July, 2006

• 27 July

  Deadly conflict brings out harder Israeli edge

  HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – The death of nine Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, Israel’s deadliest day of the war so far, left ordinary citizens all the more determined on Thursday that the army should forge ahead with its 15-day offensive.

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• 27 July

  In the Name of God , The Almighty

  Comunicat de presa al Ambasadei Republicii Islamice Iran la Bucuresti in legatura cu actiunile inumane impotriva popoarelor Palestinian si Libanez  Zilele acestea intreaga lume este martora atacurilor brutale indreptate impotriva populatiei oprimate si lipsite de aparare din Palestina si Liban. Lipsa de reactie in aceste conditii a Organizatiilor Internationale si …

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• 27 July

  Chechen mothers want answers about the “disappeared”, not money

  GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) – The Chechen women who gathered to demonstrate for the return of their “disappeared” sons thronged around the only journalist who came their way.

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• 27 July

  Israeli attacks kill 3 in Gaza Strip: medics

  GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli attacks killed three people in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, a day after fighting that left 24 Palestinians dead, Palestinian medical workers said.

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• 27 July

  Afghan aid too slow, ineffective: NATO

  BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The failure by major donors to follow through on aid pledges to Afghanistan could undermine its efforts to quell an insurgency in the impoverished Muslim state, NATO warned on Thursday. The alliance is set to takeover military operations from the U.S.-led coalition in the violent south of …

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• 27 July

  Deadly conflict brings out harder Israeli edge

  HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – The death of nine Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, Israel’s deadliest day of the war so far, left ordinary citizens all the more determined on Thursday that the army should forge ahead with its 15-day offensive.

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• 27 July

  Pakistan urged to probe 7 reporters’ deaths

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters)- An international press freedom group on Thursday asked Pakistan to investigate the deaths of seven Pakistani journalists as vigorously as it did the slaying of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.

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• 27 July

  China police say activist’s injuries self-inflicted

  BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese activist working to help those displaced by the giant Three Gorges Dam and left paralyzed after a beating last month, inflicted the injuries on himself, a rights group cited a police investigation as showing.

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• 27 July

  NATO approves security plans for Afghan south

  KABUL (Reuters) – NATO has approved plans to take charge of security responsibilities in Afghanistan’s volatile south in what will likely be one of its most testing missions ever, a spokesman said on Thursday.

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• 27 July

  In Congo, river canoes bring chance to vote

  MAITA, Congo (Reuters) – “Vote on Sunday! Vote on Sunday!” men shout at villagers from aboard a 50-foot wooden canoe as it glides along the vast Congo river, packed high with boxes of voting ballots and red plastic tables and chairs.

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