September, 2006

• 17 September

  Increased violence kills 28 in Iraq

  BAGHDAD (AP) — The US military on Thursday said sectarian killings had spiked in areas of Baghdad not included in a security sweep, with police reporting more than a dozen killings in the capital — including four American soldiers — and 20 new bodies dumped on the streets.

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• 17 September

  Judge tells Saddam ‘you weren’t a dictator’

  BAGHDAD (AP) — The chief judge in Saddam Hussein’s genocide trial said Thursday that he did not believe the former Iraqi leader was a dictator, sparking demands from Kurds that he be removed from the case.

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• 17 September

  Pope’s attack on Islam sparks anger

  Pope Benedict XVI did not intend to offend Muslim sensibilities with remarks about holy war, the Vatican said Thursday night, scrambling to defend the pontiff as anger built in the Islamic world over some of his remarks during his pilgrimage in Germany.

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• 17 September

  Leaders tell Annan Iraq war ‘real disaster’

  UNITED NATIONS — UN chief Kofi Annan said most Middle East leaders he recently conferred with considered the Iraq war “a real disaster,” but felt the United States should not pullout just yet.

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• 17 September

  Israel-Hizbollah truce appears strong

  BEIRUT — A month after a UN resolution halted fighting between Israel and Hizbollah, the ceasefire appeared strong Thursday with Israeli troops continuing to withdraw from south Lebanon and UN peacekeepers fanning out across the war-ravaged region.

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• 17 September

  Hamas tightens purse strings

  RAMALLAH — No mobile phones, no international calls, no fuel coupons and no “excessive” hospitality for senior employees. Hamas is tightening the purse strings.

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• 17 September

  US, Israel see eye-to-eye on Palestinians, Iran

  WASHINGTON — If there ever was a question that the Bush administration and the Israeli government are of one mind on Mideast peacemaking and Iran’s nuclear programmes it is fading during talks Israel’s foreign minister is holding here.

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• 17 September

  Turkey wary as Iraqi Kurds hoist flag

  ANKARA — The decision by northern Iraq’s Kurdish leaders to ban the national flag and hoist their own has increased disquiet in Turkey about the prospect of a de facto Kurdish statelet on its doorstep, diplomats and analysts here say.

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• 15 September

  Romania: Iran Enjoys High Economic Potentials

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Romania’s plenipotentiary trade representative to Tehran said that Iran enjoys high economic potentials, adding that utilization of these potentials requires better identification of opportunities and connection with global economy.

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• 15 September

  Ahmadinejad Stresses Iran’s Unchangeable Nuclear Stances

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that his country may not change its nuclear stances, but meantime said that Tehran is interested in attending talks.

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