France will close its embassies and schools in 20 countries on Friday in fear of a hostile reaction to a magazine's publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced earlier that he had ordered special security measures in all the countries where this could pose a problem, according to AFP.
Fabius admitted he was concerned by the potential for backlash to Charlie Hebdo's weekly printing of a satirical series of cartoons featuring the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), and against a background of violent protests in the Muslim world over an anti-Islam film. -0-
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Journalist Shamsad Aga was detained by police during the late hours, his brother Shahid Agayev reported to Voice of America.
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The Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan reacted to the report of the Kazakh side on the crash of AZAL aircraft on 25 December, published on Tuesday 4 February.
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The Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan has published a preliminary report on the investigation of the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer-190 aircraft, which occurred on December 25, 2024, near Aktau. The report is publicly available on the ministry's official website.
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Under the gray, expansive skies of Brussels, a beacon of administrative initiative at the European Commission sparked to life this month, heralding a renewed vigor in the European Union’s diplomatic outreach. The newly established Directorate General for Enlargement and the Eastern Neighborhood (DG ENEST) debuted on February 1st, setting a new course for EU interaction with its eastern neighbors and potential new members.
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