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International Crisis Group

Type: Organization

Name: International Crisis Group (ICG)

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for International Crisis Group

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 44 mins ago - 1 reports

Tunisia PM vows firm action against ‘terrorists’

TUNIS: Tunisia’s premier Ali Larayedh vowed tough action against Ansar Al Sharia on Monday after bloody clashes between police and members of the radical Salafist group, hinting at a shift in government policy.Tunisia has been rocked by waves of violence ... [Published The Gulf Today - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Tunisia, Terrorists, Salafism

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Turkish PM couldn’t get what he expected on Syria from US visit: NGO head

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did not get what he was expecting regarding the Syria issue from his U.S. visit, according to the head of International Crisis Group.“Regarding the Syrian issue, I think he [Erdoğan] couldn’t get what he expected,” ... [Published Turkish Daily - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Syria, Turkey, Hugh Pope, United States, International Crisis Group

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Car Bombs Kill Dozens in Iraq

A wave of car bombs ripped through mainly Shi'ite sections of Iraq's capital and in the southern city of Basra, killing at least 55 people and wounding scores more.Monday's violence was extensive in Baghdad, where at least nine car bombs exploded at busy ... [Published GlobalSecurity.org - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Car Bomb, Iraq, Sectarianism, Shia Islam

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Muhammad Nawaz Sharif

Another election roundup

Tying up some loose ends from recent electoral events, plus an advance look at next month’s Iranian election.There’s not much electoral action in coming weeks: Equatorial Guinea is having an election next Sunday, but nobody expects it to be democratic. ... [Published Crikey Media - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Elections, GERB, Iran, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Syria in the eye of the beholder

Monday 0 0 0 0 DOĞU ERGİLd.ergil@todayszaman.com In April, the International Crisis Group published a report (Europe Report #225) entitled Blurring the Borders: Syrian Spillover Risks for Turkey." I reread the report in view of our prime minister's visit ... [Published Zaman - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Syria, Turkey, Sunni Islam, Refugees

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Mohamed Morsi

Egyptian army boosts forces in Sinai after kidnapping

The Egyptian army sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula on Monday after President Mohamed Mursi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists who abducted seven members of the security forces last week.Islamist militants have expanded into ... [Published Reuters - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Kidnapping, Mohamed Morsi, Security

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

International Crisis Group

ICG's Hugh Pope urges Turkey to be more modest in Syria policy

International Crisis Group's (ICG) Turkey director Hugh Pope (Photo: Today's Zaman, Mustafa Kirazlı)International Crisis Group's (ICG) Turkey director Hugh Pope urged Turkey on Monday to be more modest in its Syria policy, given its proven ineffectiveness ... [Published Zaman - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Turkey, International Crisis Group, Hugh Pope

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

Don't reward Myanmar, rights group says

WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) --Thein Sein arrived Monday in the United States for a two-day visit to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama. Myanmar's government has received international recognition for democratic initiatives that began with general elections ... [Published UPI - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, John Sifton, Thein Sein

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Ivory Coast arrests head of militia for massacre

Ivory Coast authorities on Saturday arrested Amade Oueremi, a militia leader accused of participating in one of the worst massacres committed during the nation’s post-election violence in 2011, a military official and witness said.About 3,000 people were ... [Published Taipei Times Online - May 19 2013]

Entities: Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, Alassane Ouattara, Duekoue (Ivory Coast)

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP AGAINST VENEZUELA

The International Crisis Group (ICG) sells itself as "working to prevent conflict worldwide" but there is one country where their mission looks more like promoting rather than preventing conflict. Exhibit A is their report on Venezuela, released on F ... [Published MRzine - May 18 2013]

Entities: International Crisis Group, Venezuela, United States Government, Elections

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Report recommends Venezuela to overcome division

"Venezuela is ill-prepared for the post-Chávez transition and urgently needs to reconstruct its social and political fabric," said NGO International Crisis Group in a report called Venezuela: A House Divided . The immediate efforts need to focus on avoiding ... [Published El Universal Venezuela - May 16 2013]

Entities: Venezuela, International Crisis Group, Escalation, Democracy

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

Pakistan election outcome brings confidence and challenges

Karachi's stocks hit an all-time high in post-election trade, reflecting confidence in the outcome of Pakistan's poll on the weekend.The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz will be the biggest party by far in the National Assembly and is negotiating with a number ... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 14 2013]

Entities: Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League (N), Samina Ahmed

Quotes

'On one side you have the government, which has given very piecemeal concessions without really undertaking negotiations,' she said. "And on the other side you have the protesters, who are very divided and they did not, over the past five months, succeed in forming a united block that could be a counterpart for the government in the negotiations."

