January, 2007

• 23 January

  Cartoonists take aim at Israel war failures

  OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Boosted by the resignation of the army chief of staff over the failures of last summer’s conflict with Hizbollah, the fledgling Israeli protest movement over the war has turned to new weapons — cartoons and song.

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• 23 January

  Iraqis flee capital for Kurdistan

  ERBIL — A Christian shopkeeper who walks with a limp, Adison Brikha fled Baghdad after he was beaten in his shop. He made it to Erbil, in relatively peaceful Iraqi Kurdistan — but now he’s begging for work.

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• 23 January

  EU threatens Sudan with sanctions over Darfur

  BRUSSELS (Reuters) — The European Union threatened Sudan with sanctions on Monday if it refused to allow UN peacekeepers into war-torn Darfur, but rights groups and analysts said the warning was not enough to stop the killings.

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• 23 January

  Top Somali Islamist surrenders in Kenya

  NAIROBI (Reuters) — Somali Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed was under guard in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Monday after being taken into custody on the Somali border, Western diplomats and intelligence officials said.

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• 22 January

  Leader of Ukrainian Opposition to AIA: Our Security Services in Total Disorder

  Since the famous Orange Revolution of the end of 2004 in Ukraine, this country is living through a permanent political crisis, which is deepened by deteriorating relations with Russia and

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• 22 January

  Quake, Blast Rock Northeastern Iran

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale and a strong explosion jolted Mashhad, northeastern Iran on Sunday.

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• 22 January

  Belarus Ready to Promote Defense Ties with Iran

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Belarusian Defense Minister Leonid Maltsev voiced his country’s preparedness to promote mutual defense ties with the Islamic Republic, stressing Iran’s significant role and standing in regional and global equations.

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• 22 January

  Iran to Disclose US Plans in Iraq

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here on Sunday that he would reveal the United States’ new plans and goals in Iraq in the near future.

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• 22 January

  Iran Urges N. Enrichment

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini underlined that Tehran has not altered its nuclear stances and is still pursuing the same goals.

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• 22 January

  US Moves a Marathon of Psychological War

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Sunday described the recent moves by the United States as a marathon of psychological war against Iran.

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