Monthly Archives: "November 2012"

Although it is a known ally of the Assad regime, Russia has declared its neutrality this week. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared that the country will not take any sides and will not participate...

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On Monday two Syrian fighter jets attacked the Free Syrian Army base near Atima, a town two kilometers away from the Turkish border. Three of the five missiles launched hit farmland and the other two...

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Last week, a suicide bomber detonated himself close to the NATO base in an area of Kabul where many of the foreign embassies are situated. The blast took place at about 8:20 AM local time,...

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On the 20 November, the M23 rebel group, with the help of Rwanda, managed to break the 25 July cease-fire with the Congolese national forces (FARDC) and attacked Goma, the capital of the North Kivu...

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European Union and international human right groups reacted with dismay on Wednesday to Afghanistan execution of eight prisoners and urged Afghan authorities to stop these penalties. The executions were approved by President Hamid Karzai after...

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This week, Turkey is in discussions with NATO in order to obtain a Patriot missile system for their border protection. NATO officials declared that this system will be used just to protect and defend the...

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France withdrew its military forces from Afghanistan on Tuesday ending its mission in the NATO war after a presence of 10 years. Lt. Col. Guillaume Leroy declared „Today is the end of our forward operations....

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After a video was released by rebel groups in Aleppo on Monday stating that they will not accept nor support the new representative body, the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), on Tuesday they released another video...

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This week the capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul was attacked with rockets. Most probably the authors were the Taliban militants who fired the rockets from distance, controlling them by remote control. The four rockets were...

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Sudan’s independence (1956) When North and South Sudan were merged in 1946, the majority of political and administrative power was allocated to the North, leaving many in the South resentful. This act was done without...

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