Car Bombs Kill Dozens in Iraq [Published GlobalSecurity.org - 12 hours ago]

...[19] Tough test awaits Kilicdaroglu over division of CHP Turkish daily Today's Zaman (online, 19.05.13) reported the following: "The division within the Republican People's Party (CHP) between its neo-nationalist and reformist camps has not yet been resolved and seems to have reached an impasse."

Cyprus PIO: Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Media Review, 13-05-20 [Published Hellenic Resources Network - 16 hours ago]

"When they abuse ethnic minorities, it really undercuts their credibility and undermines our ability to work with them" said Republican Rep. Trent Franks, one of a group of US lawmakers arguing for lifting the sanctions against Myanmar more slowly

Myanmar President Thein Sein makes historic visit to White House [Published GlobalPost - 16 hours ago]

"There are negative consequences for rights when diplomatic rewards continue even as reforms stall" Sifton said

Don't reward Myanmar, rights group says [Published UPI - 20 hours ago]

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Delivering Serbs to the Wolves [Published American Spectator - 37 mins ago]
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Car Bombs Kill Dozens in Iraq [Published GlobalSecurity.org - 12 hours ago]
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Cyprus PIO: Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Media R... [Published Hellenic Resources Network - 16 hours ago]
Myanmar President Thein Sein makes historic vis... [Published GlobalPost - 16 hours ago]
Syria in the eye of the beholder [Published Zaman - 17 hours ago]
Turkish PM couldn’t get what he expected on Syr... [Published Turkish Daily - 18 hours ago]
ICG's Hugh Pope urges Turkey to be more modest ... [Published Zaman - 20 hours ago]
Don't reward Myanmar, rights group says [Published UPI - 20 hours ago]
Egyptian army boosts forces in Sinai after kidn... [Published Reuters - 21 hours ago]
Syrian and Hezbollah troops advance on border town [Published Guardian.co.uk - 21 hours ago]
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The Spreading Consequences of Syria’s Civil War [Published New Yorker - May 19 2013]
Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town [Published Modesto Bee - May 19 2013]
Ivory Coast arrests head of militia for massacre [Published Taipei Times Online - May 19 2013]
Supporter of president arrested over massacre i... [Published Deutsche Welle - May 19 2013]
More South Koreans support developing nuclear w... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 19 2013]
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP AGAINST VENEZUELA [Published MRzine - May 18 2013]
No Fire Zonemisinterpreted what witnesses said ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 18 2013]
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Breaking the taboo about drugs [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 18 2013]
Rift Valley Institute Field Course: Horn of Africa [Published InterAction - May 18 2013]
Restive northern Kenya [Published GlobalSecurity.org - May 17 2013]
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What Is Going On in the North Korean Military? [Published Peterson Institute for International Economics - May 17 2013]

Blogs

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South China Sea: a decades-long source of tension [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - May 16 2013] Competing claims to the South China Sea have for decades been a source of tension in the region. China’s increasing assertiveness in staking its claim in recent years has caused concern for neighbouring countries, particularly the Philippines and Vietnam. ...
Clinton's Republican Guard [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - May 08 2013] MUST READ from today's FSM also posted,, Clinton’s Republican Guard by ANDREW C. MCCARTHY May 7, 2013 With each new revelation , what has always been obvious becomes more pronounced: the State Department's self-proclaimed final word on the Benghazi ...
ME Channel Surfing: Yemen [Published CSC Center for Strategic Communication - May 08 2013] p> - The Middle East Channel Editor's Reader - We try to keep a close eye on Yemen here at the Middle East Channel . So I'm happy to post the latest video in the POMEPS Conversations series ( subscribe here to the podcast ), where I ...
ME Channel Surfing: Yemen [Published Marc Lynch - May 08 2013] p> - The Middle East Channel Editor's Reader - We try to keep a close eye on Yemen here at the Middle East Channel . So I'm happy to post the latest video in the POMEPS Conversations series ( subscribe here to the podcast ), where I ...
Beware the Syrian sucker punch [Published IntelliBriefs - May 08 2013] Those seeing the human tragedy unfolding in Syria with a heart full of hell, ready to jump in, stop the bloodshed, and deliver Bashar Al-Assad a knock-out punch might do well to recall a telling anecdote from journalist Dexter Filkins from his days ...

Audio/Video

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North Korea Missile Failure Could Be Disastrous [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - Apr 11 2013]
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Inside Story : What went down in Algeria's In A... [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Jan 21 2013]
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