TimeLine Layout

April, 2006

  • 13 April

    Iraq Shiite mosque blast kills 26

    Leaders fail to make progress towards forming unity gov’tBAGHDAD (Reuters) — A car bomb killed at least 26 people outside a Shiite mosque north of Baghdad on Wednesday as Iraqi leaders failed to make progress towards forming a national unity government they hope can avert sectarian civil war.

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  • 12 April

    Palestina, prezentul continuu

     CUVANT INAINTE           Filosofia a tratat termenii “adevar” si ”dreptate”, incercand  a le plasa la nivelul ratiunii,  adica de a le defini intr-un mod logic si ordonat asa cum le gasim mereu in scrierile ce expun gandirea greaca. Platon a poiectat lumea rationala creand fraza dupa fraza, idee dupa idee. …

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  • 8 April

    Jailed MPs symbol for Palestinians

    THE HAMAS-LED Palestinian government was inaugurated on Wednesday, but not all those elected to the new parliament are able to take up their seats. For some, the best they can do is have a life-sized photograph of themselves propped up in their place.

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  • 8 April

    Turkish leaders vow to fight Kurdish radicals

    DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s leaders promised an enhanced fight against Kurdish militants Thursday after a week of the worst street clashes in decades, but said the fight would not mean backtracking on democratic reforms that are critical to Turkey’s bid to join the European Union.

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  • 8 April

    Egypt struggles to combat spread of bird flu to humans

    CAIRO (AFP) — A third person has died from bird flu in Egypt, the hardest-hit non-Asian country in the world, as health officials struggled Thursday to enforce preventive measures.

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  • 8 April

    Arabs increasingly uneasy with Iran ways

    DUBAI — It’s not often the United States, Israel and the Gulf Arab states worry about the same thing. But right now, they are all focused on Iran.

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  • 8 April

    Bush authorised leaks on Iraq

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A former senior White House official testified that President George W. Bush authorised the leaking of classified material on Iraq, according to court papers made public on Thursday that immediately ignited a political storm.

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  • 8 April

    Mubarak, Olmert plan to meet

    OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak called interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to congratulate him for being named to head a new government and the two leaders decided to meet “immediately after a government is formed” in Israel.

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  • 8 April

    Haniyeh rejects Abbas intervention

    GAZA (Reuters) — Palestinian Prime Minister and senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Thursday rejected a decision by President Mahmoud Abbas to assume security control over the Gaza Strip’s border crossings.Abbas’ overnight move underscores tensions with Hamas in the wake of the Islamic group’s crushing win against the president’s long-dominant …

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  • 4 April

    Hamas minister says could take year to end armed chaos

    GAZA CITY (AFP) — Palestinian Interior Minister Said Siam said Sunday it could take a year for his Hamas government to end armed chaos in Gaza after three people were killed in clashes between rival gunmen.

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