Eurasia Press & News
Iran played a “big role” in Hamas’s seizure of Gaza from Palestinian security forces earlier this month, Palestinian intelligence chief Tawfiq al-Tirawi charged on Sunday.
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June, 2007
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25 June
Mosul journalist shot to death on her way home from work
A 35-year-old Iraqi journalist was shot to death Sunday on her way home from work in Mosul, officials said, the second female journalist to be killed in the northern city this month.
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25 June
8 killed in Turkey fresh violence
A separatist Kurdish rebel and a civilian were killed in a botched suicide attack in eastern Turkey while fighting elsewhere left five rebels and a government militia member dead, local security sources and officials said Sunday.
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25 June
Sudan must stop trying to limit Darfur force — Rice
Sudan must stop trying to “scale back” a hybrid international force for Darfur, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said as she flew to Paris for talks on the humanitarian crisis in the western Sudanese region.
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25 June
‘Chemical Ali’, 2 others sentenced to death
Saddam Hussein’s cousin and two other former regime officials were convicted Sunday of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to hang for the brutal crackdown that killed up to 180,000 Kurdish civilians and guerrillas two decades ago.
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25 June
5 UN troops killed in Lebanon bombing
Five UN peacekeepers were killed by a car bomb in southern Lebanon on Sunday, further rattling security as another 11 people died in fighting with Islamists in the north.
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25 June
Israel frees funds for Palestinian president, Hamas calls it bribery
Israel agreed on Sunday to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ new government, a move Hamas dismissed as “bribery” to fuel tensions with Islamists controlling Gaza.
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25 June
King holds talks with Abbas, urges ‘clear timeline’ for peace talks
King Abdullah on Sunday called for a “clear timeline†for resuming Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations, a Royal Court statement said.
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25 June
Arab militants join fight in Afghanistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Arab Islamic radicals who fled Afghanistan in the U.S.-led invasion are coming back, eager to support suicide bombers in their increasingly frequent and effective attacks on Western and Afghan forces.
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25 June
U.S., NATO see surge in Afghan deaths
KABUL, Afghanistan – Taliban fighters attack U.S. or NATO forces in populated areas, then retreat to civilian homes. Western forces respond with massive firepower or an airstrike.
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