Afghan president to visit Qatar, discussing peace Jun 9th, 2013 - 16:30h (CET +01.00) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's president was due in Qatar Sunday to discuss his country's stalled peace process and the possible opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state, officials said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : afghan, president, visit, qatar, discussing, peace, Top Keywords

Afghan president to visit Qatar Jun 9th, 2013 - 13:00h (CET +01.00) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai was to visit Qatar on Sunday to discuss his country's stalled peace process and the possible opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state, officials said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : afghan, president, visit, qatar, discussing, peace, Top Keywords

Yemen president warns al-Qaida seeks to rule again Jun 8th, 2013 - 21:10h (CET +01.00) SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Yemen's president said Saturday that al-Qaida militants in his country are trying to retake areas they once controlled in the south, but that a military offensive this week helped thwart those plans. (Source: Associated Press... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : yemen, president, warns, alqaida, seeks, rule, again, Top Keywords

French president says eurozone crisis is over Jun 8th, 2013 - 14:20h (CET +01.00) TOKYO (AP) - French President Francois Hollande sought reassure Japanese business leaders Saturday that the eurozone debt crisis is over but acknowledged that steps to boost the region's growth and competitiveness need to be taken. (Source: Asso... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : french, president, says, eurozone, crisis, rule, again, Top Keywords

Hezbollah-backed Syrian troops press offensive Jun 7th, 2013 - 22:10h (CET +01.00) BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah fighters pressed forward with their offensive in the country's opposition-held heartland on Friday, taking two small villages and entering a third near a strategic town that was captured by the gov... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : hezbollahbacked, syrian, troops, press, offensive, rule, again, Top Keywords

Iran presidential candidates debate nuclear talks Jun 7th, 2013 - 19:20h (CET +01.00) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Eight candidates running in Iran's June 14 presidential election disagree on how they would handle nuclear talks with world powers. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : iran, presidential, candidates, debate, nuclear, talks, again, Top Keywords

Egypt's president dismisses calls for early vote Jun 7th, 2013 - 13:30h (CET +01.00) CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's embattled president is dismissing opposition calls for early presidential elections in a show of confidence ahead of his first anniversary in office. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : egypt's, president, dismisses, calls, early, vote, again, Top Keywords

Algeria stalled 40 days into president's absence Jun 7th, 2013 - 11:10h (CET +01.00) ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Forty days after Algeria's president was hospitalized, the country is stuck in limbo with its normally predictable politics thrown into disarray. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : algeria, stalled, days, president's, absence, vote, again, Top Keywords

Israeli power couple links politics with the press Jun 7th, 2013 - 08:30h (CET +01.00) JERUSALEM (AP) - He's a powerful Cabinet minister and a potential heir to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She's an influential anchor for Israel's state-run TV channel who led its recent election night coverage. (Source: Associated ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : israeli, power, couple, links, politics, press, again, Top Keywords

Lawmakers, activists urge Obama to press Xi on China prisoners Jun 6th, 2013 - 22:50h (CET +01.00) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers and 30 human rights groups on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to use a weekend summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping to press for the freedom of 16 prominent political and religious prisoners. The "... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : lawmakers, activists, urge, obama, press, china, prisoners, Top Keywords