May, 2007

• 20 May

  EU-Russia relation not so good

  European Union leaders have met the Russian president with Poland describing relations between the sides as in “crisis”. Vladimir Putin held talks with Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission president, and Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany which holds the rotating EU presidency, near Samara in southern Russia but little was …

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• 20 May

  Iran waiting for Cairo’s reply to normalize relations with Egypt

  Teheran- Iran was determined to normalize ties with Egypt and was just waiting for Cairo’s reply to do so, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Saturday. Mottaki told ILNA news agency that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had already voiced Iran’s willingness to normalize ties but Tehran was waiting for an official …

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• 20 May

  Egyptian mediators secure ceasefire between Hamas, Fatah

  GAZA, May 19 (Xinhua) — Warring Palestinian factions of Hamas and Fatah reached a ceasefire deal on Saturday afternoon following Egypt’s successful efforts to bring the two sides together.    The deal calls for removing chokepoints and roadblocks from Gaza City streets by 15:00 local time (12:00 GMT), displacing snipers and gunmen …

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• 19 May

  Afghan, coalition forces kill over 70 Taleban

  KABUL – Afghan security officials claimed on Saturday to have killed some 70 suspected Taleban in a clash in south-eastern Afghanistan in which US-led coalition close air support was also used, while several dozens more were killed in a separate attack. The firefight took place in Samkanai district of Paktia …

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• 19 May

  German troops die in Afghanistan

  Three German soldiers were among nine people killed in a suicide bomb attack in northern Afghanistan. At least 14 people were injured in the blast which happened when the troops were conducting a foot patrol in Kunduz city, in the province of the same name.

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• 19 May

  Iran to slow down expulsion of Afghans

  TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran has agreed to slow down a drive to expel illegal Afghan residents after its speed prompted Kabul to sack two Afghan cabinet ministers, Iranian state media reported on Monday. Iranian deputy foreign minister Mahdi Safari, visiting Afghanistan, said President Mahmud Ahmadinejad “has agreed to repatriate Afghans …

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• 19 May

  Mubarak in Libya to discuss Darfur

  Hosni Mubarak arrived on Tuesday in Tripoli for talks on the situation in Sudan’s war-torn western region of Darfur, an AFP correspondent reported.

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• 19 May

  Egypt and other Arab countries not willing to pressure Sudan on Darfur

  CAIRO, Egypt: Western countries looking for ways to pressure Sudan to curb violence in Darfur have had trouble getting support from the country’s Arab neighbors.

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• 19 May

  Egypt to launch a new Darfur ‘road map’ peace plan

   Under Western criticism for doing little to pressure Sudan to curb violence in Darfur, Egypt announced Wednesday that it is offering a new peace plan for the war-torn African nation. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit described the Egyptian proposal as “a road map” for a political process that would …

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• 19 May

  Israeli FM Meets Mubarak on Arab Deal

  Associated Press Writer CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni held talks Thursday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the first high-level discussion between Israel and the Arab world on an Arab initiative calling for an exchange of land for peace.

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