November, 2006

• 13 November

  Syria Calls on Asia to Move towards Justice

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Syrian Parliament Speaker called on the Asian countries to take more steps towards the implementation of justice.

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• 13 November

  Duma Stresses Legality of Iran’s N. Activities

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Vice-Speaker of the Russian Duma said that Iran’s nuclear activities are conducted within the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) rules sand regulations and are, thus, fully legal.

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• 13 November

  UNSC Support for Israel Endangers Regional Peace

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- When at least 2 permanent UN Security Council members with a veto-wielding right voice support for the Zionist regime, there could be no guarantee for regional peace and justice, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here on Sunday.

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• 11 November

  Israel to press on with strikes

  BEIT HANOUN (AP) — Israel will keep targeting Palestinian rocket squads in Gaza despite the risk of inadvertently hitting civilians, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday, as tens of thousands of Palestinians buried 18 victims of an errant Israeli artillery strike.

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• 11 November

  Rumsfeld departure cheers critics

  TOKYO (AP) — The departure of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld cheered critics around the world who saw him as a symbol of a failed war in Iraq, while supporters of the military mission pledged to work closely with his successor.

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• 11 November

  Sudan says ready for talks with Darfur rebels

  CAIRO (Reuters) — The Sudanese government is willing to start unconditional talks with the National Redemption Front rebel group to stop the violence in Darfur but sees no need for a new peace deal, a senior presidential adviser said.

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• 11 November

  Iraqis split over US pullout

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) — An expected phased reduction in US troops in Iraq after the resignation of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld left Iraqis split on Thursday whether a withdrawal would be in their best interest.

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• 11 November

  Iran’s once active campuses falling silent

  TEHRAN (Reuters) — Iran’s university campuses are falling silent. Student activists, once at the vanguard of a movement seeking political and social change in the Islamic Republic, say they are increasingly afraid to speak out.

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• 11 November

  Egyptian president warns against hanging Saddam

  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned against carrying out the death sentence on Saddam Hussein, saying that hanging the former leader would lead to more sectarian strife in Iraq.

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• 11 November

  Palestinians bray for revenge as mourners bury Gaza dead

  BEIT HANOUN — “Watch out Jews — the army of Mohammed will return!” thundered mourners as thousands of Palestinians marched Thursday behind the funeral cortege of men, women and children killed by Israeli shelling the day before.

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