June, 2006

• 1 June

  Attacks in Iraq kill 54

  Emirati diplomat hostage released BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs targeting Shiite areas tear through a car dealership in southern Iraq and a bustling outdoor market north of Baghdad Tuesday as attacks nationwide killed 54 people and wounded 120 in the bloodiest day in recent weeks.

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• 1 June

  Haniyeh says some public salaries to be paid

  GAZA CITY (AP) — The Hamas-led government said Tuesday it will pay partial salaries to its 165,000 employees, the first payday for increasingly desperate Palestinian workers in three months.

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May, 2006

• 29 May

  ARITMETICÄ‚ AVIARÄ‚ : 500.000 PASARI = 500.000 EURO

   Comandamentul care se ocupă de situaÅ£ia gripei aviară, întrunit duminică, sub comanda ministrului Agriculturii, Gheorghe Flutur, a decis să acorde despăgubiri de 500. 000 de euro proprietarilor a circa 500.000 de păsări sacrificate în urma depistării virusului aviar. De asemenea, în noul bilanÅ£ făcut public de către noul preÅŸedinte ANSV, …

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• 29 May

  Algeria’s leader seen extending his tenure

  ALGIERS — Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika replaced the prime minister with one of his staunch backers in order to revise the constitution and extend his stay in power until 2014, analysts say.

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• 29 May

  Russian envoy to visit Iran for nuclear meeting

  TEHRAN (AFP) — A top Russian envoy is due in Iran on Saturday for talks on Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme, with the world community still unable to reach consensus on how to tackle the escalating crisis. Russian National Security Council chief Igor Ivanov is expected to hold talks with Iran’s …

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• 29 May

  Sudan ex-rebels begin landmark talks

  KHARTOUM (AFP) — Former southern Sudanese rebels met leaders of the ruling party in Khartoum on Saturday for the first time since a peace deal was signed last year to end Africa’s longest running war.

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• 29 May

  Copter down in Iraq; politicians bicker over security posts

  BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players were killed this week in Baghdad because they were wearing shorts, authorities said Saturday, one of a series of recent attacks attributed to Islamic fundamentalists.

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• 29 May

  Hamas rejects deadline on Israel recognition plan

  GAZA (Reuters) — Hamas on Saturday rejected a deadline set by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to accept a plan that indirectly calls for recognition of Israel, which he has threatened to put to a referendum. Abbas had stunned the Islamist group by giving it 10 days to accept the plan, …

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• 29 May

  3,505 die in quake

  King, in US, sends condolences letter to Yudhoyono  YOGYAKARTA (AP) — A powerful earthquake flattened homes and buildings in central Indonesia early Saturday as people slept, killing more than 3,505 and injuring thousands more in the nation’s worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami.

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• 27 May

  Egypt reckons US too needy to add bite to bark

  CAIRO — Egypt’s rulers are ignoring US criticism of their crackdown on political opposition because they calculate that the Bush administration desperately needs friends in the Middle East, critics and observers say. The US State Department has publicly criticised Egypt three times this month over its human rights record, its …

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