Eurasia Press & News
Rival Lebanese leaders say they can agree on a new president in a step seen as vital to defusing a deep political crisis but “everything could still go wrong”, Italy’s foreign minister said on Saturday.
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November, 2007
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17 November
Military deaths in Afghanistan
Two Canadian soldiers with the international force in Afghanistan were killed with their interpreter when their armored vehicle hit a homemade bomb on Saturday, the Canadian army said.Here are the figures for foreign military deaths in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled in 2001:
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17 November
Iraq asks Turkey for time to take steps against PKK
Iraq urged Turkey on Saturday to give it time to implement measures aimed at restricting the movements of Kurdish separatist rebels, a day after Iraq’s president said a Turkish incursion was now “almost inevitable”.
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17 November
Ex-officials to face trial for Iraq militia support
Iraq’s former deputy health minister and a former senior ministry official will soon face trial, the Iraqi government said on Saturday, after accusations they helped Shi’ite militiamen fuel sectarian bloodshed.
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17 November
At least 30 bodies found in Sunni area of Baghdad
The bodies of at least 30 people, including women and children, have been found in a mainly Sunni Arab area of Baghdad, police and government officials said on Saturday.
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17 November
Taliban no long-term threat: Afghan defense minister
Afghan security forces need more foreign training and arms to fight the Taliban but when the forces are up to strength the insurgents will not pose a long-term threat to stability, the defense minister said on Saturday.
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17 November
Profile of disputed Kosovo province
The breakaway province of Kosovo holds its third postwar parliamentary election on Saturday, ahead of showdown with Serbia over the ethnic Albanian majority’s demand for independence.
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17 November
Pakistan’s private TVs say forced to shut down
Two of Pakistan’s leading private television networks, ordered off air during emergency rule, said on Saturday they had been forced to close down altogether after being ordered to halt transmissions via the United Arab Emirates.
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17 November
Sectarian clashes in Pakistani tribal area; 30 killed
At least 30 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in sectarian clashes between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said on Saturday.
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17 November
Parties vying for power in breakaway Kosovo
The breakaway province of Kosovo holds its third postwar parliamentary election on Saturday, ahead of a showdown with Serbia over the ethnic Albanian majority’s demand for independence.
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