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Governments in Arab world put on pause

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:44:13 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Friday in the Arab world has dawned with relative quiet, albeit a likely temporary pause, as the position of several governments in many places shifts. Egypt: widespread rumours that appear to have started with the New York Times have the US and President Hosmi Mubarak discussing his departure with a three-head government to replace him. [...]

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Violence spreads in Tunisia, Algeria

Sean Ecker — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:08:34 +0000

GenevaLunch.com More violent clashes by people protesting the high cost of living and scant job opportunities in Tunisia have left at least 14 dead over the weekend 9 and 10 January in Thala, Kasserine and Rgeb, cities southwest of the capital Tunis, according to Al-Jazeera, citing state media. French newspaper Le Monde has counted at least [...]

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Swiss football team down one man, other teams arrive

Laila Rodriguez — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:37:01 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Swiss football team is down one man due to injury. The Swiss football federation announced Christoph Spycher’s knee injury is preventing him from playing at the World Cup. Spycher had planned to retire after the world championship but his injury is forcing him into early retirement. The defender will be [...]

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Russia to increase arms sales by 12% this year

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:17:50 +0000

GenevaLunch.com India, Algeria, China, Venezuela, Malaysia and Syria are the main customers for the Russian arms industry, which expects to see a 12 percent increase in international sales in 2010, to $9.5 billion. Vietnam also recently became a client, ordering submarines, aircraft and “other military hardware”, reports Russian news agency Ria Novosti. Russia’s main competitors are [...]

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Mubarak riding high as FIFA investigates violence in Algeria-Egypt World Cup qualifier

Sean Ecker — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:25:37 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has benefited from an outpouring of nationalist fervour following the Egyptian soccer team’s loss to Algeria after two qualifying matches 14 and 18 November. The fallout from the football matches has included Egyptians being attacked in Algiers, Algeria, and a rupture in diplomatic ties between the [...]

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Missing ship Arctic Sea found off Cape Verde – pirate suspects arrested

Sean Ecker — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:11:06 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 12:30. Russia’s defense minister has confirmed that the Arctic Sea, a Malta-registered ship found off Cape Verde 17 August was the victim of a pirate attack 24 July. Eight men including Russians, Estonians and Latvians have been arrested. BBC, CNN The Arctic Sea, a cargo ship that loaded timber in Finland and was en [...]

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Algerian protest leads to one-year UN ban, Brazilian gay group ok’d

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:34:20 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Ecosoc, the United Nations’s Economic and Social Council in Geneva, has taken two controversial decisions: to suspend the Paris-based Arab Commission for Human Rights, at the request of Algeria, and to approve the Brazilian Association of Gays, Lesbians and Transsexuals. One of the main jobs of Ecosoc is to take decisions [...]

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