December, 2006

• 5 December

  Lebanese army increases forces in tense capital

  BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanon’s army deployed more soldiers in Beirut on Monday after the killing of a pro-Syrian Shiite demonstrator raised fears anti-government protests could turn into sectarian violence.

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• 5 December

  Saddam trial witness phase wraps up

  BAGHDAD (AFP) — The genocide trial of Saddam Hussein heard its penultimate witness Monday in a sign it will soon concentrate on documents allegedly linking former Iraqi authorities to the 1988 massacres of Kurds.

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• 5 December

  Iraq quagmire erodes Bush’s confidence, power

  WASHINGTON — After a five-year Republican lock on power, the quagmire in Iraq handed US President George W. Bush a Democrat-controlled Congress in late 2006, which is likely to make his last two years in the White House tough ones.

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• 5 December

  Egyptian children trade childhood for money

  CAIRO — Mohammad Gad walks barefoot through the muddy tannery, seemingly not bothered by the acrid odours of chemicals and the stink of unprocessed skins.

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• 3 December

  Swiss Charge D’affaires Summoned to FM

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned Swiss charge d’affaires in Tehran to reflect the Islamic Republic’s strong protest at the savage behavior of the US police towards an Iranian student of California University.

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• 3 December

  Gambian, Iranian presidents stress expansion of ties

  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Gambian counterpart, President Yahya Jammeh, here on Saturday called for further expansion of ties between the two states.

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• 3 December

  Iran Views Expansion of Ties with Azerbaijan as Significant

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said Iran attaches special significance to the development of relations with the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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• 3 December

  President back home from Qatar

  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived here Saturday morning after a day-long visit to Qatar.

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• 3 December

  President Ahmadinejad, Palestinian PM meet in Doha

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyah held talks in Doha, Qatar on Friday.

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• 3 December

  Erdogan Seen off

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was seen off by Iran’s first Vice-President Parviz Dawoodi and left Tehran for Ankara on Sunday.

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