October, 2006

• 2 October

  Egypt’s nuclear bombshell, new era or marketing ploy?

  CAIRO — Egypt’s announcement last week that it was relaunching its civil nuclear energy programme after a 20-year freeze prompted a frenzy of government announcements about the need for nuclear energy.

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• 2 October

  Beirut’s youth seek exit strategy with dim hopes for future

  BEIRUT — As Lebanon turns another page in its turbulent history, with Israeli firepower giving way to peacekeepers from around the world, the summer war has left young Beirutis seeking an exit strategy of their own.

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• 2 October

  Children face perils of bomblets in Lebanon

  NABATIYAH — From a hospital bed, 14-year-old Hassan tells how half his foot was blasted away by one of the million bomblets that Israel rained on south Lebanon during its war with Hizbollah.

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• 2 October

  UN experts seek sanctions against top Sudanese officials

  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Qatar’s UN ambassador said a panel of experts had recommended that the Security Council impose sanctions on top Sudanese officials for violating peace efforts in Darfur, and strongly suggested that President Omar Bashir was among them.

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• 2 October

  Shiites flee reign of terror in mixed Iraqi city

  BAQUBA — As the death squads’ grim threats began to mount against Shiite families in the Mafraq neighbourhood of Baqouba, north of Baghdad, fewer and fewer people attended their local prayer hall. Soon, the only members of the embattled Shiite community to brave the narrow streets of this religiously-mixed quarter …

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• 1 October

  AU REVOIR, FRANCOPHONIE!

  Sommetul Francofoniei de la BucureÅŸti a fost o reuÅŸită. Este opinia generală a ÅŸefilor de stat ÅŸi de guvern care au participat la manifestarea din capitala României. La conferinÅ£a de presă ce a marcat încheierea grandiosului eveniment, preÅŸedintele Traian Băsescu a anunÅ£at că viitorul sommet va avea loc în Canada, …

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• 1 October

  Tareq Mitri: Sunt trimisul special al premierului libanez la Sommet

  Ministrul libanez al Culturii, Tareq Mitri, a inceput conferinta de presa organizata, joi, cu ocazia Sommet-ului Francofoniei, spunand ca este “trimisul special al premierului” Fouad Siniora, iar prezenta Libanului la eveniment este normala, deoarece Libanul este printre tarile fondatoare al OIF.

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• 1 October

  Israel to quit Lebanon today

  BEIRUT (Agencies) — Israel plans to pull out the last of its troops from south Lebanon on Sunday in line with a UN resolution that ended a bloody war with Hizbollah, security sources in Israel said on Saturday. The sources said the aim would be to get the soldiers out …

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• 1 October

  Iraqi forces place Baghdad under curfew after plot suspect arrested

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Iraqi forces placed Baghdad under a blanket curfew throughout Saturday after US troops arrested a man suspected of plotting to attack the capital’s government compound with suicide car bombings. US troops arrested a security guard at the home of the leader of the main Sunni Arab political …

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• 1 October

  Air strike kills Palestinian fighter in southern Gaza Strip

  GAZA (Agencies) — An Israeli air strike killed one fighter and wounded three other Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on Saturday, residents said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said the strike was aimed at a vehicle used by fighters it accused of planning an attack against Israel.

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