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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material.http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer/entities/en/949880.htmlenhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10758328http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10758328EU foreign ministers impose new sanctions on Iran's energy sector, to block its controversial nuclear programme.Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-453548374922297763b127793f267ba9bbcenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/ups6_9tk7D0/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/ups6_9tk7D0/index.htmlThe top diplomats from Iran, Brazil and Turkey met for lunch at a posh hotel on the banks of the Bosphorus, in an effort to reboot stalled negotiations over Iran's controversial nuclear program.Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-180a31bcf14aee2f7ee8a21ca1a3d7cdcnnenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/820864.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/820864.stmHe heads a government of national unity that includes leaders of southern Sudan, which has limited autonomy and which has been promised the option of full independence in a referendum in 2011. The formation of the unity government in 2005 and the referendum was as part of the Comprehensive Peace....Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-3c107b6c80c827f5566ffc8f491a1d19bbcenhttp://sana.sy/eng/21/2010/07/22/299704.htmhttp://sana.sy/eng/21/2010/07/22/299704.htmDamascus, SANA_ Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad emphasized Thursday the necessity of the United Nations to assume responsibility towards the Israeli practices against the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan andThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200Sana-en-1750e827b46535f0c77813b80e3d530aSana-enenhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10711086http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10711086The Israeli military tells the UN it will limit the use of a controversial weapon in future conflicts.Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-286d707e0598ceac07ae29248252ac45bbcenhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10687527http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10687527A major conference on Afghanistan endorses President Karzai's goal that Afghan forces should lead security operations across the country by 2014.Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-1c0bb538813a79fbc762700621a40bc6bbcenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/VNNo3F6fVl8/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/VNNo3F6fVl8/index.htmlA government-linked film studio in Iran plans to make a movie about the Iranian nuclear scientist who Iranian officials say was kidnapped by U.S. agents, state media reported Tuesday.Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-57bab93ba3ba2feb6574ea6d82e9265ccnnenhttp://www.arka.am/eng/economy/2010/07/20/20754.htmlhttp://www.arka.am/eng/economy/2010/07/20/20754.htmlYEREVAN, July 20, /ARKA/. Armenia’s economy expanded by 6.7% in January-June of 2010 if compared to the same time span of 2009, the country’s National Statistical Service reported. It said the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew, in terms of money, to 1.332 trillion Drams. The June GDP rose by 31.Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200arka_am-cb6af43e6d006721efcb052935e6d6c8arka_amenhttp://www.euronews.net/2010/07/19/no-breakthrough-in-cairo-talks/http://www.euronews.net/2010/07/19/no-breakthrough-in-cairo-talks/Renewed attempts to move towards face to face talks between Israel and the Palestinians got off to a slow start yesterday in Cairo. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for the direct negotiations and wants Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak to bring the Palestinians to the table.Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200euronews-en-8a8e99c4639cd40b7ea7ae6bc288ba53euronews-enenhttp://armenianow.com/commentary/analysis/24239/osce_statement_karabakh_almaty_meeting?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20an_daily_eng%20%28Daily%20News%20%7C%20ArmeniaNow.com%29http://armenianow.com/commentary/analysis/24239/osce_statement_karabakh_almaty_meeting?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20an_daily_eng%20%28Daily%20News%20%7C%20ArmeniaNow.com%29The OSCE Ministerial meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan, late last week had been presented in previews as a decisive one for the Karabakh settlement. It had been assumed that the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides would come to terms and possibly come close to drafting a framework document.Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200armenianow-2fa634bf76d515de24e124492c6e4d14armenianowenhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10675713http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10675713Israel must go beyond easing its blockade of Gaza and throw open its border, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has said.Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-aaa6dd21ac6f0f55d31ca34bb831b696bbcenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/pGqDMAVXZO8/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/pGqDMAVXZO8/index.htmlThe bodies of 27 people killed in a pair of suicide bombings in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan were laid to rest, Iran's official news agency reported.Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-bb03f3f91c40fc94bda85db6fa190381cnnenhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100717/ts_nm/us_palestinians_israelhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100717/ts_nm/us_palestinians_israelReuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel must agree to the idea of a third party guarding the borders of a future Palestinian state before direct peace talks can start.Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200news-yahoo-d0e383ee625e89529f361338f0af5c49news-yahooenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/WPnsbHqFzss/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/WPnsbHqFzss/index.htmlThe bodies of 27 people killed in a pair of suicide bombings in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan were laid to rest Saturday, Iran's official news agency reported.Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-2ff6ff8ffc9e16944c45209b2e4a4879cnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/IFStB-qq8NI/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/IFStB-qq8NI/index.htmlAn Iranian extremist group Friday claimed responsibility for a pair of suicide bombings Thursday that killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens more in the country's southeast.Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-67e8cadefba7aea5192d6144b9e7048acnnenhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100716/wl_mideast_afp/eudiplomacyisraelgazaconflicthttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100716/wl_mideast_afp/eudiplomacyisraelgazaconflictAFP - Europe stands ready to help reopen crossing points for goods to Gaza, EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said Friday ahead of a visit to the Palestinian territory.Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200news-yahoo-2744f6d83954f880fe5c529849b7455enews-yahooenhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE66E1ZU.htmhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE66E1ZU.htmISTANBUL, July 16 (Reuters) - Turkish police detained 29 suspected Islamist militants with possible links to al Qaeda in dawn raids carried out across Turkey on Friday, police and counter-terrorist officials said. State-run Anatolia news agency reported that most of the detentions took place in the....Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200alertnet-c0ddda09389d4329abc6ae28003a85f0alertnetenhttp://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=22254http://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=22254with French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, in Paris. He reiterated support for Georgia’s territorial integrity and said that the August 12 six-point ceasefire agreement, mediated by Nicolas Sarkozy in capacity of EU presidency, was still in place, which should be fully implemented by Russia.Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200geotimes-e12916a7de7610585558f90fc75a9cb1geotimesenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/716b55fc-8e43-11df-964e-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/716b55fc-8e43-11df-964e-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/716b55fc-8e43-11df-964e-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/716b55fc-8e43-11df-964e-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=By Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran and Anna Fifield in Washington Published: July 13 2010 07:48 | Last updated: July 14 2010 10:16 A missing Iranian nuclear scientist who Tehran claimed was kidnapped by the US was on Wednesday heading to Iran through a “third country”, according to Ramin Mehmanparast, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman.Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200ft-f72af9ab19e661288ccfde7a9a67322eftenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3c2d77a8-847a-11df-9cbb-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c2d77a8-847a-11df-9cbb-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3c2d77a8-847a-11df-9cbb-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c2d77a8-847a-11df-9cbb-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer=Spain’s Aaa bond rating has been placed on review for possible downgrade by , the credit rating agency, in a fresh blow to the country’s standing among international investors. Moody’s said on Wednesday the move has been prompted by deteriorating economic growth prospects, the difficulty for the government of cutting an 11.Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200ft-db9889c776a4fe5e98c4b3b71b902562ftenhttp://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/fuele-turkey-should-have-zero-doubt-about-eu-s-commitment-news-496329http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/fuele-turkey-should-have-zero-doubt-about-eu-s-commitment-news-496329EU Enlargement Commissioner tefan Füle assured Turkey on 12 July that the European Union was committed to the Muslim country becoming a full member, saying that ways of accelerating the process would be worked on.Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200euractiv-en-06a51d0ec3d6138add5448504f3d7eadeuractiv-enenhttp://www.euronews.net/2010/07/13/eu-in-talks-with-turkey/http://www.euronews.net/2010/07/13/eu-in-talks-with-turkey/Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, has been in Istanbul for talks with her Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu. The discussions…Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200euronews-en-af44481050a1467d51173ed64197bdb5euronews-enenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10437336.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10437336.stmFrench company Total says it has stopped petrol deliveries to Iran, amid growing pressure over Iran's nuclear programme.Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-d80f7ddcee6e1bd95e070b7a96af024abbcen