International negotiators have called on ETA, the armed Basque separatist group, to renounce violence and for the Spanish and French governments to engage in talks with the group if it does so. The request, made after a conference on the conflict in the Spanish city of San Sebastien on Monday, falls short of the Spanish government’s demand that ETA be dissolved entirely. “The government reiterates that what the terrorist group ETA should do is definitively abandon violence, that is it,” said Jose Blanco, a spokesman for the government. ETA has been listed as a terrorist organisation by the European Union and the United States, and is blamed for the deaths of at least 829 people in its…
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“Kenya Troops Off To War”, screamed the headline in Kenya’s Daily Nation newspaper. Kenya has in the past trained Somali troops for deployment near the border to create a…
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Kerem Shalom Crossing, Israel. Captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was on Tuesday freed from five years of Hamas captivity and entered Egypt in a move set to prompt the release of 477 Palestinian prisoners. âHe was transferred to Egypt by Hamas … and an Israeli colonel will check his state of health,â an Israeli military source told AFP on condition of anonymity. âAfterwards, he will be transferred to Israel.â The news was confirmed by a source close to Hamasâs armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, one of the groups involved in the capture of Shalit in June 2006. âShalit was handed over to the Egyptian side but he wonât…
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Kerem Shalom Crossing, Israel. Captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was on Tuesday freed from five years of Hamas captivity and entered Egypt in a move set to prompt the release of 477 Palestinian prisoners. âHe was transferred to Egypt by Hamas … and an Israeli colonel will check his state of health,â an Israeli military source told AFP on condition of anonymity. âAfterwards, he will be transferred to Israel.â The news was confirmed by a source close to Hamasâs armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, one of the groups involved in the capture of Shalit in June 2006. âShalit was handed over to the Egyptian side but he wonât…
Continue reading …The US secretary of state has pledged increased support to Libya and and praised Libyans for demonstrating “bravery and determination” in removing Muammar Gaddafi’s government. Speaking in Tripoli on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton said the US was working with Libya to “return frozen assests” and that Washington would “stay focused on security”. “I am pleased to announce that we’re going to put even more money into helping Libya secure and destroy dangerous stockpiles of weapons and the administration, working with Congress, is going to provide $40m to support this effort,” she said. Clinton, who said she was “proud to stand on the soil of a free Libya”, added that the US would work with Libya to…
Continue reading …The US secretary of state has pledged increased support to Libya and and praised Libyans for demonstrating “bravery and determination” in removing Muammar Gaddafi’s government. Speaking in Tripoli on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton said the US was working with Libya to “return frozen assests” and that Washington would “stay focused on security”. “I am pleased to announce that we’re going to put even more money into helping Libya secure and destroy dangerous stockpiles of weapons and the administration, working with Congress, is going to provide $40m to support this effort,” she said. Clinton, who said she was “proud to stand on the soil of a free Libya”, added that the US would work with Libya to…
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The US secretary of state has pledged increased support to Libya and and praised Libyans for demonstrating “bravery and determination” in removing Muammar Gaddafi’s government. Speaking in Tripoli on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton said the US was working with Libya to “return frozen assests” and that Washington would “stay focused on security”. “I am pleased to announce that we’re going to put even more money into helping Libya secure and destroy dangerous stockpiles of weapons and the administration, working with Congress, is going to provide $40m to support this effort,” she said. Clinton, who said she was “proud to stand on the soil of a free Libya”, added that the US would work with Libya to…
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. With news that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas toured Latin American again in a worldwide effort to gain recognition for Palestinian statehood, one must speculate if a new Pan-American and Palestinian Era is taking shape. After visiting Columbia, President Abbas announced a new diplomatic agreement with El Salvador, one of the United States’ and Israel’s closest allies. Last year, President Abbas was warmly received in Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, and Bolivia, four Latin American nations that recognized Palestinian statehood years ago. While in Brazil, President Abbas was given a piece of land in Brasilia on which he laid the…
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Posted by Tony Karon Monday, October 17, 2011 at 8:00 pm View Comments • Related Topics: Egypt, Hamas, israel, Middle East, Palestinian, Terrorism, , Abbas, gaza, Gilad Shalit, Netanyahu, Prisoners, settlements, swap, west bank Tweet Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit walks at Kerem Shalom crossing outside the southern Gaza Strip after his release, October 18, 2011. (Photo: Reuters) As momentous as Tuesday’s release of Sergeant Gilad Shalit and 477 Palestinian prisoners (with another 550 to freed within two months) may be, it is unlikely to be a game-changer — or a milestone on the road to peace. Indeed, while the spectacle of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu breaking the ostensible taboo…
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