Eurasia Press & News
ISTANBUL — Turkish women are on the street protesting as never before as the fight to preserve Turkey’s secular status gives them a louder political voice that could translate into parliamentary seats in this summer’s elections.
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June, 2007
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5 June
8 paramilitary killed in attack in eastern Turkey
TUNCELI, Turkey (Reuters) — At least eight Turkish paramilitary police were killed when Kurdish rebels attacked their headquarters in eastern Turkey on Monday, security sources said, in the worst attack of its kind in a year.
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5 June
Top US general says too early to judge Iraq plan
CAMP ANACONDA (Reuters) — The US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, said on Monday it was too early to judge whether a Baghdad security crackdown was successful because the last of five extra brigades had yet to be deployed.
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5 June
Protests to mark 40 years of Israeli occupation
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli and Palestinian peace groups are staging demonstrations this week to protest at 40 years of Israeli occupation following the 1967 war that changed the shape of the Middle East.
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5 June
Palestinian gov’t backs Abbas ceasefire offer
GAZA (Agencies) — The Hamas-led Palestinian government endorsed on Monday President Mahmoud Abbas’ proposal for a ceasefire between fighters and Israel, a Cabinet spokesman said.
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5 June
Clashes in Lebanon, bomb hits capital
SIDON (AFP) — Deadly firefights in a Palestinian camp in south Lebanon and a bus bombing in the capital opened new fronts for the army on Monday as it battles to crush an Al Qaeda-inspired group in a 16-day standoff in the north of the country.
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5 June
Innocent Palestinians kidnapped by zionist occupants
At least eight Palestinian Muslims were rounded up by the invaders and occupant troops in a number of raids in the West Bank cities of Jenin, Qalqilia, and Ramallah in the early hours of Monday morning.
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5 June
Tension rises in Turkey – Iraq border
Turkish Military has threatened to conduct cross-border operation into northern Iraq, against both the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani.
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5 June
Judges remove Guantanamo cases
US military judges have thrown out cases against two Guantanamo inmates, casting doubt on future tribunals for the 380 detainees at the prison.
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5 June
Musharraf imposes curbs on Pakistan media
Puppet President Pervez Musharraf on Monday imposed fresh curbs on the electronic media in the second such move within three days, sparking protests from journalists, politicians and lawyers.
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