June, 2007

• 29 June

  Bombs kill 34 in Baghdad, 3 UK troops in Basra

  A car bomb killed 25 people on Thursday at a busy intersection in Baghdad where minibuses pick up and drop off passengers, while a roadside bomb killed three British soldiers in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.

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• 29 June

  6 Islamists dead in Lebanon clashes

  Lebanese troops raided a cave hideout of Islamic gunmen in the hills of northern Lebanon on Thursday and killed six fighters, as the violence continued to spread from a Palestinian refugee camp where the military has been battling an Al Qaeda-inspired group.

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• 29 June

  Amman hopes Blair will push peace efforts

  JORDAN ON THURSDAY expressed hope that new Middle East envoy Tony Blair help resume peace talks between the Palestinians and Israelis.

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• 29 June

  Mega housing project near Zarqa

  A multimillion-dinar residential city will be built near Zarqa to tackle overcrowding and help citizens on low and limited incomes buy suitable housing.

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• 29 June

  Brown must end relation with Bush

  There’s an odd myth about Gordon Brown. His views on the war in Iraq are said to be unknown. Whether the myth is put out by Brownites to hint that change is imminent or by wishful thinkers on both left and right who desperately hope for a new Downing Street …

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• 28 June

  Moţiunea PSD pe agricultură a fost adoptată

  Moţiunea simplă a PSD Patru milioane de lei-pentru fiecare hectar de teren arabil a fost adoptată, astăzi, de Camera Deputaţilor, cu 131 de voturi pentru, 63 împotrivă şi 17 abţineri, singurele partide care au votat împotrivă fiind PNL şi UDMR.

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• 28 June

  Deputaţii au decis că Guvernul poate emite ordonanţe în vacanţa parlamentară

  Actul normativ care abilitează Guvernul să emită ordonanţe în perioada vacanţei parlamentare a fost adoptat, astăzi, de Camera Deputaţilor, for decizional, cu 156 de voturi pentru, 53 împotrivă şi trei abţineri.

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• 28 June

  Rehn says SAA talks with Serbia can be completed by late September

  EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn met with Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic on Wednesday (June 27th) and suggested that Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) talks with Serbia could be wrapped up and the accord initialled in September or October.

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• 28 June

  BiH Defence Ministry takes over Orao military base from EUFOR

  EUFOR handed over control of the Orao military base in Tuzla to the BiH Defence Ministry on Wednesday (June 27th), at a ceremony attended by EUFOR Rear Admiral Hans-Jochen Witthauer.

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• 28 June

  Turkish army urges parliament to order cross-border operation

  General Yasar Buyukanit, chief of the Turkish Army General Staff, called again on Wednesday (June 27th) for a cross-border operation against the terrorist organisation Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq.

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