July, 2006

• 25 July

  U.S. cracks down on Iraq death squads

  Most death squad killings appear to be sectarian, with Sunni Muslim gunmen targeting Shia neighborhoods, and Shiite

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• 25 July

  South Korea seeks talks with North

  KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – South Korea on Tuesday sought talks with North Korea, which would be their highest-level meeting

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• 25 July

  ASEAN chair condemns Israel on eve of Rice visit

  KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi accused Israel on Tuesday of excessive

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• 25 July

  Eight wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza: medics

  GAZA (Reuters) – Israel launched air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, wounding eight people, local residents and medics said.

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• 25 July

  South Korea, Indian rank first in UN leader poll

  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon and U.N. official Shashi Tharoor received the most endorsements in the Security Council’s straw poll for the next U.N. secretary-general, diplomats said on Monday.

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• 25 July

  N.Korea says missile launch “completely safe”

  SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Monday its test-firing of missiles this month was conducted in a “completely safe” way because it made sure ships and aircraft were not in the area before the launch.

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• 25 July

  Nigerian clashes kill at least 15

  ABUJA (Reuters) – The latest violence linked to next year’s elections in Nigeria has killed at least 15 people in two southern states, local leaders and police said on Monday.

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• 25 July

  Gaddafi says Libya came close to building bomb

  TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, whose country abandoned weapons of mass destruction programs in 2003, said that at one stage Libya had come close to building a nuclear bomb,

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• 25 July

  Israel diplomats warned over Hizbollah “sleepers”

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has put its diplomatic missions abroad on high alert for possible attacks by Hizbollah or local Muslims angered by Israel’s offensive against the Lebanese guerrilla group, security sources said on Monday.

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• 25 July

  Blair sees plan for Lebanon emerging in days

  LONDON (Reuters) – Britain hopes a peace plan for Lebanon can emerge within days that could lead to a ceasefire, but only after details are worked out for an international force, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday.

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