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ANALYSIS: The nail in the coffin of the dream of a united Cyprus

[ad_1] Round, flint and generous net. Hardline right-wing nationalist Ersin Tatar is apparently reminiscent of Leif “Loket” Olsson. But in this way, he remembers Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan more, with the same bombastic way of thundering his main message of intransigence in the face of the Greek Cypriot administration, …

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Third wave of covid-19 infection hits Iran

[ad_1] Iran was one of the countries in the world where the covid-19 pandemic took hold for the first time. Already on February 19, the first deaths were recorded in Iran, in the pilgrim city of Qom. In the weeks that followed, the infection spread very rapidly in Iranian society …

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Per Svensson comments on the assassination of teacher Samuel Paty

[ad_1] More than 30 years have passed since Ayatollah Khomeini issued his fatwa against Salman Rushdie. I remember that day in February 1989 when the news reached me; how absurd, yes, almost comical, it seemed. A British author “sentenced to death” by Iranian leaders, accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad …

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“There are no excuses for what I did”

[ad_1] It was in August of this year that police found former hockey star Tommy Salo, 49, unreachable in his car on E18. Salo, according to his own statement, had been away from some friends earlier in the day and on several occasions stopped to “Have alcoholic drinks” before continuing …

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Italy appeals to the outside world after the hostage drama

[ad_1] Published: October 19, 2020 at 06.17 In early September, the Libyan coast guard captured 18 Sicilian fishermen in the Mediterranean. They are still being detained in Benghazi in eastern Libya, which is ruled by the warlord Haftar, Swedish radio reports. Italian Foreign Minister Luigi de Maio is now asking …

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