July, 2007

• 11 July

  Egypt rules out resumption of Fatah-Hamas talks soon

  Egyptian officials rule out any possibility for Fatah and Hamas to resume talks soon, the state-owned news agency said Tuesday as Egyptian security forces deployed reinforcements along the border with the Gaza Strip.

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• 11 July

  Egypt vehemently opposes deployment of int’l force in Gaza

  Cairo vehemently opposes the deployment of an international peacekeeping force in the Gaza Strip, Egypt’s intelligence chief Omar Suleiman told a delegation of MKs from the left-wing Meretz party in Cairo Sunday.

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• 11 July

  Egypt bans French, German poultry after bird flu cases

  Egypt on Tuesday banned all poultry imports from France and Germany after the potentially fatal H5N1 strain of bird flu was discovered in birds there.

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• 11 July

  Afghan civilian casualties: a battle of tolls

  The issue of civilian deaths in Afghanistan is itself becoming a “battleground” with truth often a casualty, showing the difficulty of establishing facts in a war fought in often remote areas.

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• 11 July

  Ambush on U.S.-led Afghan convoy kills 3 policemen

  Taliban guerrillas killed three policemen in an ambush on a convoy of U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday, a provincial official said.

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• 10 July

  US Iraq chief warns of long war

  The head of US forces in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has told the BBC that fighting the insurgency is a “long term endeavour” which could take decades.

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• 10 July

  Arab League to send envoys to Israel

  The 22-country Arab League will send envoys on a historic first mission to Israel this week to discuss a sweeping Arab peace initiative and how it might prop up embattled Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli and Arab diplomats said Sunday.

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• 10 July

  Iraq’s Foreign Minister Cautions Against Hasty US Withdrawal

  Iraq’s foreign minister has warned that a quick withdrawal of U.S. forces could lead to civil war and the collapse of the Iraqi government. From northern Iraq, VOA’s Margaret Besheer reports the Iraqi diplomat was reacting to growing debate about the future of American troops in Iraq.

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• 10 July

  Report: Wars cost US $12 billion a month

  The boost in troop levels in Iraq has increased the cost of war there and in Afghanistan to $12 billion a month, and the total for Iraq alone is nearing a half-trillion dollars, congressional analysts say.

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• 10 July

  Heavy fighting at Lebanese camp

  Lebanese troops have fought new battles with Islamist militants around a Palestinian refugee camp in the north of the country, reports say.

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