Eurasia Press & News
A Georgian billionaire accused of plotting a coup on Saturday declared himself a candidate in next year’s presidential election, providing a potential high-profile leader for the former Soviet state’s opposition.
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November, 2007
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11 November
Russina kafirs killed a 6-year-old boy
Russian kafirs (infidels, invaders) shot and killed a 6-year-old boy Friday while conducting a so-called “sweep operation” for Mujahid in a volatile region neighboring Chechnya, the victim’s family said.
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10 November
Six NATO, two Afghan troops killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) — Six NATO and two Afghan troops were killed in northeast Afghanistan after being ambushed by insurgents who inflicted one of their deadliest tolls for years, military officials said Saturday.
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10 November
2007 deadliest for US in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – Six U.S. troops were killed when insurgents ambushed their foot patrol in the high mountains of eastern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday. The attack, the most lethal against American forces this year, made 2007 the deadliest for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion.
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10 November
N-Bomb Production is Religiously Prohibited
Substitute Friday prayers leader of Tehran Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said on Friday that production of nuclear bomb is religiously forbidden.
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9 November
Georgian opposition says police poisoned protesters
Georgia’s opposition accused a police colonel on Monday of poisoning anti-government demonstrators with adulterated wine but officials said the protesters were simply drunk.
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9 November
Georgia leader declares emergency
Georgia’s president has declared a state of emergency over the entire country for 15 days in the wake of opposition protests against his rule. Mikhail Saakashvili also banned all news broadcasts except state-run television on Wednesday and expelled three Russian diplomats, accusing Moscow of fomenting unrest.
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9 November
Iraqi refugee crisis in Lebanon
About 50,000 Iraqi refugees face an uncertain future in Lebanon which have no right of asylum, a UN commissioner for
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9 November
Pakistan sets date for elections
Pakistan will hold elections in February and lift the state of emergency imposed by President Pervez Musharraf very soon, say officials.
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9 November
Turkish party calls for Kurdish autonomy
Turkey’s leading pro-Kurdish party called on the government on Thursday to grant autonomy to the mainly Kurdish southeast as a solution to the violence that has plagued the
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