Eurasia Press & News
GAZA (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike aimed at the home of a suspected militant in the Gaza Strip wounded seven people from surrounding houses early on Tuesday, local residents said.
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July, 2006
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25 July
Maliki insists Iraq will not slide into civil war
LONDON (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday his country will not slide into civil war but acknowledged that mounting sectarian violence is now killing 100 civilians a day.
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25 July
Pakistan nuclear expansion raises US concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pakistan is building a new nuclear reactor that could produce enough plutonium for 40 to 50 nuclear weapons a year in what would be a major expansion of its nuclear
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25 July
Experts say int’l law being breached in region
THE HAGUE (AP) — The United Nations’ chief human rights guardians have warned that the clashes between Israel and Hizbollah may be violating humanitarian law, but experts say prosecutions on either side are unlikely.
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25 July
US focuses on Baghdad as violence threatens to divide government
BAGHDAD (AP) — American troops are stepping up operations in the Baghdad area to combat “death squads†and dampen down the violence threatening the new unity government, a US general said Monday.
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25 July
Saddam hospitalised as trial enters final phase
BAGHDAD (AP) — Saddam Hussein’s half-brother argued with the chief judge Monday and accused a court employee of shaking down a relative for money as the trial entered its final phase
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24 July
Hezbollah’s secret weapon
The Israel-Hezbollah conflict has displaced Sroor and her family from their neighborhood near Beirut’s airport.
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24 July
Rice sets tough terms for Lebanon ceasefire
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to Lebanon on Monday and insisted Hizbollah must release two Israeli soldiers and pull back from the border before any ceasefire, Lebanese politicians said.
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24 July
Rice begins Middle East mission
 Rice told Fouad Siniora that there could no ceasefire until Hezbollah released two Israeli soldiers captured during a raid and pull back from the border with Israel, a Lebanese source said.
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24 July
10 buildings for every rocket
 “Army chief of staff Dan Halutz has given the order to the air force to destroy 10 multi-storey buildings in the Dahaya district (of Beirut) in response to every rocket fired on Haifa,”
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