February, 2007

• 9 February

  Lebanon’s DM rejects Hizbullah demand to return truckload of weapons

  Lebanon’s Defense Minister Elias Murr refused to return a truckload of weapons that was seized by Lebanese authorities on Thursday to Hizbullah, and said there were reports of possible attacks being planned by

  Read More »
• 9 February

  Romney Affirms Opposition to Abortion

   Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney sought to dispel doubts about his opposition to abortion while campaigning Friday in the heart of South Carolina’s Bible Belt

  Read More »
• 9 February

  Iraq: US raids kill at least 38, gunmen execute at least 11 villagers

  Gunmen dressed in Iraqi army uniforms swept into a village south of Baghdad early Friday, abducting 13 civilians and killing at least 11 of them, police said.

  Read More »
• 9 February

  U.S. cautious on Hamas-Fatah agreement

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Friday was cautious about a deal signed between the Hamas militant group and Fatah aimed at establishing a new Palestinian unity government.

  Read More »
• 9 February

  Hezbollah war and protest spelled disaster to tourism sector

  Beirut- It was projected to be a golden year for Lebanon and one to beat all records; instead 2006 with its string of crises including a 34-day war proved a disaster for the tourism sector.

  Read More »
• 9 February

  The U.S. military said it killed five armed men in an air strike in the northern city of Mosul after U.S. troops hunting suspected al Qaeda militants there came under fire from a bunker near the building they were targeting.

  LONDON (Reuters) – A British soldier was killed and three were wounded by a roadside bomb in Basra in southern Iraq on Friday, the Ministry of Defence said.

  Read More »
• 9 February

  U.S. air strike kills 8 Kurd soldiers in Iraq

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. military helicopters killed eight Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers and wounded six others in northern Iraq on Friday in what appeared to be a “friendly fire” incident, Kurdish officials said.

  Read More »
• 9 February

  Iran nuclear negotiator cancels Europe visit

  Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator cancelled on Friday a trip to a conference in Germany where U.N. officials had hoped talks with European policy makers would secure a “time out” in a row over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

  Read More »
• 9 February

  Indonesia asks Israel to stop digging near Palestine mosque

  Jakarta — The Indonesian government has asked Israel to stop excavation work near the Al-Aqsa mosque in Palestine as it could trigger new tensions and hamper the peace process in the region, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said here Friday.

  Read More »
• 9 February

  Violence breaks out at Jerusalem holy site

  Jerusalem: Hundreds of angry worshippers threw stones at police and scuffled with them on Friday in an eruption of outrage over contentious Israeli renovation work at a disputed holy site in Jerusalem’s Old City.

  Read More »