July, 2008

• 29 July

  Cyprus peace talks offer “best chance” of deal: U.N.

  NICOSIA (Reuters) – Peace talks on ethnically- divided Cyprus this September offer possibly the best chance in years for a deal that has been eluding the island for decades, a senior United Nations envoy said on Tuesday.

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• 29 July

  Seven Bosnian Serbs jailed over Srebrenica killings

  SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s war crimes court sentenced seven Bosnian Serbs to prison terms ranging from 38 to 42 years on Tuesday for taking part in the mass killing of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in July 1995.

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• 29 July

  Security forces hold virtually all Iraq: Petraeus

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi and U.S. forces now control virtually all of Iraq and Baghdad’s troops might be able to take on security responsibility for the whole country by the end of 2009, the top U.S. general in Iraq said on Monday.

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• 29 July

  Pakistani militants take hostage 30 police, troops

  MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pro-Taliban militants attacked a security post and took up to 30 hostages on Tuesday in Pakistan’s Swat valley, a day after insurgents killed three army intelligence staffers, officials said.

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• 29 July

  Al Qaeda chemist killed in U.S. strike: Pakistani agents

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – An al Qaeda chemical and biological weapons expert named Abu Khabab al-Masri was killed in a suspected U.S. missile strike, Pakistani intelligence officials said a day after the attack.

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• 29 July

  FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan

  (Reuters) – A British soldier was shot dead while on foot patrol in the southern Nad Ali district of Helmand province on Monday, the British Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

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• 29 July

  Pakistan PM tries to reassure Bush on Afghanistan

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani sought on Monday to reassure U.S. President George W. Bush of his government’s commitment to securing its border with Afghanistan, where Taliban and al Qaeda militants pose a growing threat.

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• 28 July

  Istanbul bombs kill 15 on eve of political case

  ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Bombs killed 15 people and wounded around 140 in Istanbul late on Sunday, just hours ahead of a court case over banning the governing party that has plunged Turkey into political turmoil.

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• 28 July

  TIMELINE: Recent attacks in Turkey

  (Reuters) – At least 13 people died and up to 100 were wounded on Sunday when two bombs exploded in a shopping district in Istanbul, on the eve of Constitutional Court hearings that could end with the closure of Turkey’s governing AK Party.

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• 28 July

  Karadzic appeals extradition to Hague tribunal

  BELGRADE (Reuters) – The legal team of war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has filed an appeal to delay his extradition to the United Nations tribunal in The Hague, Karadzic’s brother said on Sunday.

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