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1/10/2012 3:09:04 PM
$20 billion is received so far by the country’s new government out of $150 billion frozen overseas by the United Nations Security Council
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1/8/2012 6:29:43 PM
The spokesman for the US National Security Council acknowledges Iran's welcoming of US Navy action to free Iranian sailors held by pirates
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1/8/2012 11:22:51 AM
The UN Security Council this week returns to the battle over Syria's deadly crackdown on protests -- but opponents of UN action, led by Russia, keep trying to switch the debate to Libya
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1/5/2012 10:12:28 AM
North Sudan hardens its position on the flow of southern oil through its pipelines and Red Sea port saying that South Sudan government is not serious about reaching a permanent transport fees agreement
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1/2/2012 10:14:30 AM
The Palestinian leadership in its approach to the UN for membership appears to not understand fully the relevant procedure, somewhat suspiciously
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World
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12/27/2011 12:03:17 PM
At least 20 people were injured during clashes after loyalists of the Yemeni Islah Party reportedly attacked members of the Houthi rebel movement
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12/27/2011 10:10:56 AM
Arab observers are headed to Syria's third largest city, Homs following reports that 34 people have been killed in 24 hours in and around one of the main hubs of the 9-month protest
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12/24/2011 10:25:48 AM
World powers argue over the details of a UN resolution on Syria after suicide car bombs that killed 44 in Damascus lent a grim new face to the conflict
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12/23/2011 10:51:59 AM
Activists say Syrian president Al-Assad is still trying to stamp out protests with troops and tanks despite international sanctions and his avowed agreement to the Arab League plan
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12/20/2011 11:08:39 AM
On the day that Arab League finally agreed to send in team to observe Assad regime atrocities, more than 100 people were killed, including more than 60 army deserters as they fled their base to join the nine-month revolt
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12/17/2011 3:08:36 PM
The Arab League foreign ministers’ committee will meet in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss an AL proposal to take the Syria crisis to the UN
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Economy
12/15/2011 1:01:47 PM
The Central Bank of Libya and the Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB), an offshore institution wholly owned by the central bank, will be taken off the UN Security Council's sanctions list, barring objections from council members
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12/12/2011 10:34:47 AM
Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati is due to visit Paris in January and Syria is likely to be top of the agenda
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12/10/2011 10:55:51 AM
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says Ankara will not hesitate to “insulate” the region's security from tumult in Syria
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12/3/2011 5:23:57 PM
Arab Foreign ministers hold a especial meeting on Doha to discuss as set of sanctions imposed by the Arab league on Syria
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12/3/2011 4:26:45 PM
Syrian National Council urge the UN Security Council to find a mechanism to protect civilians in Syria from Assad regime brutal crackdown
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Business
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11/28/2011 3:41:06 PM
Freeze comes after new nation fails to reach an agreement on a transit fee for exporting its oil through its northern neighbour
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11/20/2011 4:07:21 PM
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11/20/2011 4:06:47 PM
Deputy Secretary of State William Burns holds an urgent meeting with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to address the US concern over the Palestinian unity government
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11/20/2011 1:34:39 PM
Scheduled UNSC meeting on Yemen conflict delayed to 28 November at request of both sides, says UN envoy
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