The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Bureau issued a statement on Friday (June 29th), voicing deep concern ahead of the July 11th ruling of the Libyan Supreme Court in the case of six foreign medics, who are appealing death sentences handed down in a controversial HIV infection …
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July, 2007
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2 July
Three Turkish soldiers killed in mine blast
Three Turkish soldiers were killed by a landmine on Saturday (June 30th) during a gunfight between rebels and troops in the Tunceli province near the border with Iraq.
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2 July
EU, NATO troops search Karadzic’s home in Pale
EU and NATO troops on Friday (June 29th) searched the home of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic. Inside the premises, they found Karadzic’s wife Ljiljana Zelen Karadzic, his daughter Sonja and her two children.
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2 July
NATO chief says Kosovo is biggest issue affecting Balkans
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Friday (June 29th) that Kosovo is the “biggest issue” currently affecting the Balkans.
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2 July
Iran ‘baring its teeth’ in Afghanistan, officials say
In public, Afghanistan has played down US and British allegations that Iran is feeding weapons to Taliban insurgents, but in private, officials here say the charges are true — and worrying.
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2 July
Tens of Thousands of Iranians participate in anti-Ahmadijnejad rally
Tens of thousands rallied in Villepinte, near Parison Saturday (June 30) in support of an Iranian exile group,calling on Western powers to urge democratic changes inTehran.
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2 July
Iranian opposition group in exile denounces EU decision to keep it on terror list
Thousands rallied Saturday outside Paris to decry a recent European Union decision to keep an Iranian opposition group on a terror blacklist, while a group leader insisted Iran is “on the verge of exploding.”
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2 July
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Gas Rationing Causes Riots in Iran
When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad campaigned for president two years ago, he promised Iranians that he would put the country’s oil wealth “on people’s tables.â€
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2 July
Tehran reviews nuclear ‘time out’ idea — official
Iran is reviewing a “time out” proposal to stop its uranium enrichment expansion in return for a halt to further UN sanctions, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
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2 July
Iraq hopeful on more US-Iran talks in Baghdad
Iraq is pressing the United States and Iran to hold a second round of talks in Baghdad to follow up a landmark meeting in May, but no date has been set, Iraq’s foreign minister said on Sunday.
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