January, 2008

• 31 January

  Lebanon says Israel report sets scene for new war

  BEIRUT – Lebanon’s prime minister said on Thursday that an Israeli report on the war against Hezbollah guerrillas in 2006 set the scene for a possible future conflict and failed to address “Israel’s crimes against Lebanon”.

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• 31 January

  Deputy Afghan governor killed in suicide blast: official

  LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in southern Afghanistan on Thursday killing a deputy provincial governor and at least five other people, officials said.

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• 31 January

  FACTBOX: Tadic, Nikolic face off in Serbia president vote

  Serbia’s pro-Western President Boris Tadic faces nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic on Sunday in an election that is seen as a referendum on the nation’s future.

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• 31 January

  FACTBOX: Profile of Serbia, torn between East and West

  SERBIA – Pro-Western Serbian President Boris Tadic faces nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic on Sunday in an election that will decide Serbia’s attitude to the West after the imminent loss of breakaway Kosovo province.

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• 31 January

  Afghans protest against death sentence for reporter

  KABUL – Around 200 Afghans demonstrated in the capital Kabul on Thursday against the death sentence passed against a reporter convicted of blasphemy.

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• 31 January

  Abbas sets conditions for Gaza talks with Hamas

  CAIRO – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected demands on Wednesday by Hamas rivals for control of the breached Gaza-Egypt border and told the Islamist group to “end its coup in Gaza”.

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• 31 January

  Iraq has million-woman social time-bomb

  BAGHDAD – Every week, letters from Iraqi widows spill across Samira al-Moussawi’s desk. One wrote to ask whether she should spend what scant money she gets on her infant or on school books for her older son.

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• 31 January

  Suicide bomber kills one, wounds four in Kabul

  KABUL – A suicide bomber targeted an Afghan army bus in the centre of Kabul on Thursday, causing numerous casualties, officials said.

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• 31 January

  Iran Vows to Defend Persian Gulf Security against Threats

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar stressed on Thursday that Tehran would not allow any trans-regional power to endanger security of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

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• 31 January

  Iran Preparing for N. Energy Production

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Tehran is close to its target of producing nuclear energy.

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