June, 2008

• 3 June

  Palestinians get new police stations in West Bank

  JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) – Israel gave the Palestinian Authority permission on Tuesday to open three police stations in the northern West Bank as part of a U.S.-backed security campaign meant to ready the Palestinians for statehood. Washington sees the campaign as a chance for Palestinian forces to show they …

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• 3 June

  Iraq’s Kurds to make Baghdad new offer on oil law

  DUBAI (Reuters) – Iraq’s Kurdish regional government will make fresh proposals to Baghdad in two weeks to iron out differences over the federal oil law, the region’s prime minister said on Tuesday. Disputes between the largely autonomous northern region of Kurdistan and Baghdad have delayed the law for over a …

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• 3 June

  Chechen authorities move memorial, citizens complain

  GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) – Authorities in the Chechen capital have dismantled a memorial to the victims of Soviet repression, triggering public outrage in the southern Russian region. Workmen appeared without warning last week and dismantled the monument, erected by Chechen separatist leader Dzhokbar Dudayev who fought Russia’s armies in the …

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• 3 June

  Hamas punishes policemen for deaths in Gaza rally

  GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas said on Monday it had punished 38 of its policemen for failing to prevent the killing of seven Palestinians during a rally staged by the rival Fatah faction last November in the Gaza Strip.

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• 2 June

  Clear winner in Macedonia vote, guns still in play

  SKOPJE (Reuters) – Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski scored an overwhelming election victory on Sunday but the violence that marred the poll may perpetuate divisions and delay the country’s progress towards European Union membership. Gruevski’s conservative VMRO-DPMNE party will have the healthiest majority in parliament in more than a decade, …

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• 2 June

  Missile fired at house in NW Pakistan: residents

  MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least one missile was fired at a house next to a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, almost completely destroying the building but killing no one, a resident of the area said. Security officials said they had no information about any blasts in a village …

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• 2 June

  Iran to Give Crushing Response to Israeli Attack

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar warned of any Israeli attempt to carry out strike on Iran stressing that “Our response will have no time or geographical limit.”

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• 2 June

  Deputy FM to Visit Azerbaijan This Week

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh Attar is slated to pay a visit to Azerbaijan on June 4.

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• 2 June

  Iran Building 7 Refineries to Hike Capacity

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is constructing seven refineries in an effort to boost its crude and gas refining capacity by more than 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd), a senior oil official said Saturday.

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• 2 June

  Iran Boosts Cement Production Capacity

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Cement production capacity has increased to 53 mln tons annually with the inauguration of the third production line of Sepahan Cement Factory in Isfahan, said Industries and Mines Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian.

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