Eurasia Press & News
The issue of whether or not Israel would hold talks with Hamas should be examined against the backdrop of far-reaching political developments:Â Stalled peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, the emerging political crisis between supporters of PA President Mahmoud Abbas in the Fatah
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June, 2006
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15 June
Zionist Missiles Kill Two Children, Nine civilians in Palestine
AT least nine Palestinians, including two children, have been killed in two Israeli air strikes over central Gaza City. Dr Jumaa al-Saqqa, a spokesman for al-Shifa hospital, said that that a number of Palestinians were also injured in the strike in Salah al-Din Street, the main road through the coastal …
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15 June
A Squad of the Russian invaders was eliminated nearby Trti-Kotar
A representative of the Headquarters of The Eastern Front of the Armed Forces of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (CRI) (the Commander Amir Mus-Hadisov Sultan) told the Kavkaz-Center Information Agency about that on the eve in the evening Mujahiddeens eliminated a squad of the Russian aggressors on high ground nearby the …
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15 June
Russian secret services behind anti-NATO protests in Ukraine
About 200 US reservists, whose arrival in Crimea in southern Ukraine sparked anti-NATO protests, will leave by Monday, but planned military exercises may still take place, Ukraine’s navy quoted by AFP has said. “Half of them (reservists) are in the process of taking buses to Simferopol from where they will …
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14 June
Non-aligned states to back Tehran at IAEA meeting
VIENNA (Reuters) — Non-aligned states will back Iran’s right to nuclear fuel production at a UN meeting this week, unmoved by US calls to join efforts to get Tehran to stop enriching uranium, diplomats said. UN Security Council powers are waiting for Iran to respond to an offer they made …
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14 June
Calls for Iraq US troop pullout renewed
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Opposition Democrats on Tuesday used President George W. Bush’s secret visit to Iraq as an opportunity to renew their calls for speedy end to America’s military involvement there.
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14 June
Libyan judge aims to speed up AIDS trial of Bulgaria nurses
TRIPOLI (AFP) — The retrial of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of contaminating hundreds of Libyan children with AIDS reopened Tuesday with the judge calling for the process to be speeded up.
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14 June
Iraq’s Al Qaeda disguises new leader’s identity
BEIRUT — The identity of Abu Hamza Muhajir, named to succeed Abu Mussab Zarqawi as leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, has mystified outsiders wondering if he will replicate the bloody tactics of his slain predecessor.
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14 June
Troops in Iraq greater danger to world peace than Iran — poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — The presence of US troops in Iraq is considered a greater threat to Mideast stability than the current government in Iran, according to a new poll of European and Muslim countries.
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14 June
Judge declares end to hearing of defence witnesses in Saddam trial
BAGHDAD (AP) — The judge declared an end the defence phase of Saddam Hussein’s trial on Tuesday, shrugging off protests from the former Iraqi leader’s lawyers that they haven’t had a fair chance to present their case and want to put more witnesses on the stand.
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