October, 2007

• 4 October

  Gunmen kidnap 13 Iraqis at fake checkpoint: source

  Gunmen kidnapped 13 Iraqi men on Wednesday after stopping four cars at a fake checkpoint in the town of Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, a security source said.

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• 4 October

  FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq

  Following are security developments in Iraq at 12 p.m. EDT on Tuesday.

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• 4 October

  FACTBOX: Military and civilian deaths in Iraq

   One U.S. soldier was killed and 10 were wounded in combat operations in central Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.

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• 4 October

  Israeli troops kill Palestinian in Gaza

  Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian during a raid in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian hospital workers said.

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• 3 October

  5 Dutch Soldiers Wounded in Afghanistan

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban militants killed two policemen and destroyed a remote government office in central Afghanistan, as five Dutch troops were wounded in a clash in the country’s south, officials said Wednesday.

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• 3 October

  Myanmar Muslims Plight

  RUILI, China — Muslim in the South East Asian nation of Myanmar, presently under the international microscope, has for decades been silently suffering from discrimination and a catalogue of abuses.

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• 3 October

  “Summit failure may ignite new intifada”

  A failure in the upcoming US-sponsored Middle East peace conference would have more dangerous repercussions than the botched Camp David summit in 2000, Fatah officials warned on Tuesday.

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• 3 October

  Arab Support for Peace Process

  Close to 80 senators – including all those running for president -signed a letter calling for greater Arab support for the peace process ahead of the international conference the US is planning for November.

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• 3 October

  Japan may scale down naval mission for Afghanistan

  TOKYO (AFP) — Japan said Wednesday it may scale down a naval mission supporting US-led forces in Afghanistan to try to resolve a row with the opposition that helped bring down the previous government.

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• 3 October

  Canada seeks greater global will to share burden of rebuilding Afghanistan

  WASHINGTON – Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier called for more global “political will” Tuesday to stabilize and rebuild Afghanistan, telling the United Nations that “no one country can do this alone.”

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