The Supreme Court on Wednesday (June 20th) heard the final appeal of death sentences handed down against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor for allegedly infecting children at a Benghazi hospital with HIV.
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June, 2007
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21 June
Draft resolution offers more time for Belgrade-Pristina talks
The members of the UN Security Council are likely to get a new draft resolution on Kosovo’s future Wednesday (June 20th), paving the way for fresh status talks between Belgrade and Pristina.
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21 June
Iran behind Hamas takeover in threat to Arab security: Egypt FM
Egypt’s foreign minister accused Iran of having encouraged Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to seize neighbouring Gaza and said it posed a threat to the Arab world, in remarks published on Wednesday.
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21 June
Tehran blocks Iranian-French journalism student’s exit: group
An Iranian-French journalism student is being prevented from leaving Iran after spending a month in jail for interviewing opposition members, Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday.
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21 June
Yet another struggle for Iranian Resistance
Denmark, June 18, 2007 -Â The Iranian Resistance of Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) is not just fighting with the Mullahs regime but is also struggling against the EU countries who are not removing its name from the terrorist list despite a ruling by the EU Court.
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21 June
Year later, amid concrete, blood, view in Baghdad looks only bleaker
In Iraq, after four years and three months of war, the echoes have begun to echo themselves.
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21 June
Attack on Somali police stations, 2 dead
More than a dozen gunmen attacked two police bases in Mogadishu early Wednesday with rocket-propelled grenades, sparking firefights that killed at least two people, witnesses and police said.
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21 June
Horror in Iraq orphanage
The images are shocking even by Iraqi standards: Two dozen skeletal children, some tied to beds, others writhing in their own waste and some appearing, at first glance, to be dead.
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21 June
Death row medics launch last-ditch appeal in Libya
TRIPOLI (AFP) — Six foreign medics on death row for infecting Libyan children with the AIDS virus launched a final appeal on Wednesday after more than eight years behind bars for a crime they say they did not commit.
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21 June
Lebanese troops gain in push on Palestinian camp Islamists
NAHR BARED (AFP) — Lebanese troops bombarded Islamists inside a besieged refugee camp on Wednesday after seizing key outposts in part of the camp a month after the showdown erupted.
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