January, 2006

• 9 January

  UN nuke seals to be broken by Monday — Iran

  TEHRAN (AP) — Iran announced on Sunday that inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog agency were in the country and preparing to remove seals from nuclear research facilities no later than Monday, allowing Tehran to move forward with its vow to resume nuclear fuel research.

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• 9 January

  Sharon’s empty house in Jerusalem symbol of defiance

  OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — When Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stunned the world by handing Gaza back to the Palestinians last year his critics feared this was the prelude to many more concessions.

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• 9 January

  Syrian leader makes surprise visits to Saudi Arabia, Egypt

  JEDDAH (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad made surprise journeys to Saudi Arabia and Egypt Sunday, seeking support from Arab leaders as he faces an unprecedented challenge from a defecting ex-vice president and alleged Syrian involvement in the assassination of a former Lebanese leader.

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• 9 January

  12 die in Iraq US copter crash

  BAGHDAD (AP) — A US army Black Hawk helicopter crashed and killed all 12 Americans believed to be aboard, while five Marines died in weekend attacks. The mounting death toll, about two-hundred Iraqis were killed

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• 5 January

  Iran says no nuclear negotiation ahead of EU talks

  TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran has vowed that its decision to resume nuclear fuel research is not negotiable, causing EU negotiators to cast doubt on the prospect of fresh talks aimed at convincing Tehran to halt enrichment activities.

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• 5 January

  Water supply cut to Italians’ kidnappers

  MARIB — The government dispatched more helicopter-born troops on Wednesday to encircle a rugged mountain hideout and cut off water deliveries to the region where a reneged tribe is holding five Italian tourists hostage.

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• 5 January

  Kuwaiti women added to voter rolls for the first time

  KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Kuwait’s newly-enfranchised women have been added to the voter rolls for the first time, and the country now has more women voters than men, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.

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• 5 January

  Police to examine laptop data in Sharon corruption scandal

  Sharon had been investigated in a series of corruption scandals OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli police are to access computer data which they believe will show Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s family received an alleged $3 million bribe, public radio reported on Wednesday.

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• 5 January

  Chirac urges Syria to meet demands of Hariri probe

  PARIS (AFP) — Syria needs to comply with the demands of the UN probe into the murder of Lebanon’s former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, French President Jacques Chirac warned on Wednesday. “Syria must answer the demands” of the international inquiry into Hariri’s killing,

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• 5 January

  More than 50 dead as violence flares in Iraq

  BAGHDAD (AFP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of an Iraqi funeral procession on Wednesday, the bloodiest in a string of attacks across the country that left more than 50 people dead and scores wounded. The bomber, wired with explosives, walked up to a group of …

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