January, 2007

• 24 January

  Fateh, Hamas in unity talks, Katsav faces rape charges

  RAMALLAH — Fateh and Hamas met again in Gaza last night to discuss forming a unity government while a number of incidents across the occupied Palestinian territory provided ample evidence of the state of lawlessness Palestinians are struggling with.

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• 24 January

  Bush to seek Congress support for Iraq plan

  US President George W. Bush prepared to urge opponents in Congress on Tuesday to back sending thousands more troops to Iraq, as the UN envoy in the country said it was “sliding into the abyss of sectarianism”. A day after bombers killed 88 people in Baghdad’s bloodiest attack this year, …

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• 24 January

  Ethiopian troops begin Somalia pullout

  MOGADISHU (AP) — Ethiopian troops who helped Somalia’s government drive out Islamist fighters began withdrawing from this Horn of Africa nation on Tuesday in military trucks and tanks.

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• 24 January

  Zawahiri mocks Bush over Iraq

  DUBAI (AFP) — Osama Ben Laden’s right-hand man Ayman Zawahiri on Tuesday mocked US President George W. Bush’s plan to send extra troops to Iraq, saying he should send his entire army to be annihilated.

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• 24 January

  Old Christian rivalry moves into Lebanon streets

  BEIRUT — Lebanon’s power struggle has resurrected an old rivalry between Christian leaders whose followers clashed on Tuesday during some of the worst unrest since a 1975-1990 civil war.

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• 24 January

  US warns Iran to back off in Arabian Gulf

  DUBAI (AP) — A second US aircraft carrier strike group now steaming towards the Middle East is Washington’s way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top US diplomat said here Tuesday.

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• 23 January

  22.01.2007 – Eurasian Security Services Daily Review

  REVIEW TOPICS: Another priest resigns in Poland due to his former contacts with Communist secret police More popular faces joining ignoble crowd as Poland’s campaign to uncover Communist agents continues Toronto Sun: it’s time for the EU to define Communist secret police as criminals

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• 23 January

  Iran Refuses to Grant Entry Permits to IAEA Inspectors

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The committee for revising Iran’s relations with the International Atomic Energy Agency has decided to deny granting entry permits to 38 IAEA inspectors, a senior MP said here on Monday.

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• 23 January

  Iran Forwards Note to UNSC Members

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here on Monday that Tehran has forwarded letters of similar contents to the 14 permanent and non-permanent UN Security Council member states to protest at a recent resolution passed by the UNSC against its nuclear activities.

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• 23 January

  Syria Rejects Talks with Israel

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mualem strongly rejected the alleged secret talks between Damascus and Tel Aviv, stressing that his country will never attend behind-the-scene negotiations with any other state.

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