Eurasia Press & News
An Israeli official on Tuesday promised “dramatic” action to improve life in the West Bank, and Palestinians expressed optimism that a high profile summit in Egypt a day earlier could lead to a resumption of long stalled peace talks.
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June, 2007
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27 June
Zionist regime neglects its own soldier
The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas Movement, has released a recording of captured zionist serviceman Gilad Shalit asking his government to accept his captors’ demands and to set free Palestinian prisoners in return for his freedom.
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27 June
Olmert creating rift in Palestinian Unity
Ishmael Haniya, premier of the PA caretaker government, on Tuesday affirmed that the Israeli policy of Premier Ehud Olmert aimed at driving a wedge in Palestinian national lines.
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27 June
Cyclone kills 10 in Pakistan
At least 10 people have died and thousands have fled their homes as a powerful tropical cyclone brought torrential rains and high winds to Pakistan’s Arabian sea coast.
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27 June
Egypt to renew efforts to free Schalit
Egypt has decided to resume its efforts to release kidnapped IDF Cpl. Gilad Schalit, a senior Egyptian government official here told The Jerusalem Post Monday.
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27 June
Global adventurer held as a spy
A British adventurer was questioned as a potential spy after entering Egyptian territory without permission.
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26 June
NATO rules avoid Afghan civilian deaths: genera
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan believe their procedures for avoiding unintended casualties are sufficient despite a series of civilian deaths in recent weeks, a U.S. commander said on Tuesday.U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Joseph Votel also said NATO forces had intentionally fired into Pakistan in one recent incident said …
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26 June
US dismisses reports on Afghan deaths
WASHINGTON – Despite rising civilian deaths in Afghanistan’s counter-terror war — and rising criticism — a U.S. general suggested Tuesday that coalition commanders do not need to change the way they operate.
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26 June
NATO probes Afghan detainee ‘abuse’
KABUL (AFP) – The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said it was investigating a report that US and Afghan soldiers tied a detainee to a military vehicle and threatened to drag him across a road.
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26 June
Zagreb summit highlights regional energy co-operation
Southeast European countries should co-operate to form a regional energy market, with financial and technical assistance from the EU and Russia, participants at a Southeast European energy forum in Zagreb agreed on Sunday (June 24th).
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