June, 2007

• 2 June

  Russia rejects revised Kosovo draft

  Western nations introduced on Thursday (May 31st) a revised draft of a UN Security Council resolution backing a plan to grant internationally supervised independence to Kosovo, but Russia rejected it immediately.

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• 2 June

  Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Tolimir arrested

  Zdravko Tolimir, a former Republika Srpska (RS) army officer thought to be one of the main organisers of the network helping top war crimes indictee Ratko Mladic elude justice, was arrested in the Bosnian Serbia entity on Thursday (May 31st).

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• 2 June

  Many dead in Lebanon camp battle

  At least 19 people have been killed, including three soldiers, after the fiercest fighting in two weeks at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon. The Lebanese army advanced its troops on Friday and carried out intense shelling against Fatah al-Islam fighters within the camp.

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• 2 June

  Video of BBC’s reporter released

  On Friday, June 1, the first video of BBC reporter Alan Johnston was released, since he was kidnapped 80 days ago. Palestinian government and his family made pleas for his immediate release. “First of all, my captors have treated me very well,” said a pale Johnston, wearing a red sweatshirt …

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• 2 June

  Bosnian Serbs Turn in Mladic Aide

  After 12 years of almost no cooperation with the Hague tribunal, Bosnian Serb police finally arrest war crimes suspect wanted by the court. One of three most wanted war crimes fugitives sought by the Hague tribunal, Bosnian Serb army general Zdravko Tolimir, was arrested this week near the eastern Bosnian …

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• 2 June

  Gaza boys ‘shot dead by Israelis’

  Two Palestinian boys have been shot dead by Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources say.

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• 2 June

  Lebanon army advances on Islamic militants

  TRIPOLI, Lebanon – Advancing under a blanket of artillery and tank fire, Lebanese troops overran positions held by al-Qaida-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp on Friday, reportedly killing 18 people.

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• 2 June

  Syria Will Not Cooperate With UN Hariri Tribunal

  Syria says it will refuse to cooperate with a new U.N.-backed tribunal for suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

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• 2 June

  Egypt detained 48 in Muslim Brotherhood raids

  CAIRO, June 1 (Reuters) – Egyptian police detained 48 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday in a crackdown ahead of parliamentary elections, a security source said on Friday.

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• 2 June

  Sino-Egyptian joint oil rigs plant set up in Egypt

  AL-EIN AL-SOKHNA, Egypt, May 31 (CEIS): Chinese and Egyptian officials yesterday laid foundation stone for a joint project to manufacture oil drills, which is the first land oil rigs plant in the Middle East region.

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