March, 2007

• 15 March

  Lebanon Seeking Shiite-Sunnite Solidarity

  We are seeking to establish unity among all Shiite and Sunni tribes, the official in charge of the Lebanese Islamic Amal Front said.

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• 15 March

  Iran will not Give Up an Iota of N. Rights

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that his country will not backtrack on the nuclear path even for one single step, saying that the Iranian nation has adopted a historical decision for making progress and reaching the peaks of perfection.

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• 15 March

  Iranian Nation will Gain its Rights

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed his people’s insistence on the right to access civilian nuclear technology, saying that Iran will eventually gain its rights.

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• 15 March

  Iran Sees Talks Ending Russian N. Plant Row

  Tehran said it could negotiate a solution to its dispute with Russia about building Iran first nuclear power plant, and Moscow promised to keep the project alive.

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• 14 March

  Wave of suicide attacks kill 4 in Afghanistan

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) — Three suicide bombers struck southern Afghanistan Tuesday, leaving four people dead and about a dozen wounded, police and the British military said.The deadliest attack was in the border town of Spin Boldak, where a man with explosives strapped to his body blew himself up in the …

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• 14 March

  Blast levels shops in Kabul, kills 6

  KABUL, Afghanistan – At least six people were killed Wednesday in an explosion caused by gunpowder in shops selling ammunition for hunting rifles, police said. Nine others were injured, and the blast gouged a huge crater into the neighborhood. Police, soldiers and crying relatives used their hands and shovels to …

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• 13 March

  Political turmoil deepens as Romanian prime minister postpones EP elections

  Over President Traian Basescu’s strong objections, the Liberal Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu has postponed European Parliament elections until the second half of this year. An “inappropriate domestic political climate” would hamper serious debate on European issues in the campaign to elect 35 Romanian MEPs, Tariceanu said, citing opposition attempts …

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• 13 March

  Record high bank savings in Serbia

  After years of reforms, the public is regaining their trust in banks and are no longer stuffing mattresses with their hard-earned money. The country’s banks currently hold about 3.2 billion euros in savings accounts. This is a 44.6 % increase in just one year, amounting to as much as 2.9 …

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• 13 March

  US diplomat does not expect Russia to veto UN resolution on Kosovo

  Citing the level of co-operation with Russia in the process of determining Kosovo’s final status so far, a senior US diplomat said on Monday (March 12th) that he does not expect Moscow to veto a Security Council resolution that would likely put the province on the path to independence. Russia …

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• 13 March

  UN Calls For Economic Development In Afghanistan

   Military strategy has to be combined with political and development strategy in Afghanistan’s violence-torn south and south-eastern provinces, the top United Nations peacekeeping official said today. “It is essential to combine the three,” Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guéhenno told a news conference in Kabul, the capital, at the end …

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