June, 2007

• 20 June

  Baghdad truck bomb kills 65 near Shiite shrine

  BAGHDAD (AFP) — A massive truck bomb exploded near a Shiite mosque in the heart of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at least 65 people in the deadliest attack there in two months.

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• 20 June

  New U.N. sanctions on Iran said under discussion

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and other major powers have begun preliminary consultations on a new set of U.N. sanctions related to Iran’s refusal to halt uranium enrichment, the State Department said on Tuesday.

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• 20 June

  Kuwait protests assault on diplomat in Iran

  KUWAIT CITY (AFP) – Kuwait has strongly protested to Iran over a physical assault on one of its diplomats in Tehran and demanded an apology, the state news agency KUNA reported on Wednesday.

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• 20 June

  Republican Thompson Highlights Serious Iran Threat

  London (Reuters) – Tougher sanctions or a blockade on Iran could help foment growing internal dissent to topple the government, former U.S. Republican senator Fred Thompson, a potential presidential candidate, said on Tuesday.

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• 20 June

  Russian OMON forces come under fire in Ingushetia

  Russian occupation sources reported that in Ingushetia on the night of Wednesday a mobile group of Mujahideen hava carried out an attack on a base of a puppet OMON (special-purpose police units) police force in the town of Karabulak. Invaders by referring to local munafiqs reported that OMON incur casualties, …

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• 20 June

  Guantanamo Prisoners Shadow-Box for Their Lives

  Have your hopes dashed enough and you start to question if there is ever a way out. Imagine that this is your world: a 6 ft by 8 ft cell where everything is steel – the walls, the floor, the ceiling, the toilet, the sink, the bed. Walk two steps …

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• 20 June

  Hypocrite wanted to destroy Muslim brothers

  A leading Hamas politician in Gaza on Monday accused former Gaza strongman Muhammed Dahlan of having planned to “liquidate Hamas in the Gaza Strip and carry out large-scale massacres.”

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• 20 June

  Bush, Olmert seek to bolster Abbas government

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday sought to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his battle with Hamas for primacy, calling him a moderate voice and the only true leader of the Palestinian people.

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• 20 June

  First Aid Trucks Since Hamas Takeover Arrive in Gaza

  Aid trucks from the United Nations World Food Program have rolled into the Gaza Strip for the first time since Hamas took control of the Palestinian territory last week.

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• 20 June

  Baghdad mosque bombing kills 75

  At least 75 people died today when a car bomb exploded near a Shia mosque in a busy commercial district of Baghdad after a period of relative calm in the Iraqi capital.

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