June, 2007

• 30 June

  Five US soldiers killed in Iraq

  Five US soldiers have been killed in an attack on a patrol in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the US military has said.

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• 30 June

  Protesters torch Iran gas stations

  The Iranian government’s last-minute decision to ration monthly fuel allotments, as well as increase the price of gas, triggered protests and riots — a rarity in the Islamic republic — according to Iranian media reports.

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• 30 June

  Egyptian billionaire found dead

  Financier Ashraf Marwan, 62, the son-in-law of former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, had been named by Israeli officials as a source for the country’s intelligence service Mossad. Scotland Yard is treating his death in Carlton House Terrace as “unexplained”.

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• 30 June

  Egypt outlaws all female circumcision

  The Egyptian government announced plans on Thursday to ban all female circumcision, the widely-practised removal of the clitoris which just days ago cost the life of a 12-year-old girl.

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• 30 June

  Senators press NATO on Afghanistan

  WASHINGTON (AFP) – A fifth of the members of the US Senate on Friday warned the situation in Afghanistan was quickly getting worse and called on Washington’s NATO allies to share more of the security burden.

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• 30 June

  U.S. deaths in Afghanistan, region

  As of Friday, June 29, 2007, at least 342 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

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• 29 June

  U.S. soldiers kill 4 Afghan civilians: rights group

  KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. soldiers killed four civilian members of the same family during a raid on Friday in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, an Afghan rights body said.

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• 29 June

  UN leader visits Afghanistan

  KABUL, Afghanistan – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a surprise visit Friday to Afghanistan, where he met with President Hamid Karzai and the commander of NATO troops.

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• 29 June

  Finacial Times pune la zid raportul CE privind România şi Bulgaria

  Presa londoneză continuă criticile la adresa Raportului Comisiei Europene privind Bulgaria şi România. Ideea generală este că Raportul a fost prea blând cu ambele ţări.

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• 29 June

  Unrest Grows Amid Gas Rationing in Iran

  Unrest spread in Tehran on Thursday, the second day of gasoline rationing in oil-rich Iran, with drivers lining up for miles, gas stations being set on fire and state-run banks and business centers coming under attack.

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