June, 2007

• 13 June

  Egypt may execute convicted bombers soon — activists

  CAIRO (Reuters) — Egypt may soon execute three men sentenced to die for bombings that killed at least 34 people in the Sinai resort town of Taba in 2004, human rights activists said on Tuesday.

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• 13 June

  Security Council concerned arms flowing from Syria to Lebanon

  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN Security Council gave strong backing to the Lebanese government’s fight against gunmen holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp and reiterated its “deep concern” about mounting evidence that arms are being smuggled across the border from Syria.

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• 13 June

  Turkish PM signals opposition to Iraq attack

  ANKARA (AFP) — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday indicated he would resist calls from the influential military for an incursion into neighbouring northern Iraq to pursue Turkish Kurd rebels taking refuge there.

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• 13 June

  Suspected Sunni fighters bomb 3 key bridges in Iraq

  BAGHDAD (AP) — Suspected Sunni insurgents bombed and badly damaged a span over the main north-south highway leading from Baghdad on Tuesday — the third bridge attack in as many days in an apparent campaign against key transportation arteries.

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• 13 June

  Gaza battles raise fears of full civil war

  GAZA (Reuters) — Palestinians battled across Gaza on Tuesday in what looked ever more like civil war as the forces of President Mahmoud Abbas rounded on those of the Islamist prime minister and their unity government headed for collapse.

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• 13 June

  Red Cross to continue assistance in Lebanon

  BEIRUT (AP) — The Red Cross pledged Tuesday to continue assistance in a battle-scarred Palestinian refugee camp despite the death of two volunteers as Lebanese troops, backed by heavy artillery barrages, chipped away at Islamists barricaded in dense neighbourhoods still housing thousands of civilians.

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• 13 June

  Jordan, Egypt urge end to Palestinian infighting

  AMMAN (JT) — Jordan and Egypt on Tuesday urged Palestinian factions to end infighting and work on enhancing their unity.

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• 13 June

  Fatah pulls out of role in government

  Fatah says it is suspending participation in the three-month old unity government until street battles in Gaza end. The announcement on Tuesday night came at the end of one of the bloodiest days of factional fighting in the Gaza Strip. The toll in the past 24 hours reached 27, with …

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• 13 June

  11,000 UK Army Deserters Over Iraq

  Up to 11,000 British soldiers have deserted the Army fearing they could be deployed in violence-racked Iraq amid a steady rise in the number of soldiers going Absent Without Leave (AWOL) in the occupied country, British Ministry of Defense figures show.

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• 13 June

  Russia opposition rallies in Moscow

  About 1,500 anti-government protesters, led by chess legend Garry Kasparov, have rallied in central Moscow.

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