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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 17 AUGUST 2012

  Africa and Middle East South African Police massacre confirmed The South African police minister has confirmed that 30 people were killed in a clash between police and striking miners at the Marikana mine. The miners wer...
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 16 AUGUST 2012

Europe UK ‘threaten’ to storm Ecuadorian Embassy The Ecuadorian consul has accused the UK of ‘threatening’ to storm its UK embassy in a bid to arrest Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange. The UK Foreign Office has said t...
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 10 AUGUST 2012

Middle East & Africa Expectations for Annan replacement It has been reported that Kofi Annan’s replacement as the UN-Arab League envoy for Syria will be Algerian Lakhdar Brahimi. Kofi Annan stepped down from the post last...
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 9 AUGUST 2012

 North America US begins Agent Orange clean up  The United States (US) has begun the cleaning up of Agent Orange contamination in one of Vietnam’s region. It is the first time the US has made such a move since the end o...
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 4 AUGUST 2012

Africa and Middle East Syria urgency heightens in crisis Reports of new fighting have come out of Syria’s two main cities Damascus and Aleppo. Both are strategically very important to both rebels and official forces as the co...
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 3 AUGUST 2012

Africa and Middle East Syria waits for UN General Assembly vote The United Nations (UN) is today voting on a resolution that will condemn efforts by the Security Council to fail in finding a solution to the Syria crisis. The vo...
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 2 AUGUST 2012

Europe Suspected terror cell arrested in Spain A suspected al-Qaeda trio has been arrested in southern Spain. One man, believed to be a Turkish national, was arrested near San Rogue where explosives were obtained. Two linked su...
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DAILY NEWS ROUND UP – 27 JULY 2012

Middle East & Africa  Syria army sparks further conflict in Aleppo The United States (US) has expressed grave concern over the Syrian army’s assault on the rebel stronghold Aleppo, Syria’s second city. The US state dep...
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 26 July 2012

Europe   Diplomatic blunder as Olympics begins The organisers of the London 2012 Olympics have apologised to North Korea after showing a South Korean flag next to their athletes on the first day of the Olympics.  The blun...
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