July, 2007

• 4 July

  Russian tycoon accused of coup plot

  Boris Berezovsky, the exiled Russian billionaire and fierce Kremlin critic who lives in London, has been formally accused by Russian authorities of plotting a coup.

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• 4 July

  Freed BBC reporter: ‘It felt like I was buried alive’

  Released BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, kidnapped March 12 in Gaza by a group calling itself the Army of Islam, described his nearly four months in captivity as being “buried alive.”

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• 4 July

  12 killed in Egypt head-on bus crash

  At least 12 people were killed and 58 injured when two buses crashed head-on in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Tuesday, a security source said.

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• 4 July

  Coalition not gung-ho against Afghan civilians: US general

  WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US military has said coalition forces in Afghanistan are going to “great lengths” to minimize civilian casualties during attacks on Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters.

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• 3 July

  Vanghelie despre Videanu: Este un nemernic, un hoţ şi un măgar

  Primarul sectorului 5, Marian Vanghelie, l-a făcut, astăzi, pe Adriean Videanu, “nemernic, hoÅ£ ÅŸi măgar” deoarece nu apără interesele bucureÅŸtenilor, nu ia măsuri pentru salvarea parcului Bordei ÅŸi pentru că l-a dat afară din birou.

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• 3 July

  Turks remember victims of Islamist attack

  A crowd of 10,000 people gathered in the Turkish city of Sivas on Monday (July 2nd) to remember 37 secular intellectuals who were killed by Islamic extremists in 1993.

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• 3 July

  Turkish security forces have seized a tonne of explosives this year

  Security forces have seized almost a tonne of explosive materials in the first half of the year, Zaman newspaper reported on Tuesday (July 3rd).

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• 3 July

  Missing US attaché in Cyprus found dead

  Missing US defence attaché Thomas Mooney was found dead by police on Monday (July 2nd), after going missing on Thursday. Sources tell AP the body was found near his locked car in a remote rural area.

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• 3 July

  Bosnian Serb sentenced for war crimes

  A court in Bihac on Monday (July 2nd) sentenced a Bosnian Serb man to 15 years in prison for war crimes against Muslims.

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• 3 July

  Romania’s Tariceanu says date for EP election to be chosen in September

  Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said on Monday (July 2nd) that the date of the country’s first elections for European Parliament members will be set for September, immediately after the summer recess ends.

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