Eurasia Press & News
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday that Sudan’s “history” of backsliding on commitments means that sanction pressure must be maintained, despite its acceptance of a planned larger peacekeeping force for Darfur.
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June, 2007
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26 June
Lebanon points finger at Islamists over UN attack
Lebanon linked a bomb attack that killed six UN peacekeepers in the south of the country to a deadly standoff between Al Qaeda-inspired gunmen and the army in the north where two more soldiers were shot dead on Monday.
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26 June
6 tribal leaders among 50 killed in Iraq
A suicide bomber killed six Iraqi tribal leaders opposed to Al Qaeda when he blew himself up at a busy Baghdad hotel, in one of four attacks on Monday that killed 50 people in all, police said.
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26 June
King urges launch of ‘real’ peace process
King Abdullah on Monday called for launching a “real†Mideast peace process and an end to Palestinian-Israeli violence, following Hamas’ takeover of the Gaza Strip.
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26 June
Israel freeing 250 Palestinian prisoners as Mideast leaders meet
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday he intended to free 250 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture to help President Mahmoud Abbas.
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26 June
Inciting Genocide – Absolutely—- but What about Crimes Against Humanity?
On Wednesday June 20th, 2007 the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution demanding from the United Nations to charge the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on Genocide, as he has called for destruction of Israel.
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26 June
Japan’s Banks Restrict Loans to Iran
Japan’s private sector banks have restricted loans to Iran and rejected a request to pay for oil imports in currencies other than dollars, the Financial Times quoted banking and official sources as saying.
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26 June
FOFI Warns against the EU Council’s defiance of court ruling on Iranian Mojahedin
Friends of Free Iran inter-parliamentary group in a statement today warned against maintaining the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI) on the terror list by the Council of Ministers of Environment, describing it as a legal catastrophe and a political scandal.
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26 June
STARVING THE MULLAHS
THE conventional wisdom says that we have two choices in confronting and containing Iranian nuclear ambitions – United Na tions sanctions and diplomacy, or a military strike to knock out key nuclear sites.
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26 June
Iran – Cycle of Violence and Negotiations
Ever since Iran’s nuclear issue has been handed to the United Nations Security Council for punitive actions, crisis in the region has been flaring up at periods, each time the case is opened or closed for review.
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