May, 2007

• 21 May

  8 killed in air raid on Hamas

  GAZA (Reuters) — Israel escalated its strikes against Gaza fighters on Sunday, killing eight Palestinians in an aerial assault that struck the home of a promiment Hamas politician, medics and a source in the Islamist group said.

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• 21 May

  40 dead as Lebanese army battles Islamist fighters

  TRIPOLI (AFP) — Fierce gunbattles raged in Lebanon on Sunday between soldiers and shadowy Islamist fighters accused of links to Al Qaeda, leaving 40 dead in the bloodiest such clashes in seven years. Lebanese troops staged a broad daylight assault on a building in Tripoli where fighters from Fateh Al …

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• 21 May

  Afghanistan suicide blast kills 10

  KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) — A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians and wounded at least 30 other people, including foreign troops, in a crowded market in southeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said. Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the attack.

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• 20 May

  Presa externă: Traian Băsescu a supravieţuit

  Traian Băsescu a supravieÅ£uit fără emoÅ£ii încercării Parlamentului de a-l suspenda. Acesta este titlul afiÅŸat de numeroase publicaÅ£ii internaÅ£ionale, care relatează despre referendumul de ieri. Åžtirea despre rezultatele votului a fost prima din jurnalele informative ale EuroNews din această noapte. La rândul lor, ziarele europene amintesc, aproape toate de “nervozitatea” …

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• 20 May

  Barroso îl felicită pe Băsescu şi cere o continuare a reformelor

  Preşedintele Comisiei Europene, Jose Manuel Barroso, l-a felicitat astăzi pe preşedintele român Traian Băsescu, a cărui destituire a fost respinsă ieri, prin referendum şi a cerut continuarea reformelor în această ţară care a aderat la UE în ianuarie 2007, transmite AFP.

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• 20 May

  Iraq violence thwarts moves to repair revered shrine

  SAMARRA — The heavy wooden doors of the Golden Mosque open on to an ethereal hall clad in thousands of intricately arranged blue and silver tiles decorated with flowing Arabic script.

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• 20 May

  Aid to Palestinians could suffer — UN

  SOUTHERN SHUNEH (AP) — The bloodshed in Gaza threatens to keep badly needed economic aid from the Palestinians who already suffer from rising unemployment and a lack of basic services, a UN official aiding Palestinians warned Saturday.

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• 20 May

  Mottaki says Iran to lecture US on war mistakes

  SOUTHERN SHUNEH (AP) — Iran plans to lecture the United States during an upcoming meeting in Baghdad on what it said were mistakes that Washington made in its war on Iraq, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Saturday.

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• 20 May

  No regrets, Blair tells Iraq in final visit

  BASRA (Reuters) — Britain’s Tony Blair, on his last visit to Iraq as prime minister, said on Saturday he had no regrets about his part in the US-led invasion that removed Saddam Hussein.

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• 20 May

  New Gaza truce takes effect, Israel presses air raids

  GAZA CITY (AFP) — Rival Palestinian factions clinched a new ceasefire deal on Saturday to end a week of violence that has left more than 50 dead as Israel continued to pound targets across Gaza, killing one Palestinian.

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