January, 2007

• 10 January

  US Presence Responsible for Iraq’s Domestic Conflicts

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A senior lawmaker here on Tuesday stressed that deployment of alien troops in Iraq is the root cause of unfriendly interactions among the Iraqi people who have always conducted a peaceful life alongside one another prior to the occupation of that country.

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• 10 January

  50 die in Baghdad battle

  BAGHDAD (AP) — US jets screamed low over central Baghdad Tuesday, helicopter gunships fired into the battle zone and the Iraqi government said 50 insurgents were killed in the nearly daylong battle with US and Iraqi forces along Haifa Street, a Sunni stronghold that has seen repeated heavy fighting throughout …

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• 10 January

  ‘Many dead’ in US Somalia strike against Al Qaeda

  MOGADISHU (Reuters) — Many people were killed in Somalia in a US air strike targeting Al Qaeda suspects among fleeing Islamist fighters, Somali officials said on Tuesday.

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• 10 January

  Madrid meeting seeks how to expedite peace

  AMMAN — High level delegations from Middle East countries, Europe and the US will convene today in Madrid in the hope of initiating a fairer and faster process at achieving peace between the Arabs and Israelis.

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• 10 January

  Nuke sub collides with oil tanker

  MANAMA (AFP) — A US navy nuclear-powered submarine on “anti-terrorism duties” in the Arabian Sea collided with a Japanese oil tanker but no injuries were immediately reported, officials said Tuesday.

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• 10 January

  Palestinian factions rage war of words

  Palestinian rival factions Fateh and Hamas engaged in a war of words as tension simmered Tuesday in the volatile Gaza Strip where internecine violence has killed more than 30 people in less than a month.

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• 10 January

  Lebanon opposition joins labourers in protest

  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Hizbollah-led opposition joined labour unions on Tuesday in a protest against tax increases proposed by embattled Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, stepping up pressure to force the government into resigning.

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• 10 January

  Olmert seeks tougher stand on Iran from China

  BEIJING (Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived in Beijing on Tuesday aiming to lobby China to close ranks with Western powers against Iran’s nuclear programme.

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• 10 January

  US state governor hopeful for breakthrough in Darfur

  KHARTOUM (AP) — US governor and potential presidential candidate Bill Richardson pressed Sudan President Omar Bashir to open the wartorn Darfur region to UN troops, part of a global push for an elusive peace in the African nation.

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• 10 January

  Saudi king considers reshuffle

  CAIRO (AP) — King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is considering a major Cabinet reshuffle soon, the first since he ascended to the throne of the oil-rich kingdom, diplomats and Saudi media said Monday.

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