February, 2007

• 12 February

  Israel tests anti-missile system

  JERUSALEM – Israel successfully conducted its first nighttime test of the Arrow anti-missile system after sundown Sunday, the Defense Ministry said.

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• 12 February

  House Prepares to Debate Iraq Resolution

  WASHINGTON (AP) – As the House prepared to debate a resolution opposing President Bush’s troop escalation in Iraq, the GOP House leader acknowledged that a number of Republicans are likely to support it.

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• 11 February

  Palestinian Leaders Aim to Sell New Deal

  JERUSALEM (Feb. 10) – Palestinian leaders fanned out across the world Saturday in a diplomatic blitz aimed at convincing reticent world leaders to support their hard-won power-sharing deal by lifting economic sanctions on their government.

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• 11 February

  MP Zahalka: Olmert’s government nixed recommendations to avoid harming Aqsa gate

  Nazareth – The Arab Knesset (Israeli parliament) member Jamal Zahalka has revealed that the Israeli government of premier Ehud Olmert had rejected recommendations tabled by more that 30 archeologists across the world to avoid harming the Magharba gate.

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• 11 February

  Palestinian workers’ syndicates support Makka agreement, want it translated on the ground

  Gaza – Secretary-general of the Islamic syndicates’ union of Palestinian workers Ahmed Kotob has urged Hamas and Fatah Movements to implement the unity government agreement which they signed Thursday in the holy city of Makka.

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• 11 February

  U.S.-led forces show evidence of Iran arms in Iraq

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq presented on Sunday what officials said was “a growing body” of evidence of Iranian weapons being used to kill coalition soldiers.

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• 11 February

  Iraqi suicide bomber kills 30

  A SUICIDE truck bomber slammed into a crowd of Iraqi police lining up for duty near Tikrit yesterday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 50, police said.

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• 11 February

  Iran Head: No End to Uranium Enrichment

  TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck a defiant yet vague tone on Sunday, telling Iranians during the 28th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that their country would not give up uranium enrichment but was prepared to negotiate.

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• 11 February

  U.S. Officer: Iran Sends Iraq Bomb Parts

  BAGHDAD, Iraq — High-tech roadside bombs that have proved particularly deadly to American soldiers are manufactured in Iran and delivered to Iraq on orders from the “highest levels” of the Iranian government, a senior intelligence officer said Sunday.

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• 11 February

  Suicide bomber kills 15 in Iraq

  A suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and wounded at least 25 others at a police station north of Baghdad.

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