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End drawing close for Assad, says German spySyrian President Bashar al-Assad's government is in its final stages and will be unable to survive as more parts of the country slip from his control, the head of Germany's foreign intelligence agency (BND) said. More… |
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Arab states seek end to Syria violenceArab states called on Syria to end the use of arms and turn to dialogue, Qatar's prime minister said in an opening address at the Arab League on Tuesday, after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sent tanks and troops to quash protests against hi More… |
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Hamas declares end to truceHamas on Thursday declared an end to a six-month-old Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Israel in the Gaza Strip, raising the prospect of an escalation incross-border fighting. "The calm is over," Hamas official Ayman Taha said in an ann More… |
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Brown says all troops out by July 2009UK prime minister Gordon Brown announced the end of Britain's involvement in the Iraq war on Wednesday, saying almost all its troops would be out by the end of July next year. Brown's fourth trip to Iraq as prime minister coincided More… |
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CS sees early end to subprime crisisThe worst of the banking crisis resulting from the subprime meltdown is likely to be over in months rather than quarters, Credit Suisse chief executive Brady Dougan has said. Dougan said he was an optimist and it could take three, four, fi More… |
