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. | Some analysts suggest the incidents are tied to Kosovo, where demands by the ethnic-Albanian majority for full independence from Serbia have so far been thwarted by Belgrade and its main ally on the UN Security Council, Russia. Whatever the explanation, some six years after an internationally brokered peace deal prevented a civil war from breaking out in Macedonia, the fresh violence is again raising |
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. | The nine are members of the Democratic Society Party (DTP), which campaigns for more political and cultural rights for Kurdsç
The DTP won 20 seats in Turkey’s parliament in July general elections. |
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. | General David Petraeus, the US commander in Iraq, has said the troop “surge” in the country there is “meeting military objectives” and predicted a reduction in troop levels by next summer.
His testimony before congress came eight months after the US sent 30,000 extra troops to the country and just days before an official White House report on the strategy |
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. | head of international relations department of Azerbaijani President’s Office Novruz Mammadov said, APA reports.
The diplomat said that this is very important |