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"Building the Syrian State" seeks peaceful resolution to Syria conflict
03/04/2013 - World news explained

"Building the Syrian State" seeks peaceful resolution to Syria conflict

The number of Syrian refugees reaching Iraqi Kurdistan has doubled in three months, with 800 arriving daily, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency.

15/03/2013 - France - United Kingdom - Syria

Hollande steps up pressure on EU Syrian arms embargo

French President François Hollande stepped up the pressure on supplying arms to Syrian rebel fighters on Friday

14/03/2013 - France - United Kingdom - Syria

France, Britain may arm Syrian rebels without EU backing

France and Britain may arm Syrian rebels on their own if the European Union (EU) fails to back the move, French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius said Thursday.

15/11/2012 - France - Albania

King Zog I returns to Albania 51 years after dying in France

The remains of Albania’s King Zog I were flown back to his country on Thursday after being exhumed in a cemetery near Paris. Zog, who reigned from 1928 to 1939, died in France in 1961.

Opposition leader Victoire Ingabire sentenced to eight years in prison
31/10/2012 - African news explained

Opposition leader Victoire Ingabire sentenced to eight years in prison

A court in Rwanda has sentenced opposition leader Victoire Ingabire to eight years in jail.

Gambian opposition plans government in exile
20/09/2012 - African news explained

Gambian opposition plans government in exile

The National Transitional Council of the Gambia, or CNTG, a Gambian opposition group, plans to create a government in exile. The CNTG is based in Dakar, Senegal.

The Day After Project plans for post-Assad Syria
29/08/2012 - World news explained

The Day After Project plans for post-Assad Syria

A broad-based Syrian opposition group on Tuesday announced that they have drafted a political roadmap for post-Assad Syria.

11/08/2012 - France - Syria

France is committed to Syria solution, says Hollande

France’s President François Hollande said on Saturday that he remained committed to finding a political solution to the conflict in Syria, after criticism from the right-wing ...

08/08/2012 - France - Syria

Sarkozy returns to politics with call to Syrian opposition chief

Three months after his defeat in a presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy has made an unprecedented intervention in French foreign policy by phoning one of the leaders of the opposition to Syrian ...

Zimbabwe's secret police intimidate Mugabe opponents
25/07/2012 - African news explained

Zimbabwe's secret police intimidate Mugabe opponents

The European Union agreed earlier this week to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe, once it has held a credible referendum on a new constitution.

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