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Jun 8, 2015

Is Turkey Marching Toward Early Elections?

By Aaron Stein

Over 50 million Turkish voters went to the polls on Sunday June 7 to cast their ballots for their preferred political parties. During the final days of the campaign, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) sharpened their political attacks on Turkey’s fourth largest political party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).

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Jun 5, 2015

Top News: UN Mulls Blacklisting Two Libyans to Help Political Talks

By MENASource

The United Nations is considering blacklisting two Libyans, Abdulrahman Swehli and Othman Maliqta. The former is a politician from Misrata who was elected to the General National Congress (GNC) and later to the House of Representatives.

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Jun 5, 2015

EconSource: Oil Prices Turn Higher as OPEC Keeps Output Ceiling Unchanged

By EconSource

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to stick to its policy of unconstrained output for another six months on Friday, setting aside warnings of a second decline in prices as some members, including Iran and Iraq, look to ramp up exports.

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Jun 5, 2015

Top News: Egypt Plans to Set Up Two New Ministries

By EgyptSource

Egypt is planning to form two new ministries for entrepreneurs and Egyptian expatriates’ affairs, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Thursday in Germany.

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Jun 4, 2015

Top News: Egypt Court Orders Mubarak Retrial on Charge of Killing Protesters

By EgyptSource

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will face a second and final retrial over the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his thirty-year rule, a high court said on Thursday.

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Jun 4, 2015

Top News: UN-led Yemeni Peace Talks to Begin on June 14 in Geneva

By MENASource

Yemen’s Ambassador to the United Nations Khaled Alyemany said Wednesday that UN-led talks aimed at ending the conflict in the region will begin June 14 in Geneva.

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Jun 4, 2015

EconSource: OPEC Heads Towards Holding Output as Oil Slips Under $60

By EconSource

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is leaning toward holding crude output levels on the eve of its production meeting, as oil prices slid back under $60 a barrel, on concerns that the expected decision would further fuel oversupply

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Jun 4, 2015

The Case of Syria

By David Miliband

International Rescue Committee President and CEO David Miliband delivered a commencement speech to the graduating students of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government on May 27, 2015.

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Jun 3, 2015

Factbox: Sisi in Germany

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi flew to Germany Tuesday for a four-day visit in Europe. During his stay, Sisi is scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Joachim Gauck, and speak at the Egyptian-German Economic forum on Wednesday.  

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Jun 3, 2015

A Ruling to Deport Gay Foreigners: The View from Egypt

By Sonia Farid

The Egyptian Ministry of Interior now has the right to deport homosexual foreigners and ban them from entering Egypt according to a ruling issued by the Administrative Court in April. This is the final ending to a story that began in 2008 when a Libyan graduate student was deported from Egypt and banned from re-entering […]

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