June, 2007

• 6 June

  Palestinians protest occupation on 67 anniversary, Abbas warns of civil war

  RAMALLAH (AFP) — Palestinians and peace activists rallied on Tuesday against four decades of Israeli occupation on the anniversary of the 1967 war that reshaped the Middle East in just six days.

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• 6 June

  Iraq market bomber kills at least 18

  BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber drove a pickup packed with explosives into a group of anti-Al Qaeda tribal chiefs Tuesday in a market area near Fallujah on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people, officials said, in the latest example of the difficulties facing Sunni leaders trying to gain control …

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• 6 June

  Powerful cyclone bears down on Arabian Gulf

  MUSCAT (AP) — Thousands of people fled low-lying areas Tuesday as the strongest cyclone to threaten the Arabian Peninsula in 60 years barrelled towards the oil-rich Persian Gulf — with southern Iran next in its path.

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• 6 June

  Lebanon fighting sporadic

  NAHR BARED (AFP) — Sporadic fighting continued on Tuesday in the Lebanese army’s battle to crush gunmen holed up in a refugee camp, amid reports the radicals’ resolve was weakening and that some were surrendering.

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• 6 June

  Rallies against zionist occupation

  Palestinians have gathered in the West Bank on the anniversary of the start of the 1967 Middle East war to demand an immediate end to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land. And in East Jerusalem on Tuesday, zionist police shut down a Palestinian conference marking 40 years since zionist occupants captured …

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• 6 June

  Innocent Moroccan’s experience in Guantanamo

  After spending five “hellish” years in the notorious American detention center of Guantanamo, a young Moroccan plans to turn a new leaf. “I’m delighted to be back with my family and friends,” a visibly relieved Mohamed Benmoujane remarked. “I will go back to school which I quit years ago to …

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• 6 June

  Kasparov says: Russia heading for crisis

  Former world chess champion and Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov spoke today to a group of journalists at the Democracy and Security Conference in Prague. Kasparov is the leader of the opposition umbrella group Other Russia.

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• 6 June

  Mansour Dadullah: Bin Laden alive and well

  Osama bin Laden is alive and well and issuing orders to his commanders, says the new military leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Speaking exclusively to Al Jazeera, Mansour Dadullah, whose brother led military operations for the Taliban until his death in May, said he has received a letter of …

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• 5 June

  PNL ÅŸi PNÅ¢CD au semnat un acord pentru formarea unui pol de centru-dreapta

  Liderii PNL şi PNŢCD au semnat un acord de colaborare. Liberalii au continuat astăzi discuţiile cu ţărăniştii pentru formarea unui pol de centru-dreapta. Ieri, s-a încheiat un acord cu Alianţa Populară, condusă de Emil Constantinescu.

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• 5 June

  Schwarz-Schilling urges BiH to address prison system inadequacies

  While it may take year before a state prison is in place in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the country must take urgent steps to deal with the shortcomings in its current detention system, High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling said Friday (June 1st).

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