July, 2007

• 22 July

  Litvinenko: clues point to Kremlin

  THE senior British official was unequivocal. The murder of the former KGB man Alexander Litvinenko was “undeniably state-sponsored terrorism on Moscow’s part. That is the view at the highest levels of the British government”.

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• 22 July

  Egypt police shoot migrants at Israel border, 1 dead

  Egyptian police opened fire on a group of African migrants trying to sneak across the border into Israel on Sunday, killing one woman and wounding four including a child, security sources said.

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• 22 July

  Egypt police hold 22 Brotherhood activists-sources

  Egyptian police have detained 22 university students loyal to the Muslim Brotherhood opposition group, security officials said on Sunday.

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• 22 July

  Close shave in Egyptian family feud

  Two families in the Upper Egyptian Qena province decided to settle a feud with blades, but no lives were lost in the cutting that followed.

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• 22 July

  Egypt drops 11 places in competitiveness ranking

  The ranking of the competitiveness of the Egyptian economy relative to other countries has declined from 52nd in 2005 to 63rd in 2006, says “The Egyptian National Competitiveness Report,” released this month.

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• 21 July

  Băsescu a întors în Parlament trei legi

  După ce a promulgat legea pensiilor şi a semnat şi decretul pentru promulgarea legii privind abilitarea Guvernului de a emite ordonanţe, preşedintele nu a ezitat să retrimită trei legi în Parlament.

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• 21 July

  PSD critică achiziţionarea noii aeronave prezidenţiale

  Liderul PSD Mircea Geoană critică intenţia autorităţilor de a achiziţiona două noi aeronave prezidenţiale. Preşedintele social-democrat spune că a cheltui 300 de milioane de euro pentru avioane nu demonstrează preocupare pentru banul public.

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• 21 July

  Serbia wants war criminals to serve sentences at home

  The government will ask the UN war crimes tribunal to allow convicts to serve their sentences in their home countries, Rasim Ljajic, the official in charge of ties with the UN court, said on Thursday (July 19th).

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• 21 July

  Lajcak: EU military presence must remain in BiH

  International community High Representative Miroslav Lajcak said on Thursday (July 19th) that the foreign military presence in BiH must be maintained.

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• 21 July

  Kosovo’s Ceku proposes date for independence declaration

  Kosovo should unilaterally declare independence from Serbia on November 28th, Prime Minister Agim Ceku suggested on Friday (July 20th), arguing that Western efforts to put the province on the path to statehood through the UN have failed.

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