Ayoub read, "an assassination attempt," Deputy Sami Al-Jamil, "the nephew of Bashir Gemayel, who was an ally of Israel at the beginning of the war of the safety of Galilee," In 1982. He added in an interview with Channel 7 ...

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L'offensive meurtrière de l'armée syrienne se poursuit à Homs

Source country capital-FR Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:29:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] morts[4]; mort[1]; raid[1]; tués[2]; tiré[1]; troupes[1]; offensive[1]; tuées[2]; mortier[1]; bombardements[2]; forces de sécurité[1]; militant[1]; militants[2]; miliciens[2];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Louis Charbonneau[1]; Gregory Schwartz[1]; Steve Gutterman[1]; Alain Juppé[1]; Rami Abdelrahmane[1]; Alistair Lyon[1]; Recep Tayyip Erdogan[3]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Bashar Assad[3]; Gleb Bryanski[1]; Marine Pennetier[1]; Benjamin Massot[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

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Vladimir Putin déclaré: "Bien sûr, nous condamnons toutes les violences, d'où qu'elles viennent, mais on ne peut pas se comporter comme un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine"

Rami Abdelrahmane indiqué: "Les Chabbiha sont entrés dans trois maisons dans la nuit et ont abattu cinq membres d'une même famille, le père, sa femme et leurs trois enfants, une famille de sept dans une autre maison et huit (membres d'une même famille) dans une troisième"

Les bombardements de l'armée syrienne se sont poursuivis mercredi à Homs, foyer de la contestation du régime du président Bachar al Assad, et ont fait des dizaines de morts. Au moins 67 personnes ont péri dans la nuit sous les tirs de roquettes ou sous les armes des miliciens, rapportent des militants de l'opposition....

‘Heaviest shelling yet’ kills up to 100 in Homs

Source country jpost Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:29:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] mortars[1]; killed[1]; offensive[1]; civilians[1]; bombardment[1]; kills[1]; bombardments[1]; military intervention[1]; killing[1]; military action[1];

Entities: Jay Carney[1]; Amir Abdollahian[1]; George Marshall[1]; Hossein Amir-Abdollahian[1]; Sergei Lavrov[1]; Alain Juppé[1]; Kevin Rudd[1]; Vladimir Putin[1];

Other categories: Imports Exports; EU Russia; Market; Society; UN Bodies; Security Council; EU-Asia; External Relations;

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Jay Carney said: “We never rule anything out in a situation like this. But we are pursuing a path that includes isolating and pressuring the Assad regime so that it stops its heinous slaughtering of its own people,”

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said: “Luckily, efforts here have gained the release of 11 Iranians kidnapped and there are continued efforts to get the release of 11 other Iranian visitors who crossed into Syria by land,” “Efforts are also ongoing to secure the release of seven engineers”

EU close to new Syria sanctions; CNN: US making contingency plans for military action....

Los atentados de 2012 en Colombia afectaron a 22 niños, cuatro murieron

Source country elnuevodiario Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:28:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] bomba[2]; mina[2];

Other categories:

Unos 22 niños fueron víctimas de atentados violentos perpetrados en lo corrido de 2012 en Colombia y cuatro de ellos fallecieron como consecuencia de los ataques, informó hoy el Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF, estatal). El director......

Schwere Kämpfe in syrischer Stadt Homs

Source country tagblatt Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:27:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] Aufständische[1];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Recep Tayyip Erdogan[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Navi Pillay[1]; Bashar Assad[1]; Ahmet Davutoglu[1];

Other categories: Security; Society; Turkey-EU; UN Bodies; Human rights; Humanitarian aid;

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Ahmet Davutoglu sagte: «Die ganze internationale Gemeinschaft sollte zusammenarbeiten und helfen»

Mit militärischer Macht und Milizenterror versucht das syrische Regime den Willen der Aufständischen in der Stadt Homs zu brechen. Aktivisten berichteten am Mittwoch, das Viertel Baba Amro sei unter Beschuss genommen worden. Sie sprachen von Dutzenden von Toten....

Tel-Aviv Must Rise Above Monopolizing Genocide

Source country asbarez Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:27:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] genocide[1]; Genocide[9]; war[1];

Entities: Avigdor Lieberman[2];

Other categories:

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Avigdor Lieberman said: “attempts to turn conflicts and massacres in Africa, Asia and Balkans into another Holocaust are unacceptable,”

When Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said “attempts to turn conflicts and massacres in Africa, Asia and Balkans into another Holocaust are unacceptable,” and “Since its establishment, Israel has opposed the application of the term Holocaust to another war or tragedy,” it revealed an ugly.......

