September, 2006

• 25 September

  Iraq leaders take breathing space on regions row

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Iraq’s leaders stepped back from the brink of a political crisis on Sunday in the hope of preventing a dispute over local control of oilfields erupting into all-out sectarian civil war.

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• 25 September

  Intelligence report rocks Bush stance

  NEW YORK — US spy agencies dropped a political bombshell six weeks before national elections, with the leak Sunday of a classified report concluding that the war in Iraq has spawned a new wave of radicalism and increased the global threat of terrorism.

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• 25 September

  Abbas, Hamas set to resume unity government talks

  RAMALLAH — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh are set to resume negotiations over forming a unity government this week, as Hamas signalled that a deal could be struck.

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• 25 September

  Christian ex-warlord dismisses Hizbollah victory

  BEIRUT (AP) — An anti-Syrian Christian leader dismissed Hizbollah’s victory in its war with Israel as thousands of his supporters rallied Sunday in a show of strength that highlighted Lebanon’s sharp divisions.

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• 25 September

  Saleh acknowledges election ‘mistakes’

  SANAA (AP) — Yemen’s president on Sunday acknowledged “mistakes” in elections which gave him more than 77 per cent of the vote, but stood by his victory and thanked the opposition giving him his first real challenge in 28 years at power.

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• 25 September

  Bush names team to help Lebanon reconstruction

  WASHINGTON (AFP) — President George W. Bush on Saturday named a delegation of corporate leaders to visit Lebanon and explore ways of helping the country rebuild following the devastating monthlong war between Israel and Hizbollah.

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• 25 September

  Kuwait steps up monitoring of charities during Ramadan

  KUWAIT CITY (AFP) — Kuwaiti authorities have decided to step up measures to monitor fund-raising by Islamic charities during the Holy Month of Ramadan, to prevent funds from being illegally diverted to some groups.

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• 25 September

  AU says plans to increase troop strength in Darfur

  KHARTOUM (Reuters) — The African Union plans to send more troops into Sudan to reinforce its extended Darfur peacekeeping mission, an AU spokesman said on Sunday.

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• 25 September

  US sanctions push to shadow new round of Iran talks

  NEW YORK (AFP) — Reinvigorated negotiations in Europe this week about Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme will be shadowed in parallel by a determined US drive to ready a list of sanctions to impose on Tehran if diplomacy fails.

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• 25 September

  Iran-West Nuclear Talks to Start without US

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- France, Britain and Germany would soon start their preliminary talks with Iran to solve the nuclear issue, while Washington is said to be either unwilling or excluded from the negotiations.

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