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January, 2007

  • 18 January

    Saddam hanging like ‘revenge killing’ — Bush

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President George W. Bush said Tuesday the unruly execution of Saddam Hussein “looked like it was kind of a revenge killing” and will make it harder for him to convince a sceptical US public that Iraq’s government will keep promises central to Bush’s plan for an American …

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  • 18 January

    Somali parliament votes out speaker

    MOGADISHU (AP) — The Somali parliament stripped the speaker position from a top lawmaker closely associated with the recently ousted Islamist movement, a move the European Union said was disappointing and could hurt reconciliation efforts in the restive country.

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  • 18 January

    UN agencies warn Darfur situation ‘unacceptable’

    KHARTOUM (AP) — Fifteen UN agencies in Sudan warned Wednesday that their relief operations in Darfur would collapse unless the government and the rebels took immediate steps to end the violence there.

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  • 18 January

    Egypt conviction of torture accuser correct — lawyer

    CAIRO (Reuters) — An Egyptian court was right to convict a minibus driver shown in an Internet video being sodomised by police while in custody, but the police should also be punished, the man’s lawyer said on Tuesday.

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  • 18 January

    Iraq leaders agree draft oil law

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Iraq’s oil committee has agreed a final draft of an oil law that sets rules for sharing revenues and boosting output and aims to bring in billions of dollars of foreign investment, an oil ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

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  • 18 January

    US should talk to Iran, Syria over Iraq — Kuwait

    KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Kuwait’s emir told the US secretary of state that Washington should talk to Syria and Iran to improve the situation in Iraq, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said Wednesday.

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  • 17 January

    Eurasian Secret Services Daily Review

    REVIEW TOPICS: Yanukovich’s team in Ukraine concentrates economic and power levers of administration in its hands Scale of mass disturbances in Kharkov, Ukraine, has not been not known since 2001 Ukrainian parliament’s committee head insists on law enforcement bodies reforms Replacements in Security Service of Ukraine come to capital city …

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  • 17 January

    Iran Shots Down US Spy Plane

    TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian military troops have shot down a spy plane of the US army during the last few days, an Iranian MP said here on Tuesday.

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  • 17 January

    Modern Methods Required for Intellectual Growth of Hajj Pilgrims

    TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called for the adoption of new methods of propaganda for the growth and exaltation of the Hajj pilgrims.

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  • 17 January

    UFO Observed in Western Iran

    TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A radiant unidentified flying object was observed in the sky of Central Sepidar in the vicinity of Bouyer Ahmad in western Iran at 19:00 hours local time (15:30 GMT) Monday.

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