June, 2008

• 4 June

  Suicide bomber kills 13 in Baghdad

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least 13 people in an attack aimed at a senior Iraqi police officer in Baghdad on Wednesday and gunmen shot dead three U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq, officials said. The U.S. military said separately that at least 10 decaying bodies had been …

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• 4 June

  Israel halts Gaza fuel after depot attack

  GAZA (Reuters) – Israel suspended fuel deliveries to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Wednesday after a mortar fired by Palestinian militants struck the territory’s only fuel depot, wounding a Palestinian worker. Israel blamed Islamist Hamas, which opposes coexistence with the Jewish state, for the attack on Nahal Oz border crossing. …

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• 4 June

  Peace in 2008 would be miracle-Palestinian envoy

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Impediments in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks mean a “miracle” would be required to meet the U.S.-set goal of an accord by the end of 2008, the chief Palestinian negotiator said on Wednesday. “All the issues were discussed with the Israeli side and there has been no …

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• 4 June

  Iraq sends teams to study other U.S. military pacts

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq, negotiating an agreement on keeping U.S. forces in the country, has sent teams to study military pacts Washington has with other nations, Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Sunday. The United States, which invaded Iraq in 2003 to oust Saddam Hussein, is negotiating an agreement …

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• 4 June

  U.N. envoy to raise Afghan, Iraqi killings with U.S.

  GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights investigator making an official visit to the United States later this month said on Wednesday that he would raise allegations of American troops killing Afghan and Iraqi civilians. Philip Alston, United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said he would …

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• 4 June

  Three U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Three U.S. soldiers were killed by small-arms fire near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, the U.S. military said. The attack took place in the town of Hawija, 210 km (130 miles) north of Baghdad.

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• 4 June

  FACTBOX: Military and civilian deaths in Iraq

  (Reuters) – Three U.S. soldiers were killed by small-arms fire near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, the U.S. military said. The attack took place in the town of Hawija, 210 km (130 miles) north of Baghdad. Following are the latest figures for soldiers and civilians killed since the …

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• 4 June

  U.N. Kosovo mission awaiting word on power handover

  PRISTINA (Reuters) – U.N. authorities in Kosovo expect instructions within days on how to proceed after June 15, when Albanians hope to receive a raft of new powers under their first state constitution, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday. U.N. veto holder Russia is blocking the transfer of powers from …

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• 4 June

  Hunger, water scarcity displaces thousands of Afghans

  KABUL (Reuters) – Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes due to food and water shortages in northern Afghanistan, the government said on Wednesday. Many parts of Afghanistan did not receive enough rain and snow this year, increasing concern the country may face drought again, amid global …

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• 4 June

  Suicide attack on NATO kills 2 Afghan children

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A suspected Taliban suicide car bomber rammed a convoy of NATO-led forces in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two Afghan children and wounding three alliance soldiers, police officers said.

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