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EU Gives Preliminary Go-Ahead For Serbia Entry

EU Gives Preliminary Go-Ahead For Serbia Entry

European Union ministers agreed on Tuesday (June 25) in Luxembourg to start negotiations on membership with Serbia as a reward for improving relations with its former province Kosovo.
Taliban Insurgents Attack Kabul Presidential Palace

Taliban Insurgents Attack Kabul Presidential Palace

Taliban gunmen attacked Afghanistan's presidential palace and surrounding buildings, including the CIA's Afghan headquarters, early on Tuesday (June 25), with explosions and gunfire shaking the city centre.
An armed National Transitional Council fighter patrols inside the Libyan Oil Refining Company in Ras Lanuf

Libya After Gaddafi: A Prisoner to Chaos?

Every year, usually in late autumn, The Economist publishes its "The World in____" for the following year. The issue for 2012 has an article by Oliver August on the effects of the North African uprisings of 2011 spreading south and in particular, foresees trouble brewing for the Sahel states because of the fall of Muammar Gaddafi: