Eurasia Press & News
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party has won almost all the 16 seats in the runoff elections for Egypt’s upper house of parliament, according to official results and media reports on Tuesday.
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20 June
2 Lebanese soldiers die in Palestinian refugee camp fighting
Lebanese troops inched towards Islamic strongholds in a north Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp Tuesday as mediators hinted at a possible ceasefire deal that includes the disarmament of the Al Qaeda-inspired gunmen.
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20 June
Bush-Olmert talks seek to bolster Abbas, Israel tightens screws on Hamas
US President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged on Tuesday to bolster Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, as Israel sought to tighten the screws on Hamas Islamists who control Gaza.
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20 June
Baghdad truck bomb kills 65 near Shiite shrine
BAGHDAD (AFP) — A massive truck bomb exploded near a Shiite mosque in the heart of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at least 65 people in the deadliest attack there in two months.
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20 June
New U.N. sanctions on Iran said under discussion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and other major powers have begun preliminary consultations on a new set of U.N. sanctions related to Iran’s refusal to halt uranium enrichment, the State Department said on Tuesday.
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20 June
Kuwait protests assault on diplomat in Iran
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) – Kuwait has strongly protested to Iran over a physical assault on one of its diplomats in Tehran and demanded an apology, the state news agency KUNA reported on Wednesday.
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20 June
Republican Thompson Highlights Serious Iran Threat
London (Reuters) – Tougher sanctions or a blockade on Iran could help foment growing internal dissent to topple the government, former U.S. Republican senator Fred Thompson, a potential presidential candidate, said on Tuesday.
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20 June
Russian OMON forces come under fire in Ingushetia
Russian occupation sources reported that in Ingushetia on the night of Wednesday a mobile group of Mujahideen hava carried out an attack on a base of a puppet OMON (special-purpose police units) police force in the town of Karabulak. Invaders by referring to local munafiqs reported that OMON incur casualties, …
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20 June
Guantanamo Prisoners Shadow-Box for Their Lives
Have your hopes dashed enough and you start to question if there is ever a way out. Imagine that this is your world: a 6 ft by 8 ft cell where everything is steel – the walls, the floor, the ceiling, the toilet, the sink, the bed. Walk two steps …
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20 June
Hypocrite wanted to destroy Muslim brothers
A leading Hamas politician in Gaza on Monday accused former Gaza strongman Muhammed Dahlan of having planned to “liquidate Hamas in the Gaza Strip and carry out large-scale massacres.”
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