July, 2007

• 2 July

  Israel’s prisoner becomes Hamas jailer

  Hassan Jmassi was a prisoner for five years in the Gaza Strip under Israeli occupation. Now Hamas are masters, he has risen to the dizzy height of prison governor armed with lavish reforming zeal.

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• 2 July

  AU wants new UN resolution on Darfur

  A new United Nations resolution is needed to ensure that Sudan accepts the deployment of a long-awaited hybrid force to Darfur, the head of the African Union commission said Sunday.

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• 2 July

  Concern mounts for Palestinians in Lebanon siege camp

  Relief workers appealed to the Lebanese army on Sunday for access to hundreds of refugees inside a besieged Palestinian camp, six weeks into a battle between soldiers and Islamists.

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• 2 July

  Iraq’s June civilian death toll down sharply

  The number of civilians killed in Iraq fell sharply in June to the lowest monthly total since a US-backed security clampdown was launched in February, Iraqi government figures showed on Sunday.

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• 2 July

  US admits killing Afghan civilians

  US military officials have admitted civilians were among those killed in a US-led air raid on a village in Afghanistan.

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• 2 July

  Afghanistan’s troubled judiciary in focus at Rome conference

  KABUL (AFP) – In a small room that looks like a prison cell, files stand in waist-high piles on the floor. An official explains there is no fixed price for a bribe to pick one out and send it moving through the courts.

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• 2 July

  Afghans: 62 Taliban, 45 civilians dead

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A local investigation into airstrikes that slammed into Afghan homes where Taliban fighters sought shelter found that 62 insurgents and 45 civilians were killed, two Afghan officials said Sunday.

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• 1 July

  IAEA team to visit Iran July 11-13 — ISNA

  A team from the UN nuclear watchdog will visit Iran on July 11-13 to discuss how to resolve questions about Tehran’s disputed nuclear activities, an Iranian official was quoted as saying on Saturday.

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• 1 July

  Hamas asserts itself, warily

  There is an air of relief blowing in with the hot sea breeze over the Gaza Strip these days, but it’s one salted with worry that factional warfare which ended in victory for Hamas two weeks ago could swiftly return.

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• 1 July

  What is ‘Iraq-style car bomb’?

  Following this week’s foiled car bombs in central London, the British media raised the spectre of “Iraq-style attacks”, but what exactly would be the hallmarks of such a campaign?

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