Fischer Delivers Strong Message in Syria
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German Foreign Minister Fischer focused on economic ties between Syria and the EU as well as concerns over human rights and weapons of mass destruction in Syria during a visit to Damascus Saturday.
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Israel&#39;s threats against Syria after the Beersheba suicide bombings would &quot;exacerbate the deteriorating situation in the region,&quot; the Syrian foreign minister said yesterday.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad said Wednesday his country will continue to challenge U.S. efforts to exert control over the Middle East, sounding a defiant tone ahead of President Bush's arrival in the region for talks on Iraq.
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Politics made an appearance at the World Economic Forum Friday as German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder urged diplomacy in the standoff with Iran over nuclear enrichment and Israel's Shimon Peres said there was "magic" on the mountain in Middle East peace talks.
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German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer attended a church service on Sunday in southern Thailand with tearful survivors of the tsunami that devastated coastal resorts popular with tourists from around the ...
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Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Tuesday sent a message of greetings to Heinz Fischer, president of the Republic of Austria, on the occasion of the national day of ...
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A leading voice in the opposition was killed with at least nine others. The U.S. reacted with unusually strong language that seemed to be aimed at Syria.
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BEIRUT -- The Arab League won vital Syrian support yesterday for its efforts to end a standoff between Lebanon's government and a Hezbollah-led opposition that has been rallying hundreds of thousands in central Beirut, an envoy said.
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The European Union supports Syria's goal of regaining the occupied Golan Heights from Israel, the EU foreign policy chief said after meeting President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday.
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DAMASCUS -- Inside the tent, the trappings of a modern election campaign were on display: jingles playing, flags waving, confetti coating the floor, and posters of President Bashar al-Assad hanging near the stage.
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Syria joined other Arab nations Saturday in endorsing the head of Lebanon's army as that country's next president, putting pressure on the Lebanese opposition to drop demands that have blocked a compromise over the post.
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It may seem like an unlikely place for students from the U.S. or Europe, but Syria has been rapidly gaining ground as a destination for foreigners who wish to learn Arabic.
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In a marked change of tone, Secretary of State Colin Powell praised Syria on Wednesday for dismantling military camps in the hills near Beirut, Lebanon. He said Syria has offered to cooperate with allied forces in Iraq and its interim government.
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President Emile Lahoud appointed pro-Syrian Omar Karami as Lebanon&#39;s prime minister on Thursday, a move likely to strengthen Syria&#39;s role in Lebanon despite international pressure on Damascus to pull out its troops.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell Wednesday described as positive moves Syria&#39;s troop redeployment in Lebanon and its readiness to cooperate with allied forces in Iraq and its interim government.
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Visiting German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said Sunday that Palestinian presidential elections and an end to violence could lead to renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, but leaders of the Islamic group Hamas dismissed the possibility of a truce.
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Syria will keep supporting Hamas and   Hizbollah despite U.S. threats to impose more sanctions on it,   a government newspaper said on Thursday.