January, 2008

• 16 January

  U.N. says Iraq lacks spirit of reconciliation

  PARIS – Iraq lacks any true spirit of reconciliation despite parliament’s decision to let former members of Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party return to government jobs, the United Nations’ Baghdad envoy said on Wednesday.

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• 16 January

  FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq

  IRAQ – Following are security developments in Iraq at 8:00 a.m. EST on Wednesday. * denotes new or updated item.

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• 16 January

  Russia’s Lavrov to attend Georgia inauguration

  MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Tbilisi for Mikhail Saakashvili’s inauguration as Georgian president, his press department said on Wednesday, despite tense relations between the two countries.

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• 16 January

  Militants capture Pakistani fort, 47 dead

  WANA, Pakistan – Hundreds of militants in northwest Pakistan attacked and captured a paramilitary fort early on Wednesday, and 40 militants and seven soldiers were killed and 20 soldiers missing, the military said.

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• 16 January

  Palestinians on strike over Israel’s killing of 18

  RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip observed a general strike on Wednesday, in a rare show of unity after Israel killed 18 people in fighting a day earlier.

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• 16 January

  Israeli troops kill W.Bank militant leader: hospital

  JENIN, West Bank – Israeli troops shot dead a leader of the Islamic Jihad militant group in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, Palestinian hospital officials and witnesses said.

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• 16 January

  Bush to Be Impeached by US Republicans Upon Return

  TEHRAN (FNA) Tehran said US President George Bush could be prosecuted for his belligerent and unreal statements against Iran, adding that the US president would be impeached for his irrational wording by his own party upon return to Washington from a tour of the Middle-East.

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• 16 January

  Iranian FM: Israel’s Increased Atrocities Outcome of Bush’s Visit

  TEHRAN (FNA) The results of the visit to the region by US President George Bush manifested themselves in no time, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said during a phone conversation with a Hamas official in the wake of a massacre of Palestinians by the Israeli regime in Gaza.

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• 16 January

  ‘Kite Runner’ Banned in Afghanistan

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan government has banned “The Kite Runner” film from theaters and DVD shops, an official said Wednesday, though Afghan shop owners with stalls at U.S. military bases are still selling the movie there.

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• 16 January

  Gates faults NATO force in southern Afghanistan

  WASHINGTON — In an unusual public criticism, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he believes NATO forces currently deployed in southern Afghanistan do not know how to combat a guerrilla insurgency, a deficiency that could be contributing to the rising violence in the fight against the Taliban.

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