VIENNA (AFP) — Iran is insisting that it will not give up its nuclear rights, despite being given just “weeks” by world powers to suspend uranium enrichment or face the consequences. “Pressure by certain Western countries aiming to make us abandon our [nuclear] rights will not show results,” Iranian President …
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4 June
Fateh deploys security force in Jenin
RAMALLAH — Fateh yesterday deployed a new security force in Jenin in an apparent response to the unit created by Hamas in the Gaza Strip two weeks ago.
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4 June
Probe clears US troops of misconduct at Ishaqi
BAGHDAD (AP) — A military investigation into allegations that American troops intentionally killed civilians in Ishaqi, a village north of Baghdad, has cleared them of misconduct, the US said — even though it acknowledged the deaths of up to 13 Iraqis in the March raid.
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4 June
Basra car explosion kills 27
Gunmen shoot dead Russian embassy employee, kidnap 4 others BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Gunmen shot dead a Russian embassy employee in Baghdad on Saturday, and a car bomb killed at least 28 people in Basra in one of the deadliest attacks the oil-rich city has seen since the US-led invasion in …
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1 June
IRANUL NU-I CEDEAZÄ‚ CONDOLEEZZEI
 Iranul respinge oferta Statelor Unite de negocieri directe pe tema programului nuclear. AgenÅ£ia oficială de presă de la Teheran susÅ£ine că propunerea americană este doar „o miÅŸcare de propagandăâ€. Iranienii afirmă că nu vor accepta condiÅ£ia pusă de Washington – suspendarea îmbogăţirii uraniului.
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1 June
Lebanese MPs reject Syrian court’s summons of 2 deputies
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament on Tuesday condemned Syrian judicial moves against two of its members, saying that the summonses against Walid Jumblatt and a Cabinet minister violated the Lebanese constitution.
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1 June
Somali gunmen occupy Mogadishu hospital
MOGADISHU (AFP) — Heavily armed Somali fighters have occupied Mogadishu’s main hospital, forcing a near shutdown in key services to patients wounded in factional fighting that has rocked the city, witnesses said Tuesday.
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1 June
UN humanitarian chief warns of catastrophe in Darfur
BRUSSELS (AP) — The United Nation’s humanitarian chief warned on Tuesday of a catastrophic situation developing in Darfur unless international donors act soon to bolster a beleaguered African peacekeeping force in the Sudanese province.
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1 June
Iran wants fresh nuclear dialogue, may talk to US
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) — Iran said on Tuesday it wanted to resume nuclear negotiations with the EU and could even talk to Washington if its archfoe “changed behaviour.”
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1 June
Witnesses claim Saddam ‘victims’ alive, case built on bribes
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Defence witnesses in Saddam Hussein’s trial over the killings of Iraqi Shiite villagers claimed many of those allegedly executed were still alive and said the prosecution case was built on bribes.
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