December, 2006

• 9 December

  Abbas urged to call early elections

  RAMALLAH (AP) — Leave Hamas in power for now, but call elections once the economic crisis in the Palestinian territories worsens further — that’s the emerging consensus of a panel advising President Mahmoud Abbas on how to handle the Islamists, a member of the group said Thursday.

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• 9 December

  Hizbollah chief vows not to give up Lebanon protests

  BEIRUT (AFP) — Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed Thursday that the Lebanese opposition will not “surrender” in its mass protests to bring down the Western-backed government.

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• 9 December

  Final witnesses testify at Saddam trial

  BAGHDAD (AFP) — Two final witnesses told Saddam Hussein’s genocide trial Thursday of the horrors of the anti-Kurdish Anfal campaign, before the court adjourned for a week in preparation of its next phase.

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• 9 December

  Under fire outside wire — 36 hours in Baqouba

  BAQOUBA — Specialist Robert Mathews of the US army gets down on one knee between two hulking Bradley armoured fighting vehicles and prays — his cavalry platoon is heading into war-torn downtown Baqouba.

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• 9 December

  Bipartisan panel challenges Washington, Iraqi leaders

  WASHINGTON — A bipartisan panel of Washington insiders has presented US and Iraqi political leaders a formidable challenge in dealing with the chaos in Iraq, but whether they can meet it is a major question.

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• 5 December

  Bahraini Ambassador Seen Off by FM

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met the outgoing Bahraini Ambassador to Tehran here on Tuesday.

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• 5 December

  N. Technology to Reach Irreversible Point Prior to Year End

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran’s nuclear progress and technology will reach a point before the end of this (Iranian) year that it could not be backtracked.

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• 5 December

  FM Spokesman Dismisses Statements of British Officials

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Fabrication of realities may not help the British statesmen solve their problems, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said in response to the recent remarks by British officials about the threatening nature of Iran’s nuclear programs.

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• 5 December

  Israel’s New Ministry Created for Propaganda

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Chairman of Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy blasted the Israeli regime for forming a new ministry to work against Iran’s nuclear capabilities, stressing that the measure is meant to serve as a propaganda.

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• 5 December

  Iran Accepts Holocaust if Presented with Corroborative Evidence

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Deputy Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mohammadi Tuesday said Iran, as an unbiased state, would accept the truthfulness of the Holocaust if substantiating evidence is presented in this regard.

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