May, 2005

• 31 May

  Rafsanjani pledges ‘interactive’ diplomacy

  TEHRAN (AFP) — Leading Iranian presidential candidate Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani released his election manifesto on Monday, promising a “interactive and constructive diplomacy” but without mentioning relations with the United States. In a 24-page “pact with the people,” the top cleric also vowed to “effectively” defend human rights, improve freedom of …

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• 31 May

  Don’t rule out Osiraq-like strike — planner

  TEL AVIV — Military action would not stop Iran’s nuclear programme but could be a last resort to delay any quest for an atomic bomb, the mastermind of Israel’s 1981 air strike on the Iraqi reactor at Osiraq said on Monday. While Israel and its US ally have not excluded …

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• 31 May

  Aid agency head arrested after rape report

  KHARTOUM (Reuters) — Sudan arrested the local head of an international aid agency on Monday over a report on hundreds of rapes in Darfur in the first such action against a top relief worker since a rebellion in the area began in 2003. Paul Foreman, the country head of the …

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• 31 May

  Rival factions fight for key town

  MOGADISHU (Reuters) — Rival Somali factions armed with truck-mounted machineguns fought on Monday for control of a town where President Abdullahi Yusuf plans to set up a temporary capital, killing and wounding several people, residents said. Hundreds of militiamen attacked the southern town of Baidoa at about 3:45am (0045 GMT) …

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• 31 May

  Doctors’ silence over king feeds rumours

  RIYADH (AFP) — Saudi Arabia moved again on Monday to reassure the world over the health of King Fahd, but the absence of any medical report after four days in hospital is causing rumours about the gravity of his condition. “Stable and reassuring” — the two words have been repeated …

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• 30 May

  Statul Palestina

  ” Statul Palestina are o suprafaţă de 27 009 Km pătraÅ£i, fiind situată în inima Orientului Mijlociu ÅŸi se învecinează cu Libanul în Nord, Egiptul în Sud, Siria ÅŸi Iordania în Est, iar la Vest este mărginită de Marea Mediterană. Statul palestinian are o populaÅ£ie de 7.500.000 de locuitori atât …

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• 29 May

  Palestinian Authority recruiting unarmed men for Gaza

  RAMALLAH (AP) — The Palestinian Authority is moving ahead on securing the coastal Gaza Strip area that Israel is to evacuate this summer, putting out a call for 5,000 new security forces, an interior ministry spokesman said Saturday. But although there are fears Palestinian fighters will fire on Israeli targets …

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• 29 May

  Palestinians in a ‘uniquely vulnerable position

  OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — She had been getting away with it for years. But fate, in the shape of the Israeli border police, finally caught up with JJ, as she always knew it would, at the Qalandiya checkpoint into Ramallah. After what was an apparently random stop, perhaps since she was …

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• 29 May

  Officials say King Fahd in stable condition

  RIYADH (AFP) — King Fahd, the ruler of oil powerhouse Saudi Arabia, remained in hospital Saturday with a lung infection as worries about his health sent crude prices higher and the authorities insisted there was no cause for concern. “His condition is stable… The results of medical tests make us …

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• 29 May

  Guardian Council passes law to develop nuke tech

  TEHRAN (AP) — Iran’s hard-line Guardian Council on Saturday approved a law forcing Iran to develop nuclear technology, including uranium enrichment, an action aimed at strengthening Tehran’s hand in negotiations with Europeans. The law’s passing does not compel the government to resume uranium enrichment immediately, but it insists the Tehran …

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