Eurasia Press & News
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has detained a television journalist after he broadcast a program critical of the government, his channel said on Tuesday.
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July, 2008
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29 July
Israeli forces kill Palestinian boy: medics
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian boy during clashes with stone-throwing protesters on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, hospital officials and witnesses said.
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Boat trip aims to break Israeli blockade of Gaza
ATHENS (Reuters) – Two boats carrying activists from 17 countries will leave the Mediterranean island of Cyprus next week bound for Gaza in a bid to break an Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory, organizers said on Tuesday.
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29 July
Baghdad Shi’ite pilgrimage passes peacefully
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A major pilgrimage of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Shi’ites to a Baghdad shrine passed peacefully on Tuesday, a day after three female suicide bombers killed 35 people among crowds of pilgrims.
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Turkish military says hits PKK targets in N.Iraq
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s military said its fighter jets attacked Kurdish separatist targets in northern Iraq on Tuesday and killed a number of guerrillas.
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29 July
EU puts off Serbia trade decision
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Tuesday kept up pressure on Serbia to do more to resolve war crimes by again delaying a decision on unfreezing trade benefits despite the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic.
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29 July
Iraq begins crackdown in restive Diyala province
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Thousands of Iraqi soldiers and police launched a major security operation in northeastern Diyala province on Tuesday in the latest move by the government to stamp its authority over militants.
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29 July
Pakistan, India trade fire in Kashmir for over 16 hours
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Indian and Pakistani troops traded more fire in the disputed Kashmir region on Tuesday, following a 16-hour clash, military officials said, making it the worst violation of a 2003 ceasefire.
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Karadzic supporters gather, appeal drags on
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Hardline nationalists gathered to show their support for war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic on Tuesday, while Serbian authorities and his legal team played a cat-and-mouse game over his extradition.
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29 July
Afghans say time for Pakistani action on militants
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan said on Tuesday that after the Pakistani prime minister made a commitment to U.S. President George W. Bush to secure the border with Afghanistan, it was now time for Pakistan to take action.
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