June, 2006

• 14 June

  Israeli Gaza attack kills 11

  Jordan strongly condemns policies of ‘random, unjustified killing’, demands halt to operations RAMALLAH —  As Israel tried to extricate itself from blame for Friday’s beach bombing, another deadly missile attack in Gaza killed 11 people yesterday, eight of them civilian, among them two children and three medical workers.

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• 12 June

  HAMAS Accuses Abbas of Attempting Coup

  The ruling party in Palestine, HAMAS, accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of preparing a coup against the government. HAMAS spokesman Mushir al Masri spoke about Abbas’ calling

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• 12 June

  Aided by bourse crash, Saudi Islamists block reform

  RIYADH — A stock market crash and an invigorated Islamist lobby appear to have stymied progress on political reforms in ultraconservative Saudi Arabia, analysts and diplomats say.

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• 12 June

  Suspension issue tests Bush, Iran, major powers

  WASHINGTON — US President George W. Bush already has made significant concessions as part of a major power offer to end the Iran nuclear crisis.

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• 12 June

  UN diplomats visit Darfur war victims

  CAMP GOUROUKOUN, Chad (Reuters) — Mohammad Ibrahim, 18, waited patiently in the boiling sun to show United Nations Security Council ambassadors the welts burned into his back and head by Sudan’s marauding Janjaweed Arab militiamen.

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• 12 June

  Somali Islamist offensive feared

  MOGADISHU (Reuters) — More than 1,000 Islamist fighters deployed to a strategic camp north of Mogadishu on Sunday, witnesses said, sparking fears of a new offensive against warlords.

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• 12 June

  Olmert eyes Europe support on Hamas, Iran

  OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is expected to seek a strong European stand against the Hamas-led Palestinian government and Iran’s nuclear programme as he begins his first visit to Britain and France on Sunday.

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• 12 June

  Al Qaeda in Iraq warns of post-Zarqawi violence

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Al Qaeda in Iraq vowed on Sunday to carry out attacks to “shake the enemy” after the killing of its leader Abu Mussab Zarqawi, heightening fears his death will bring no respite from carnage.

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• 12 June

  Israeli air strikes kill 2 Hamas activists

  RAMALLAH — Israeli air strikes yesterday killed two members of the Izzedine Al Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, while a Palestinian rocket, claimed by the brigades, seriously wounded an Israeli in the town of Sderot on the border with Gaza.

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• 11 June

  Iran wants nuclear energy programmes for all Muslim states

  CAIRO (AFP) — Iran’s top nuclear negotiator on Saturday urged all Muslim countries to follow in the Islamic republic’s footsteps and develop a nuclear energy programme.

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