June, 2007

• 14 June

  Car bombing kills anti-Syrian lawmaker, 9 others in Beirut

  A POWERFUL CAR bomb killed anti-Syrian Lebanese politician Walid Eido and nine other people on Wednesday in an attack his colleagues blamed on Damascus, Reuters reported.

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• 14 June

  Jordan ‘dismayed’, demands immediate halt to Gaza battles

  HAMAS FIGHTERS LAUNCHED a fierce offensive on Gaza City yesterday, attacking the main security bases and the president’s compound with mortars and rockets and sending some of the rival Fateh forces fleeing in disarray as the Islamic group appeared close to taking over the entire Gaza Strip.

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• 14 June

  New gunbattles in Chechnya

  Gunbattle in the area of Shalazhi village Kavkaz Center sources reports that the village of Shalazhi (Urus-Martan district) has been blocked by the invaders since the early morning of 13 June.

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• 14 June

  Human Rights group demands international tribunal for Kashmir

  In occupied Kashmir, the Srinagar based Human Rights group, Coalition of Civil Society has demanded formation of an International Tribunal for War Crimes to investigate into the gross human rights violations by the Indian armed forces.

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• 14 June

  Hamas Fatah agree on ceasefire

  Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah say they have agreed to the terms of a new truce to end days of fighting in Gaza that has left 80 people dead. In a joint statement, leaders from both sides called for an end to fighting.

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• 14 June

  The Big Lies

  June 11, 2007: Russians have been rewriting their own history, more so than most nations, for a long time. The most recent example is their current attitude towards the Cold War, how it ended, and the legacy of 70 years of communist tyranny.

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• 14 June

  Bomb Blast Kills Lawmaker in Lebanon

  A bomb ripped through a vocal anti-Syrian lawmaker’s car near the popular waterfront in the Lebanese capital Wednesday, killing him and nine other people in the latest assassination of a Lebanese opponent of Damascus.

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• 14 June

  Blast hits key Iraq Shia shrine

  The two minarets of the al-Askari shrine in Iraq, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, have been destroyed by two explosions.

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• 14 June

  Palestinian fighting ‘will burn all of us,’ official says

  GAZA CITY (CNN) — Rival factions killed more than two dozen people Tuesday in bitter fighting that has left Gaza sliding into chaos, Palestinian officials said.

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• 14 June

  40 Fatah men cross into Egypt, fleeing Gaza fighting

  RAFAH, Egypt, June 13 (Reuters) – About 40 Palestinian security men affiliated to Fatah fled to Egypt on Wednesday to escape violence in the Gaza Strip while dozens of Palestinians massed at the closed border, Egyptian officials said.

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