Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here on Monday felicitated Alvaro Colom on his election as Guatemala’s president.
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January, 2008
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1 January
Record level of violence in Afghanistan
US military deaths, suicide bombings and opium production hit record highs in 2007. Taliban militants killed more than 925 Afghan police. But US officials insist things are looking up.
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December, 2007
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31 December
Death toll in Iraq suicide bomb blast rises to 11
BAGHDAD – The death toll in a suicide bombing on the northern outskirts of Baghdad on Monday reached 11, including five children and six neighborhood patrol volunteers, an Interior Ministry source said.
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31 December
Stranded Palestinian haj pilgrims protest in Egypt
ISMAILIA, Egypt – Stranded Palestinian haj pilgrims protesting at Egypt’s refusal to allow them to return to Gaza through a Hamas-controlled crossing, smashed furniture and windows at a shelter on Monday, a security source said.
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31 December
Pakistan suffers “colossal” damage in violence
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has suffered colossal losses in rioting that erupted when opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated with damage of about $200 million to the railways alone, the government said on Monday.
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31 December
Fatah scraps Gaza rally to avoid clash with Hamas
GAZA – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction will limit its anniversary celebrations in Hamas-run Gaza to candles and fireworks this week for fear a rally — banned by the Islamist group — will spark violence.
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31 December
Iraqi refugees turn to sex trade in Syria
DAMASCUS – A score of young Iraqi women in tight, shimmering gowns shuffle across the nightclub dance floor under the hungry eyes of Gulf Arabs at nearby tables.
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31 December
Turkish police foil plot to kill priest: reports
ANKARA – Turkish police have foiled a plot to murder a priest, in a case that recalls other attacks this year against Christians in Muslim but secular Turkey, newspapers reported on Monday.
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31 December
Suicide bomb at Iraq neighborhood patrol kills 4
BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest killed four Iraqi neighborhood patrol volunteers at a checkpoint on Baghdad’s northern outskirts on Monday, police said.
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31 December
Palestinian-Israeli deaths drop in 2007
JERUSALEM – The number of people killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict dropped sharply in 2007, but human rights abuses in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank increased, an Israeli human rights watchdog said on Monday.
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