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Eurosphere agenda: A project from Medium aims to find 243 people disappeared on a ship in the Mediterranean…

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243 people disappeared on a ship in the Mediterranean; a new project from Medium aims to find them Nieman Journalism Lab by Laura Hazard Owen The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in March 2014 set off a worldwide search for the missing plane. How could a flight carrying 239 people just go missing? The mystery … Read more

More than 2m have fled Syria says UN; Ballistic objects detected by Russia fell into sea… Syria updates.

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Russia says ballistic “objects” fired in Mediterranean Russian radar detected two ballistic “objects” that were fired towards the eastern Mediterranean Ballistic objects detected by Russia fell into sea: RIA Russian radar detected two ballistic “objects” that were fired towards the eastern Mediterranean Number of Syrian refugees passes 2 million mark: UN More than two million Syrians have … Read more

Egypt coup roundup: Crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood expands…

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Egyptians’ missing Ramadan spirit Political upheaval and economic malaise have diminished holy month celebrations. Egypt?s Coup Crisis ?What is being experienced are the political tensions Egypt needed to live through during the revolution Military coups are now prepared in squares, through social media like in Egypt: Turkish PM The groundwork of military coups is laid … Read more

Libya roundup: Turkey to run Benghazi airport…….

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  Turkey to run Benghazi airport: PM ANKARA, Mar 28, 2011 (AFP) – Turkey will take over the running of the airport in Libya’s rebel bastion of Benghazi to facilitate the distribution of humanitarian aid, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday. Ottoman Tripolitania by M.A.M Under the Ottomans, the Maghreb was divided into … Read more

What’s up in Libya and in Arab World. A massive roundup.

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  Thinking strategically: Libya from Ideas on Europe by European Geostrategy By James Rogers and Luis Simón US sees Gaddafi going, going… nowhere by Mark Mardell (the Reporters) President Barack Obama has said repeatedly that Col Muammar Gaddafi should go, now his top adviser on intelligence has said the Libyan ruler will probably win his … Read more

Damn you Gaddafi! May God help people of Benghazi…

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View Protests across the Middle East in a larger map Libya: Benghazi Rises Against Gaddafi (Updated) from Global Voices Online by John Liebhardt Written by John Liebhardt News organizations and people on the ground have reported that Libya’s army have shot at demonstrators in Benghazi protesting against the 42-year-rule of Muammar Al Gaddafi. Located 1,400km … Read more

Middle East still simmering. Roundup II – From Libya to Bahrain…

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People carry the body of a protester killed during a protest on Monday, as they gather at a Shi’ite village cemetery in Sanabis, west of Bahraini capital Manama, February 15, 2011. (REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed) Bahrain: anti-government protests continue despite brutal crackdown (big photo gallery) from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin Arab democracy rising: international lessons, … Read more

“Remembering Egypt’s Martyrs”. Roundup continues.

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Egypt: Remembering Egypt’s Martyrs from Global Voices Online by Amira Al Hussaini Written by Amira Al Hussaini This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011. Tribute is pouring from all around the world for those who have lost their lives in protests held across Egypt to call for an end of … Read more

A short animation in tribute to Tunisian resistance: “Free Gas Bomb For All”

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Suivez le direct du soulèvement Tunisien sur http://actualutte.info/ Animation BD Pour tous nos braves martyres un petit geste de la par de Fahem med ali. Diffusé par Court Métrage. ******************* MAIN FOCUS: Revolution but no domino effect | 17/01/2011 from euro|topics The situation remains tense in Tunis: the military controls the streets and is fighting … Read more

Newsweek finally does some journalistic work on Turkey…

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Newsweek seems to have stepped aside for the moment from what I would call Çağaptay effect. For a few years, Mr. Çağaptay with his secularist-Kemalist crusader ideology seemed to have dominated Newsweek’s look at Turkish politics. Now there appear two articles that discuss Turkey’s new foreign policy and its architect, Ahmet Davutoğlu. Finally, an innovative work…

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Parliamentary Briefing: Davutoglu addresses lawmakers on plans to improve Turkey’s relations with Armenia and
Azerbaijan.

Meet the Man Shaping Turkey’s New Diplomacy

What you need to know about the person shaping Turkey’s muscular new foreign policy.

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