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12 July: President Medvedev of Russia and US President Barak Obama held a telephone conversation yesterday to discuss the Karabakh conflict resolution process and the outcome of the Kazan summit (www.kremlin.ru)
12 July: President Medvedev of Russia and US President Barak Obama held a telephone conversation yesterday to discuss the Karabakh conflict resolution process and the outcome of the Kazan summit (www.kremlin.ru)

12 July: President Medvedev of Russia and US President Barak Obama held a telephone conversation yesterday to discuss the Karabakh conflict resolution process and the outcome of the Kazan summit (www.kremlin.ru)

President Medvedev updated Obama on the results of the meeting in Kazan
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11 July: An explosion at a Cypriot Naval Base in Zygi has killed twelve persons and injured many others. Electricity has been disrupted in large parts of the Island. The explosion is being treated as an accident. (BBC)
11 July: An explosion at a Cypriot Naval Base in Zygi has killed twelve persons and injured many others. Electricity has been disrupted in large parts of the Island. The explosion is being treated as an accident. (BBC)

11 July: An explosion at a Cypriot Naval Base in Zygi has killed twelve persons and injured many others. Electricity has been disrupted in large parts of the Island. The explosion is being treated as an accident. (BBC)

State television said the blasts caused extensive damage to property in the area and sparked wildfires in nearby scrubland in the tinder-dry summer conditions
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11 July: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will start official visit to Washington today. Karabakh is amongst the items on the agenda in meetings scheduled with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton (agencies)
11 July: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will start official visit to Washington today. Karabakh is amongst the items on the agenda in meetings scheduled with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton (agencies)

11 July: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will start official visit to Washington today. Karabakh is amongst the items on the agenda in meetings scheduled with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton (agencies)

Lavrov is expected to brief Clinton about his recent discussions in Baku and Yerevan
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11 July: Armenia has recognised the new state of Southern Sudan. In a statement Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian stated “The proclamation of Southern Sudan independence is a perfect implementation of inalienable rights of equality and self-determination
11 July: Armenia has recognised the new state of Southern Sudan. In a statement Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian stated “The proclamation of Southern Sudan independence is a perfect implementation of inalienable rights of equality and self-determination

11 July: Armenia has recognised the new state of Southern Sudan. In a statement Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian stated “The proclamation of Southern Sudan independence is a perfect implementation of inalienable rights of equality and self-determination

Southern Sudan became an independent state on Saturday after a fifty year struggle.
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9 July: Georgian Interior Ministry says that the three journalists detained on Thursday spied for Russia. One of them is the personal photographer of President Saakashvili (Rfe/rl)
9 July: Georgian Interior Ministry says that the three journalists detained on Thursday spied for Russia. One of them is the personal photographer of President Saakashvili (Rfe/rl)

9 July: Georgian Interior Ministry says that the three journalists detained on Thursday spied for Russia. One of them is the personal photographer of President Saakashvili (Rfe/rl)

The Ministry claims they were working for Russian Military Intelligence
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9 July: The Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Cemil Cicek said that he hopes that the crisis that has seen opposition members boycotting parliament will be resolved by Monday (Hurriyet Daily News)
9 July: The Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Cemil Cicek said that he hopes that the crisis that has seen opposition members boycotting parliament will be resolved by Monday (Hurriyet Daily News)

9 July: The Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Cemil Cicek said that he hopes that the crisis that has seen opposition members boycotting parliament will be resolved by Monday (Hurriyet Daily News)

Cicek was echoing similar views by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan yesterday