February, 2007

• 22 February

  Prince Harry to be deployed to Iraq

  Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is getting his wish to serve in Iraq.The Ministry of Defence ended speculation that had been swirling for about a week by announcing Thursday the 22-year-old prince will be sent to Iraq with his Blues and Royals regiment in May or …

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• 22 February

  Study: Nearly 50% of Palestinians hungry

  Close to half of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza suffer from malnutrition, according to a UN report that’s expected to come out soon,

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• 22 February

  Report: Egypt nabs suspected terrorist

  Egyptian security forces arrested one of the two suspected Palestinian terrorists believed to be plotting suicide attacks on tourist sites in Sinai, Al-Arabiya television network reported on Thursday evening.

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• 22 February

  We won’t budge but we can still talk, says Iran’s man in London

  As Iran yesterday defied the United Nations deadline for freezing its nuclear programme, its ambassador in London said that it had no intention of budging from its position. “For sure, we are going to stress our inalienable right . . . within the bounds of the NPT [Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty] …

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• 22 February

  The retreat from Basra

  It is an admission of defeat. Iraq is turning into one of the world’s bloodiest battlefields in which nobody is safe. Blind to this reality, Tony Blair said yesterday that Britain could safely cut its forces in Iraq because the apparatus of the Iraqi government is growing stronger.

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• 22 February

  Iran refuses to halt uranium enrichment

  Iran continues to enrich uranium in defiance of a UN Security Council ultimatum, a nuclear watchdog said today. In a report to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors, UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei said:

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• 22 February

  Second case rape allegations for Iraqi army

  Four Iraqi soldiers have been accused of raping a 50-year-old Sunni woman and the attempted rape of her two daughters. It is the second allegation of sexual assault levelled against Iraqi forces this week.

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• 22 February

  UN report expected on Iranian nuclear programme

  World powers today worked on a response to Tehran’s defiance of a UN Security Council ultimatum on mothballing its uranium enrichment programme.

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• 22 February

  US worried about Iraq chemical bombs

  US military officials are worried about the increasing use of chemical bombs in Iraq.Insurgents yesterday exploded a truck carrying chlorine gas canisters – the second such “dirty” chemical attack in two days

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• 22 February

  Israeli army denies it has entered Gaza

  Israel’s army has denied a Palestinian report that its forces had entered the southern Gaza Strip searching for smuggling tunnels.

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