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Along the road in the semi-autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan frozen oil bleeds out of the rock face...

Monday, 12 December 2011 • CNN

Medvedev dismisses protesters' charges of election fraud

Russia's president has posted on his Facebook page that he does not endorse the demands of protesters who gathered over the weekend, but said he ordered a probe into the results of the disputed election...

Monday, 12 December 2011 • Deutsche Welle

Syria unrest: Local elections held despite fighting

Syria is holding local elections despite continuing violence between security and opposition forces...

Monday, 12 December 2011 • BBC

Uneasy calm as Ivory Coast holds first post-Gbagbo vote

Ivorians headed to the polls Sunday to vote in a parliamentary election which has been boycotted by the party of former president Laurent Gbagbo. The vote is seen as a crucial step towards recovery after a decade of conflict and political turmoil...

Sunday, 11 December 2011 • France 24

General: Iran won't return U.S. drone it claims to have

ran will not return an unmanned American stealth plane that it says it has, one of Iran's top generals said, according to the semi-official Fars news agency on Sunday...

Sunday, 11 December 2011 • CNN

Nick Clegg warns European veto "bad for Britain"

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says David Cameron's veto of EU treaty changes was "bad for Britain" and could leave it "isolated and marginalised"...

Sunday, 11 December 2011 • BBC

Clashes in DR Congo after elections

A day after election authorities named incumbent president, Joseph Kabila winner of a disputed poll in the Democratic Republic of Congo, opposition protesters clashed violently with security forces...

Saturday, 10 December 2011 • Euronews

Britain left isolated as EU leaders sign up to "breakthrough" reforms

All European leaders, excepting Britain, have voiced support for a pact to tighten budget policing to save the euro. Britain has opted to go it alone after blocking a wholesale EU treaty change...

Saturday, 10 December 2011 •

Russian election: Biggest protests since fall of USSR

Thousands of people have attended the biggest anti-government rally in the Russian capital Moscow since the fall of the Soviet Union...

Saturday, 10 December 2011 • BBC

Croatia to join EU in 2013

Croatia is set to become the 28th member of the European union in July 2013...

Friday, 09 December 2011 • Euronews

Britain stands alone against EU dea

All European leaders, excepting Britain, have voiced support for a pact to tighten budget policing to save the euro. Britain has opted to go it alone after blocking a wholesale EU treaty change...

Friday, 09 December 2011 • Deutsche Welle

Syrian protests trigger new deadly clashes

At least 14 people have been killed in renewed anti-government protests across Syria, activists says...

Friday, 09 December 2011 • BBC

Egypt army decree expands PM's powers

Egypt's army rulers have issued a decree handing presidential powers to Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri but keeping control of military affairs and the judiciary, the official news agency said...

Thursday, 08 December 2011 • al-Jazeera

NATO-Russia tensions over missile defence

NATO says Russian rhetoric suggests a fundamental misunderstanding of the scale and purpose of its missile defence plans. Russia’s Foreign Affairs Minister is due to meet NATO ministers in Brussels on Thursday...

Thursday, 08 December 2011 • Euronews

European Central Bank expected to cut interest rates

The European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates when it announces its latest monthly decision later...

Thursday, 08 December 2011 • BBC

Gorbachev calls for Russian elections to be re-run

Former Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Wednesday that Sunday's parliamentary elections should be annulled due to widespread electoral fraud, while the opposition promised new rallies challenging the results despite mass arrests...

Wednesday, 07 December 2011 • France 24

Kremlin flexes its muscles amid post-election protests

A heavy police presence, soldiers in the streets and imprisoned protesters. The Kremlin is showing who's boss after disappointing results in parliamentary elections for Putin and Medvedev's United Russia party...

Wednesday, 07 December 2011 • Deutsche Welle

Eurozone: France and Germany urge common taxes

The leaders of France and Germany have called jointly for eurozone countries to have common corporation and financial transaction taxes...

Wednesday, 07 December 2011 • BBC

Russians stage protest against "rigged" election

Thousands took to Moscow's streets on Monday, protesting the weekend's election result which returned the party of Vladimir Putin, albeit with a reduced majority. Police detained about 300 people, and a further 120 in St. Petersburg...

Tuesday, 06 December 2011 • France 24

Europe lashes out at credit agency threat

Plans to save the eurozone were dealt a heavy blow by ratings agency Standard & Poor's on Monday with the threat of a mass downgrade. Now Europe has retaliated, pointing to the agencies' own role in the economic crisis...

Tuesday, 06 December 2011 • Deutsche Welle

Afghanistan bombs kill 58 in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif

Twin attacks apparently targeting Shia Muslims have killed at least 58 people in Afghanistan. In the deadliest incident, a suicide bomb struck a shrine packed with worshippers in the capital, Kabul, killing at least 54 people...

Tuesday, 06 December 2011 • BBC

Sarkozy and Merkel kick off week of euro crisis talks

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are to meet to agree on joint proposals aimed at resolving the eurozone debt crisis...

Monday, 05 December 2011 • BBC

Putin party leads parliamentary elections despite big losses

Early indicators show the party of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin losing ground after Sunday's vote. The United Russia party got just under 50 percent. The opposition claims the election was not free and fair...

Monday, 05 December 2011 • Deutsche Welle

Four-party alliance wins majority in Croatiav

Croatia’s Kukuriku party will now guide the country into European Union membership in 2013 after ending eight years of conservative rule...

Monday, 05 December 2011 • Euronews

United Russia tipped to win despite voter apathy

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) has made a final appeal for voters to back the United Russia party in Sunday's lower house State Duma election. The party is expected to win, though its huge majority may be cut...

Saturday, 03 December 2011 • France 24

Record turnout in Egyptian election, Islamists expected to dominate

As Egypt's three-stage parliamentary election unfolds, moderate and fundamentalist Islamist parties are expecting major wins at the polls. Liberals are fighting to keep up with their better-organized competitors...

Saturday, 03 December 2011 • Deutsche Welle

Serbia and Kosovo reach border management agreement

The European Union says Kosovo and Serbia have agreed to jointly manage their border crossings, one of the most contentious issues between them...

Saturday, 03 December 2011 • BBC

Europe close to launching "fiscal union", says Merkel

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday said European nations had started to create a "fiscal union" in the bloc’s battle to overcome the crippling debt crisis. Merkel also stated that a solution to the crisis will "take years"...

Friday, 02 December 2011 • France 24

EU slams Iran and Syria with fresh sanctions

The EU has slapped Iran and Syria with a new series of sanctions at a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels. A potential oil embargo for Iran was discussed, but a decision on the matter was put off...

Friday, 02 December 2011 • Deutsche Welle

US unemployment rate falls sharply to 8.6%

The US unemployment rate dropped sharply to 8.6% in November, its lowest level in two-and-a-half years, from 9% the month before, official figures show...

Friday, 02 December 2011 • BBC

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