Eurasia Press & News
KARACHIÂ – Benazir Bhutto was shot in the head, a close aide who prepared her body for burial said on Saturday, dismissing as “ludicrous” a government theory that she died after hitting her head on a sunroof during the suicide attack.
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December, 2007
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29 December
Arab League ministers to meet on Israel settlements
CAIRO – Arab foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting soon to discuss Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and Israeli settlement policy, Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said on Saturday.
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29 December
Hamas bans rally by Abbas’s supporters in Gaza
GAZAÂ – Hamas Islamists who control the Gaza Strip have barred supporters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction from holding an anniversary rally for the movement next week, Hamas officials said on Saturday.
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29 December
Ten Saudis return home from Guantanamo Bay prison
DUBAIÂ – Ten Saudis returned home on Saturday from detention in the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay where al Qaeda militants are held, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
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29 December
Bhutto supporters shot dead, ambulances, shops burned
KARACHI – Three supporters of slain former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto were shot dead on Saturday, one by masked gunmen and two others by security forces as a mob tried to force itself into an oilfield, police said.
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29 December
Al Qaeda ally denies role in Bhutto slaying
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Al Qaeda-linked Pakistani militant Baitullah Mehsud was not involved in the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, his spokesman said on Saturday, and blamed the government for killing her.
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29 December
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution calls for Muslims’ Vigilance
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined the need for Muslims to maintain vigilance against enemies’ complicated plots.
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29 December
Iranian Commander Highlights Army Power
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Threats against our country have not differed in the last 27 years (since the onset of the Islamic Revolution), rather we have grown more powerful, Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s army said here on Saturday.
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29 December
Iranian lawmaker: Enemies Pushed Back by Iranians’ Resistance
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An Iranian lawmaker said here Saturday that resistance of the Iranian nation has contributed a major role in defusing enemies’ plots, making them retreat from their belligerent stances against the Islamic Republic.
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29 December
Iran-Turkey Trade Ties Exceed $8bln in 2007
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iran’s Agriculture Minister Mohammad Reza Eskandari and Turkish Foreign Trade Minister Kursad Tuzmen discussed issues of mutual interest in Ankara.
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