Eurasia Press & News

12 November 2008 Zagreb – A Croatian law firm will seek compensation from the state in the name of 30 families of Serb civilians who were tortured in the military prison Lora in Split in 1992.

12 November 2008 Belgrade - The Serbian Orthodox Church Synod has rejected Patriarch Pavle`s request to step down, unofficial sources told B92.

12 November 2008 Skopje – Redza Zulkani, the brother-in-law of Menduh Thaci, the leader of the main opposition ethnic Albanian party in Macedonia, was shot dead late Tuesday, local media reported.

GAZA, Nov. 12 – Hamas, which controls Gaza Strip, and the Islamic Jihad on Wednesday reiterated that they boycotted Egyptian efforts for an inter-Palestinian dialogue to reconcile between the main rival factions of Hamas and Fatah.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected U.S. proposals aimed at easing concerns over a missile defense system in Europe and said it would try again to resolve the row once Barack Obama is in the White House.

KABUL (Reuters) – Six people were killed and at least 40 wounded in a suicide bomb attack on government buildings in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, officials said, but a brother of the Afghan president who was in one of the offices was unhurt.

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan has executed four men, including three linked to deadly attacks by Taliban and al Qaeda insurgents, a state newspaper said on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A suicide car-bomber killed two Pakistani soldiers and wounded four on Wednesday in an attack on military camp in the northwestern town of Shabqadar, a military official said.

Israeli troops have killed four Palestinian militants in a gunbattle on the Gaza border, Palestinians say.

A controversial move to lift the limits on presidential terms in Algeria has been approved by the country’s parliament.