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. | Many areas of both Damascus province and Deir Ezzor have suffered intense army assaults, as the regime of President Bashar al-Assad tries to crush the insurgency.
Also in Damascus province, soldiers backed by aerial firepower stormed the rebel stronghold of Harasta as regime forces carried out arrest raids in the town of Zabadani, said the |
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. | In Tehran’s street market on Saturday, one American dollar was trading for 28,800 Iranian rials, a record 6 percent drop from the previous day.
The currency slump supports |
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. | Tens of thousands of people rallied in Praca do Comercio square in central Lisbon on Saturday, where they demonstrated against plans by Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho to cut spending and raise taxes in an effort to slash Portugal’s budget deficit.
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. | At least 25 people have been killed in a series of attacks in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, and elsewhere, authorities say.
Four car bombs in the Taji neighbourhood in the north of the city killed at least six and injured eight others, police sources told Al Jazeera on Sunday. The back-to-back blasts began |
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. | Dr. Shapoor Ansari, a well-known and respectful Azerbaijani intellectual has addressed his opposition to Dr. Moridi’s letter to Rep. Rohrabacher. BayBak believes that because there are very few English articles are produced by Azerbaijanis; the letter by Dr. Ansari will set a good example and will encourage other activists to pay attention on the importance of English language in international affairs. We, Azerbaijanis, need to inform the world about our suffering, use of international language and political sources are necessary. |
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. | Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Russia, China and Iran on Thursday, saying their stance on the crisis in neighboring Syria was allowing a massacre to go on unabated.
Erdogan has been one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s harshest critics, accusing him of creating a “terrorist state”, allowing the Syrian opposition to organize on Turkish |
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. | Armenian officials tend to be quick to voice concern over the destruction or deterioration of Armenian churches and monasteries in neighboring Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey. But conservationists complain that the same officials who sound the alarm about sites abroad, often are reticent about preservationist challenges within Armenia itself.
Experts claim that almost 50 percent |
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. | Note that, Shakira will perform a show at the closing ceremony of the U-17 Women’s World Cup on Tofig Bahramov stadium on October 13. She will also give a solo concert at “Baku Crystal Hall” on October 14. |
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. | The outcome of the Aleppo battle on the other hand is known in advance, as the extremists are falling by the thousands in the face of the methodic progress of the army which was able to fully sever the supply lines of the mercenaries who came from the training camps led by the CIA in Turkey. Consequently, the armed gangs can no longer deliver reinforcements |
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. | “The fact that Azerbaijan became member of US Security Council wasn’t a significant event in the history of a young state. This factor only gives us an opportunity to demonstrate the world community our efforts for support assurance of peace and stability in the world, as well as to show our straight position and what issues are included into our agenda |
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. | German Chancellor Angela Merkel has cancelled a visit to Tunisia in early October, an aide said on Wednesday, with a German paper citing safety concerns over unrest in the region in protest against a U.S.-made anti-Islam video.
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. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew his “red line” for Iran’s nuclear program on Thursday despite a U.S. refusal to set an ultimatum, saying Tehran will be on the brink of a nuclear weapon in less than a year.
By citing a time frame in an address |
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. | Helicopters buzzed overhead as violence flared during an anti-austerity march in the capital.
Reports indicate there have been no serious injuries with some 120 people detained. |
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. | “I don’t think it’ll make a difference. I just hope we get out of this situation. That’s what we’re all hoping will happen,” added public servant Ilias Iliopoulos.
The Greek Government has agreed to make cuts of nearly €12 billion ordered by the European Union and International Monetary Fund in order to unlock the next aid package. This was agreed |
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. | Two explosions have struck the Damascus general headquarters of Syria’s army, engulfing at least two floors of the building in flames in the latest in a series of major bombings in the capital.
Omran al-Zoubi, information minister, said two improvised explosive devices, one of which may have been placed inside the headquarters building itself, exploded minutes before |
