Eurasia Press & News
RAMALLAH, A source from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office said Monday that the Palestinian leadership hopes the coming Israeli prime minister would be moderate.
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September, 2008
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8 September
Arab FMs to discuss means of defusing inter-Palestinian crisis
CAIRO, Arab foreign ministers are expected to discuss means of healing the current inter-Palestinian rift during a meeting of Arab League (AL) Council set to open later on Monday.
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8 September
Palestinian PM welcomes EU parliament stance on prisoner
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Monday welcomed the position of European Parliament about the Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
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8 September
Abbas, Bush to meet September 26
A Palestinian official says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will hold talks with US President Bush on Sept. 26 at the White House.
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8 September
Sarkozy in Russia to seek new Georgia peace deal
MEIENDORF CASTLE, Russia – (Reuters) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Russia on Monday to seek a lasting peace deal for Georgia that will persuade Russia to pull its troops out of positions deep inside the ex-Soviet state.
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8 September
U.S. drones kill 13 in missile attack in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – Missiles fired by U.S. drones killed 13 people, including 7 foreign militants, on Monday in a Pakistani village where a religious school founded by an old friend of Osama bin Laden is located, intelligence officials and witnesses said.
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8 September
Pakistan reopens supply lines to Western forces
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has reopened supply lines to Western forces in Afghanistan, after the road through the Khyber Pass was blocked on Saturday, days after a raid by U.S. commandos on a Pakistani village, a minister said on Monday.
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8 September
Belarus says won’t recognize Georgia regions yet
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stopped short of recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on Monday, leaving Nicaragua the only state to join Russia in recognizing them.
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8 September
Taliban commander alive after attack in Pakistan
KABUL (Reuters) – A relative of Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani was among three people killed in a suspected U.S. drone attack in a Pakistani border village on Monday, but Haqqani and his militant son, Sirajuddin, were not present, a younger son said.
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8 September
Three killed in strike on Pakistani village: witness
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least three people were killed and up to 20 wounded when suspected U.S. drones fired missiles on Monday into a Pakistani village used by Taliban commander Jalauddin Haqqani, witnesses said.
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