July 15, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
The families of 438 children infected with HIV have reached an agreement with the Libyan government on compensation, potentially opening the way for the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who has been granted Bulgarian citizenship.
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July 15, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans
Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev announced a limited cabinet reshuffle on Friday (July 13th), after meeting with members of the ruling tripartite coalition.
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July 15, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said Saturday that the Iraqi army and police are capable of keeping security in the country when American troops leave “any time they wantâ€, though he acknowledged the forces need further weapons and training.
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July 15, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
 Western backing for the legally disputed emergency government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has demolished any lingering Arab belief that US President George W. Bush’s “freedom agenda” is going anywhere.
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July 15, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
A Palestinian woman who fled her north Lebanon refugee camp two days ago says there was so little food there that she was prepared to eat cats to survive.
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July 15, 2007 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Turkey’s army has boosted troop levels in the restive southeast to more than 200,000, most of them stationed along the border with Iraq, security sources told Reuters on Friday.
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July 15, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Hamas yesterday rejected as “unconstitutional†the government sworn in by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Friday. The Islamist movement wants to convene parliament to vote on the government, but Abbas’ Fateh faction has already said it will not attend any such session.
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July 15, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Rival Lebanese politicians met at a state-owned chateau near Paris on Saturday in a French-sponsored attempt to discuss ways of ending the eight-month-old political crisis gripping their country.
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July 15, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Lebanon’s army resumed its bombardment of Al Qaeda-inspired gunmen entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp on Saturday, pounding them with artillery and tank fire, a senior military official said.
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July 15, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
King Abdullah has said regional peace can only be sustained if people in the Middle East have the opportunity to “lead a productive and satisfying lifeâ€.
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