March, 2006

• 12 March

  MPs will be minority in new gov’t — Haniyeh

  RAMALLAH — Hamas yesterday set a two-day deadline for other Palestinian factions and independent members of the Palestinian Legislative Council to accept or reject positions in the future Palestinian government even as it appears the group will need the full five weeks to form a government. Palestinian prime minister-designate and …

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• 9 March

  Hamas, Fateh to resume coalition talks

  GAZA CITY (AFP) — The Islamist movement Hamas and defeated Fateh Party postponed until Thursday talks on forming a Palestinian government, amid slim prospects for success after slanging matches between the two sides in parliament. The talks between the chief of Fateh’s parliamentary bloc, Azzam Ahmed, and his Hamas counterpart, …

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• 9 March

  Iran threatens reprisals if punished in nuclear row

  VIENNA (AP) — Iran threatened the United States with “harm and pain” on Wednesday for its role in hauling Tehran before the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme.Washington in return warned that Tehran had enough nuclear material to make up to 10 atomic bombs,

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• 9 March

  Iranian Revolutionary Guard infiltrating Iraq — Rumsfeld

  WASHINGTON (AFP) — US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld accused Iran Tuesday of sending Revolutionary Guard forces into Iraq to make trouble, and warned Tehran it was “an error in judgement.””They are currently putting people into Iraq to do things that are harmful to the future of Iraq, and we know …

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• 9 March

  ‘Israeli roadblocks in West Bank increased’

  OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army has increased the number of roadblocks and barriers in the West Bank by 25 per cent since last summer, tightening travel restrictions for Palestinians and making it harder for them to reach properties, markets and medical services, according to a new United Nations …

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• 9 March

  Thousands of Sudanese protest against UN force

  KHARTOUM (Reuters) — Shouting “Down, Down USA,” thousands of Sudanese protested in Khartoum on Wednesday against any deployment of UN troops to the western Darfur region.”Get out all foreigners, we don’t want you here,” shouted 21-year-old student Zeinab Kheir Al Sir.

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• 9 March

  1st Kuwaiti woman minister breaks psychological barrier

  KUWAIT CITY — In early March last year, women rights activist Maasuma Al Mubarak was leading a rally outside parliament to press MPs to pass a law enfranchising Kuwaiti women. Three months later, the US-educated liberal academic became Kuwait’s first woman minister, scoring the second coup in as many months …

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• 7 March

  Foreign journalists invited to tour Iran in spring

  TEHRAN, Mar. 6 (MNA) — A group of foreign journalists has been invited to spend a week touring Iran in spring, the Public Relations Office of the 1st International Conference on Tourism and Handicrafts announced on Monday. The tour is being organized by the conference headquarters and will begin on …

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• 7 March

  Anti-Zionist Jews:West’s propaganda campaign against Iran is forgery of truth

  THERAN (Fars News Agency)- The spokesman of the anti-Zionist Jewish movement of Neturei Karta stressed that the goal pursued by the delegation’s visit to Iran is to show to the world that the West’s propaganda against Iran aimed at convincing the world that the Islamic Republic is anti-Jewish and anti-Semitic …

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• 5 March

  Hamas says Moscow talks ‘important breakthrough’, rejects pressure

  RAMALLAH — Hamas leaders on an official visit to Moscow yesterday called talks with the Russian government an “important breakthrough” and rejected pressure on the group to recognise Israel. In Nazareth, meanwhile, thousands marched through the city Saturday afternoon protesting an incident Friday when an Israeli, his wife and daughter …

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