February, 2007

• 4 February

  Iran says it will not freeze its nuclear work but promised to open up its disputed uranium enrichment facility to the media.

  Iran has vowed to defy a UN resolution calling for a freeze to its nuclear work but promised to open up its disputed uranium enrichment facility in Natanz to the media.

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• 4 February

  Progress in Baghdad will take time: U.S. general

  A U.S.-backed Iraqi security plan seen as a last-ditch attempt to halt violence in Baghdad will not produce results overnight, a U.S. general warned on Sunday, after a one-ton suicide truck bomb killed 135 people.

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• 4 February

  Africa Israel pulls out of Tnuva bid talks

  The dairy farmers’ bid for Tnuva Food Industries Ltd. has failed. Africa-Israel Investments Ltd. (TASE:AFIL; Pink Sheets:AFIVY) today notified the dairy farmers of the Israel

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• 4 February

  Syria says it foiled arms shipment

  Syrian customs officers have thwarted an attempt to smuggle arms to Lebanon through an Iraqi truck, Syria’s official news agency, SANA, reported Sunday.

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• 4 February

  Palestinian Factions Attempt Truce

  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas gunmen attacked bases of Fatah-allied troops with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades early Sunday, part of a four-day campaign by the Islamic militants to weaken

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• 4 February

  EU condemns suicide attack in Baghdad market

  BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Union on Sunday strongly condemned a weekend suicide attack in a Baghdad market which killed at least 132 people.

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• 4 February

  Hamas, Fatah take stab at cease-fire

  Gunmen from the rival Hamas and Fatah factions on Sunday began pulling back from their positions in the latest attempt to enforce a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.

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• 4 February

  Chain of Explotions Rock Iraq

  Baghdad, Feb 4 (Prensa Latina) Several bombings and attacks with at least 17 dead, involving at least ten policemen and other authorities, label Iraqi resistance to the occupation unstoppable.

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• 4 February

  Syria and Indonesia sign cooperation pact

  DAMASCUS – Syria and Indonesia Sunday signed an agreement for economic, scientific and technical cooperation, Syria’s official SANA news agency said.

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• 4 February

  BNP Paribas opens Tel Aviv branch

  BNP Paribas (Paris:BNP; Pink Sheets:BNPQY) has become the fourth foreign bank to conduct full business activity in Israel, after completing the upgrade of its representative office in Tel Aviv.

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