May, 2005

• 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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• 29 May

  Hizbollah flexes muscles ahead of elections

  BEIRUT — As Lebanon prepares for what is being hailed as its first free vote in years, the powerful Shiite movement Hizbollah was flexing its military muscle and vowing to fight on against arch-enemy Israel. Hizbollah is projected to win possibly 12 seats in the elections kicking off in the …

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• 29 May

  Criminal court acquits Al Arabiya correspondent of spreading false news

  KUWAIT CITY (AP) — A correspondent of Arab satellite television network Al Arabiya was acquitted of spreading false news said to have harmed national interests, following a report about an alleged shoot-out between militants and police, a criminal court ruled Saturday. The Dubai-based television station broadcast an official denial of …

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• 29 May

  Reform a must after Lebanon polls

  BEIRUT — Lebanon has averted financial meltdown despite an acute political crisis. Initial pressure on its currency has eased. The tourist season may yet be salvaged. But analysts say full recovery will come only if reforms to rein in its ballooning $34 billion debt top the agenda after general elections …

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• 29 May

  Shiites, Sunnis forge peace as Japanese hostage feared slain in Iraq

  BAGHDAD (AP) — Two of Iraq’s most influential Shiite and Sunni organisations agreed Saturday to try and make peace as the government prepared to take its war against the insurgency to Baghdad’s violent streets. The new effort to ease sectarian tensions, which threaten to plunge Iraq into civil strife, came …

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• 27 May

  Annan Calls for Further Progress in Implementing Kosovo Standards

  In a new report on UNMIK submitted to the Security Council this week, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan recommends that a comprehensive review of Kosovo’s progress in implementing a set of UN-set standards be initiated this summer. But further progress towards meeting the targets is an essential precondition for launching …

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