May, 2007

• 21 May

  Low vote turnout prompts questions in Algeria

  ALGIERS — It didn’t significantly change the political landscape, but the meagre turnout for parliamentary elections in Algeria has prompted some questions about the future in this fledgling Arab democracy wrestling with the remnants of an Islamist insurgency.

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• 21 May

  7 US soldiers die in Iraq attacks

  BAGHDAD (AFP) — Roadside bombings killed seven US soldiers and an interpreter, the military said on Sunday, putting May on track to be one of the deadliest months for US forces in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion.

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• 21 May

  Israel to offer counterproposal to Arab Peace Initiative, Peres says: “Tel Aviv should build confidence with Palestinians — King”

  JT with AFP dispatches ISRAELI DEPUTY PRIME Minister Shimon Peres on Sunday urged Arab countries to hold talks with the Jewish state on the peace initiative they reendorsed in March.

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• 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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