June, 2005

• 2 June

  Activists protest assault on female reporter

  CAIRO (AP) — Dressed mostly in black, about 500 Egyptian journalists, human rights activists, celebrities, novelists, and pro-democracy supporters responded to a call Wednesday to protest the alleged harassment of women journalists and protesters during last week’s referendum vote. The women were reportedly beaten and groped while protesting or covering …

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• 2 June

  ‘Wild west’ a constant thorn for US troops

  BAGHDAD — When it comes to peace and stability in Iraq, there may be no greater obstacle to success than Anbar province, a vast region of desert and scrubland stretching west from Baghdad. A huge sandy expanse dissected by a major highway, an oil pipeline and the Euphrates River, Anbar …

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• 2 June

  Thousands risk starvation in south despite peace deal

  KHARTOUM — Food supplies are critically low in many parts of southern Sudan, exposing thousands of people to starvation, the region’s leaders and humanitarian agencies have warned. They blame the looming crisis on a poor harvest, the return of thousands of refugees and the inability of humanitarian agencies to provide …

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• 2 June

  Candidates challenge taboos

  TEHRAN (AFP) — Two high-profile candidates for Iran’s presidency raised the stakes in their campaigns Wednesday, both evoking the taboo topic of relations with the United States and one challenging the status of the Islamic republic’s supreme leader. “We have to democratise the political system,” said Mohammad Reza Khatami, the …

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• 2 June

  Dutch reject European constitution

  THE HAGUE (AFP) — Dutch voters fired a second shot to the heart of the European project Wednesday, rejecting the first-ever EU constitution after a campaign that exposed deep divisions over the direction of Europe. Projections based on more than half the ballots cast in the referendum showed 62.6 per …

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• 2 June

  3 Baghdad children die; toll grows

  BAGHDAD (AP) — A mortar barrage killed three children and their uncle as they played together outside their south Baghdad home, the latest deaths in an insurgency that claimed a total of six lives Wednesday and showed no signs of slowing down. Twelve-year-old Sabaa Haitham, her younger brother Sajjad, 10, …

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• 2 June

  Haddad-Adel: Majlis carefully supervising nuclear talks

  The Majlis, on behalf of Iranian people, is exercising close supervision over the nuclear talks, said Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel here on Wednesday. Haddad Adel told reporters, “We stress peaceful use of nuclear energy as a right of the Iranian nation and consider confidence-building as being in line with …

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• 2 June

  27 Dead in Afghan Mosque Blast

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Jun 1–A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 27 people including the police chief of the capital Kabul, witnesses and officials told AFP. The blast occurred as prayers were offered for an Islamic cleric who was shot dead …

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• 2 June

  Libya Delays Final Verdict in Bulgarian Medics’ Case

  TRIPOLI, Libya — In a surprise move Tuesday (31 May), Libya’s Supreme Court delayed until 15 November its ruling in the case against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who were accused of spreading the HIV virus in Benghazi. A lower court sentenced the six medics to death more …

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• 2 June

  UN Envoy Visits Cyprus

  NICOSIA, Cyprus — UN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast met with Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos, according to a UN press release issued Tuesday (31 May). The UN envoy, who kicked off a several-day tour of the region, is expected to meet with Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat …

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