January, 2007

• 5 January

  Mourning for Saddam Means Complicity in his Crimes

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran’s substitute Friday Prayers leader Hojjatoleslam Ahmad Khatami voiced satisfaction over the execution of the former Iraqi dictator, and stressed that expressing regret and mourning for Saddam is synonymous with complicity in his crimes.

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• 5 January

  Tyranny, Corruption Fruit of World Powers’ Performance

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the tyranny and corruption dominating the world is a result of the performance of the faithless powers.

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• 5 January

  Progress of Iran Angers Enemies

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Addressing a huge congregation of the people in Hendijan, Khuzestan province, Iranian president Ahmadinejad said that the progress of Iran has triggered the wrath and anger of the enemies of our nation.

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• 5 January

  FM Spokesman Welcomes Egypt’s Efforts

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- In reaction to the Egyptian Foreign Minister’s inclination for the normalization of relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Egypt, spokesman of the Iranian foreign ministry said

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• 5 January

  8 Palestinians killed in clashes with Israel, infighting

  RAMALLAH (AP) — Israeli undercover troops burst into a West Bank vegetable market Thursday afternoon, seized four men and exchanged heavy fire with Palestinian fighers in the first major raid since the Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to try to ease tensions between the sides.

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• 5 January

  Mubarak meets with Olmert, slams raid

  SHARM EL SHEIKH (AP) — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak firmly condemned Israel’s raid into the West Bank on Thursday as he met with Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert in a summit aimed reviving the long-stalled peace process.

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• 5 January

  Iraq postpones execution of Saddam aides

  BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraq postponed executing two of Saddam Hussein’s henchmen Thursday amid international pressure following the ousted leader’s bungled and much criticised hanging.

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• 5 January

  1st female House leader basks in historic day

  Speaker of the House-elect Nancy Pelosi blows a kiss Thursday while receiving applause after being nominated for the post  at a swearing in ceremony for the 110th Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC

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• 5 January

  Somali attack revives fears of chaos

  MOGADISHU (Reuters) — Somali gunmen attacked an oil tanker truck near Mogadishu on Thursday, wounding three people and raising fears of a return to the clan violence that had largely stopped during six months of Islamist rule.

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• 5 January

  Olmert widely unpopular

  OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A year after Ariel Sharon’s stroke abruptly propelled him into the prime minister’s seat, Ehud Olmert finds himself badly out of favour and under a darkening cloud of scandal.

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