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Annan in Iraq for talks on peace plan for Syria
Jul 10th, 2012
International envoy Kofi Annan reached out to Damascus' regional allies Iran and Iraq on Tuesday in a bid to secure their support for his faltering peace plan to end the 16-month-old Syrian crisis. (Source: Associated Press) -
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's prime minister has ordered a shake-up of his military command after a weeklong spike of militant attacks that has killed nearly 300 people, by far the highest toll since the U.S. withdrew its forces in late 2011, an official said Wednesday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has started looking into resuming inter-governmental talks with North Korea after a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan's prime minister, the Asahi Shimbun and other newspapers said on Wednesday. Such talks, intended to discuss North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens decades ago and other issues, w... [Full Article]
JERUSALEM (AP) - The United States and Israel are raising hopes for a restart of the Middle East peace process after more than four years of hardly any talks. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - British baby and maternity products retailer Mothercare posted a better-than-expected rise in full-year profit and said it was making good progress with its three-year turnaround plan. The group, which has some 1,300 stores worldwide including 255 in the UK, on Thursday reported an underlying pretax profit of 8.3 million pounds f... [Full Article]
By Arshad Mohammed and Erika Solomon AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States and its allies are ready to increase support for Syria's rebels if President Bashar al-Assad refuses to discuss a political solution to his country's civil war, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. Rebels called for reinforcements to combat Pr... [Full Article]
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