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Russia’s NATO envoy to visit China, Iran over missile defense

By RIA Novosti

Election Day One: Vignettes from Port Said

By Michele Dunne

The first day of parliamentary elections dawned cool and rainy, but warmed up by 8 am, bringing out Egyptian voters whose sunny mood matched the mild Mediterranean weather and the cartloads of neon-bright oranges and guava that festooned the streets of Port Said on November 28.

From Revolution to Parliament: A View from the Campaign Trail

By Dalia Ziada

While the protest in Tahrir Square enters its eleventh day with the aim of bringing about an end to military rule, thousands of Egyptians are engaged in a parallel democratic exercise: voting in Egypt’s first post-revolutionary elections. Today, Egypt is writing an important line in its history, as the Egyptian people proudly decide their own […]

2 NATO peacekeepers wounded in Kosovo

By Zvezdan Djukanovic, the AP

From Zvezdan Djukanovic, the AP:  A German NATO officer and a soldier were shot and wounded in a clash with Serb protesters in northern Kosovo on Monday after the military alliance’s troops used heavy machinery to remove trucks and buses blocking a main road in the tense region, an official said.

Port Said on the Eve of Elections

By Michele Dunne

This Mediterranean city is poised to host an electoral battle between Islamists and secularists that is emblematic in many ways of what is happening throughout Egypt.  Although there are thirteen electoral lists competing for the four proportional representation seats allocated to Port Said, the same few came up over and over again in conversations with […]

News Update: November 27, 2011

By Mara Revkin

Protesters continued their sit-in outside of the Cabinet building for a third day straight to protest the appointment of Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri and demand an immediate end to military rule. Field Marshal Tantawi warned that the military "will not allow troublemakers to meddle" in the polling process, set to begin on November 28. Meanwhile, Mohamed ElBaradei […]

NATO Secretary General praises second phase of transition in Afghanistan

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  President Karzai has confirmed the second group of Afghan provinces, cities and districts to make the transition to Afghan security lead.

The Russian-Georgian war as a geostrategic turning point

By Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia in Global Affairs