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NATOSource

Jul 9, 2012

Slovenia’s leading newspaper calls for country to leave NATO

By Xinhua

MENASource

Jul 9, 2012

Top News: Return of Egypt People’s Assembly Dogged by Legal, Constitutional Ambiguity

By Nancy Messieh

There has been considerable debate within legal circles as to whether it is within Morsi’s mandate to overturn military dictates via presidential decrees. "It all depends on whether the SCAF was acting in its legislative capacity – which the military council assumed upon the dissolution of parliament last month – or whether it was relying […]

MENASource

Jul 8, 2012

Morsi’s Counter Coup

By Michele Dunne

President Mohammed Morsi’s July 8 decree (Arabic text) calling the dissolved parliament back into session has stunned all of Egypt and set off heated debates about whether the move is even legal, let alone advisable.

MENASource

Jul 8, 2012

Top News: President’s Reinstatement of Egypt Parliament Met with Praise, Indignation

By Nancy Messieh

A surprise decision by Egypt’s newly-inaugurated President Mohamed Morsi reinstating the dissolved People’s Assembly (the lower house of parliament) has led to a state of political confusion, bringing an end to the relative calm that has prevailed since last month’s hotly-contested presidential runoff vote.

NATOSource

Jul 7, 2012

A scapegoat for Syria?

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  [T]he Obama administration’s Syria diplomacy is making it look foolish as well as feckless.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 7, 2012

Tukery holds funeral for pilots of downed plane

By Today’s Zaman

NATOSource

Jul 7, 2012

Turkey to hold off on missile-defense choice

By Ümit Enginsoy, Hurriyet Daily News

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 6, 2012

US concerned over political shake up in Romania

By the Department of State

From the Department of State:  We are concerned about recent developments occurring in Romania, our NATO Ally and partner, which threaten democratic checks and balances and weaken independent institutions, such as the courts.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 6, 2012

Clinton slams Russia, China over Syria

By Elise Labott, CNN Security Clearance

From Elise Labott, CNN Security Clearance:  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lambasted Russia and China on Friday for blocking efforts to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 6, 2012

NATO signs deal for multinational Global Hawks system

By Ben Iannotta and Tom Withington, Defense News

From Ben Iannotta and Tom Withington, Defense News:  NATO’s 2011 air war over Libya was fresh on the minds of NATO officials in Chicago when they signed a $1.7 billion agreement with Northrop Grumman for five radar-equipped Global Hawks to be known as the Alliance Ground Surveillance system.

Drones Technology & Innovation