August 23, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Activists seeking to challenge Israel’s sea blockade of Gaza were struggling with rough seas and disruptions to their communications, the group said on Saturday.
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August 23, 2008 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday condemned a U.S-led coalition air strike his government says killed 76 civilians, most of them women and children.
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August 23, 2008 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed 10 civilians in the southern province of Kandahar on Saturday, the provincial police chief said.
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August 23, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient Press
(Reuters) – Following are security developments in Iraq at 1200 GMT on Saturday. NEAR BAIJI – Gunmen killed four members of a U.S.-backed neighborhood patrol in a drive-by shooting at their checkpoint just south of Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
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August 23, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News
MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani troops killed 35 militants in fighting in the Swat Valley northwest of Islamabad on Saturday, shortly after a suicide car-bomber killed eight policemen.
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August 23, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s uneasy coalition partners discussed who should be the next president on Saturday as militant violence added urgency to their task of tackling security and economic problems.
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August 23, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
BERLIN (Reuters) – Russia’s bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) is at risk because of its military operations in Georgia, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez was quoted as saying on Saturday.
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August 23, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
POTI, Georgia (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday it would continue to patrol Georgia’s main Black Sea port, defying Western demands for a complete pullback to positions held before this month’s outbreak of fighting over a Georgian rebel region.
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August 23, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
GORI, Georgia (Reuters) – The fruit and vegetable market in Gori buzzed with life on Saturday after Georgian forces retook control of the strategically located town following nearly two weeks of Russian occupation.
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August 23, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Eurasia Press, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News, Kavkaz Press
TBILISI (Reuters) – They are 21st century barbarians, thugs, thieves, fascist hordes bent on killing, sacking Georgian cities, burning treasured forests, humiliating and crushing a proud people.
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