August, 2006

• 30 August

  Ahmadinejad challenges Bush to TV debate

  TEHRAN (AFP) — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday challenged his US counterpart George W. Bush to a live television debate as he shrugged off the threat of sanctions two days ahead of a UN deadline for Iran to halt sensitive atomic work.

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• 30 August

  Toll in clashes between Iraqi forces, Shiite fighters rises to 73

  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister issued a fresh call Tuesday for armed groups to be dissolved after his office raised the death toll in fighting between government forces and Shiite fighters to 73.

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• 30 August

  Palestinians demand jobs in violent Gaza protest

  Hundreds of Palestinians demanding jobs clashed with riot police outside parliament on Tuesday in one of the most violent rallies in Gaza since the Hamas government assumed power seven months ago.

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• 30 August

  Sudan rebuffs US envoy plea for Darfur

  KHARTOUM  (AFP) — Sudanese President Omar Bashir rebuffed a plea from Washington’s top Africa envoy Tuesday to allow a UN peacekeeping force in strife-torn Darfur, after forcing her to extend her visit to secure a meeting at all.

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• 30 August

  Olmert under fire

  OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert came under heavy criticism Tuesday for announcing the creation of a committee of inquiry to examine the failures of the Lebanon war rather than a powerful independent commission.

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• 30 August

  Algeria leader to rule soon on amnesty extension

  ALGIERS (Reuters) — Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will decide soon whether or not to extend a six-month amnesty expiring on Monday for Islamist rebels who have fought for years to overthrow the government, state radio reported.

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• 30 August

  Iraqis weigh new burden —fighting flab

  BAGHDAD — Starved of entertainment in their violence-racked city, many Baghdad residents are turning to food as one of their few remaining pleasures, and paying the price as they pile on the pounds.

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• 30 August

  Ralston Named PKK Special Coordinator for the US

  The United States administration officially named former retired NATO commander Joseph W. Ralston as the U.S. Envoy to coordinate efforts to fight the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

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• 29 August

  Full Text of Pres. Ahmadinejad’s Letter to German Chancellor

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently forwarded a letter to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. This was President Ahmadinejad’s

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• 29 August

  Supreme Leader Praises Government’s Performance

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei lauded Ahmadinejad’s administration for the relentless efforts it has made to provide service for the public, stressing that economic justice should be the center of all government’s activities and orientations.

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