Nicolas Sarkozy et François Hollande au dîner annuel du Crif

Source country Liberation Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:26:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] militants[1];

Entities: Marine Le Pen[1]; Richard Prasquier[3]; François Hollande[3]; Simone Veil[1]; Nicolas Sarkozy[3];

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Richard Prasquier précisé: «Nous ne voterons pas pour le Front National»

Nicolas Sarkozy et François Hollande ont participé mercredi soir au dîner du Crif, rendez-vous de la communauté juive qui rassemble chaque année des centaines de personnalités politiques, religieuses et artistiques. L'actuel chef de l'Etat et le candidat socialiste à la présidentielle se sont serré.......

Sarkozy meets Israeli soldier held hostage 5 years

Source country AP Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:23:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] raid[1]; militants[2];

Entities: Gilad Shalit[4]; Noam Shalit[1]; Lee Zeitouni[1]; Nicolas Sarkozy[1];

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PARIS (AP) — An Israeli-French soldier who was held hostage for five years by Palestinian militants met Wednesday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Gilad Schalit has maintained a low profile since his release from captivity in Gaza in October in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners....

Previously Calm, Unrest Reaches Syrian Capital

Source country npr Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:21:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] killed[1]; conflict[1]; bombarding[1]; killing[1];

Entities: Renee Montagne[2]; Steve Inskeep[2];

Other categories:

As Western nations increasingly push to end the violence in Syria, tension has reached the capital Damascus. Last June, a woman there who blogs under the pseudonym "Jasmine Roman," described Damascus as a city removed from the demonstrations that were taking place elsewhere in the country....

One per cent of Afghan forces self-sufficient: US commander

Source country tribune Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:21:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] insurgency[3]; combat[3]; fighting[1]; war[2];

Entities: Curtis Scaparrotti[1]; Leon Panetta[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack; Security;

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Curtis Scaparrotti said: “These soldiers will fight, particularly at the company level, there’s no question about that. And they’re going to be good enough as we build them to secure their country and to counter the insurgency,” “Will they be at the standard we have for our soldiers? No not at least the conventional forces”

WASHINGTON: Only 1 percent of Afghan police and soldiers are capable of operating independently, a top US commander said on Wednesday, raising further doubts about whether Afghan forces will be able to take on a still-potent insurgency as the West withdraws....

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اليمن .. سنة أولى ثورة ... (1-3)

Source country alkhaleej Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:19:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] مجزرة[2]; الحرب الأهلية[4]; لعمل عسكري[1]; المجزرة[6];

Entities: عبد المجيد[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; علي عبدالله[4]; Hosni Mubarak[5];

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تحل هذه الأيام الذكرى الأولى للثورة الشبابية في اليمن بعد شهور من العواصف السياسية والأمنية والتحولات التي أهلتها لاحتلال الترتيب الرابع في ثورات الربيع العربي، بعدما أنتجت اتفاقاً دولياً للتسوية السياسية أطاح حكم الرئيس علي عبدالله صالح الذي حكم البلاد لمدة 33 سنة....

Yemen.. First year in a revolution ... (1-3)

resolved these days the first anniversary of the Revolution Youth in Yemen after months of political storms and security the transformations that made it eligible for the occupation of the arrangement in the fourth revolutions Arab spring, after it produced an international agreement for a political settlement overthrew the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled the country for 33 years.

Un razboi greu de evitat

Source country infoportal Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:19:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] bombardarea[1];

Entities: Barack Obama[2]; Leon Panetta[1]; Nicolas Sarkozy[1];

Other categories:

Presedintele american, Barack Obama, a fost nevoit sa dea explicatii publice dupa o recenta declaratie a sefului Pentagonului, Leon Panetta, care a spus ca razboiul dintre Iran si Israel s-ar putea declansa in urmatoarele luni. Obama a incercat sa linisteasca publicul, afirmand ca Tel Avivul nu a.......

سياسي / الدقباسي يشكر دول الخليج على قرارها طرد سفراء سوريا لديها وسحب سفرائها من دمشق

Source country spa Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:16:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Conflict] مجزرة[1];

Entities: علي الدقباسي[1]; علي سالم[1];

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واس عقد المكتب الدائم للبرلمان العربي اجتماعا له اليوم بمقر الأمانة العامة للجامعة العربية برئاسة علي سالم الدقباسي......

Political (Al-Deqbasi thanks Gulf states on its decision to expel the ambassadors of Syria and withdraw their ambassadors in Damascus

OAS the convening of the permanent bureau of Arab parliament a special meeting today at the headquarters of the Arab League general secretariat headed by Ali Salem al-Deqbasi...

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