June, 2007

• 27 June

  Cyclone kills 10 in Pakistan

  At least 10 people have died and thousands have fled their homes as a powerful tropical cyclone brought torrential rains and high winds to Pakistan’s Arabian sea coast.

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• 27 June

  Egypt to renew efforts to free Schalit

  Egypt has decided to resume its efforts to release kidnapped IDF Cpl. Gilad Schalit, a senior Egyptian government official here told The Jerusalem Post Monday.

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• 27 June

  Global adventurer held as a spy

  A British adventurer was questioned as a potential spy after entering Egyptian territory without permission.

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• 26 June

  NATO rules avoid Afghan civilian deaths: genera

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan believe their procedures for avoiding unintended casualties are sufficient despite a series of civilian deaths in recent weeks, a U.S. commander said on Tuesday.U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Joseph Votel also said NATO forces had intentionally fired into Pakistan in one recent incident said …

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• 26 June

  US dismisses reports on Afghan deaths

  WASHINGTON – Despite rising civilian deaths in Afghanistan’s counter-terror war — and rising criticism — a U.S. general suggested Tuesday that coalition commanders do not need to change the way they operate.

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• 26 June

  NATO probes Afghan detainee ‘abuse’

  KABUL (AFP) – The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said it was investigating a report that US and Afghan soldiers tied a detainee to a military vehicle and threatened to drag him across a road.

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• 26 June

  Zagreb summit highlights regional energy co-operation

  Southeast European countries should co-operate to form a regional energy market, with financial and technical assistance from the EU and Russia, participants at a Southeast European energy forum in Zagreb agreed on Sunday (June 24th).

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• 26 June

  New data released on victims of BiH conflict

  A Sarajevo-based NGO that has been compiling a database of victims killed during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) released the results last week, after three years of data collection.

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• 26 June

  Zawahiri urges Muslims to back Hamas

  Al Qaeda’s number two urged all Muslims in a tape posted on Monday to support the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in its battles with President Mahmoud Abbas and Israel, which he said was planning to invade Gaza.

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• 26 June

  UN nuclear inspectors to go to Iran

  Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are to go to Iran “as early as practicable” to resolve issues over Tehran’s nuclear programme, the UN nuclear watchdog said Monday.

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