May 23, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
FALLUJAH — It was midnight before the massive seven-tonne trucks arrived in Fallujah and disgorged a cargo of a hundred travel weary Iraqi police recruits, ready to assume the hardest job in the city.
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May 23, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
BRUSSELS (Reuters) — A US-backed proposal to stop Sudanese military aircraft flying over the war-ravaged western region of Darfur is technically unworkable, a top European Union soldier said on Tuesday.
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May 23, 2007 Iran, Iran News
VIENNA (Reuters) — Atomic inspectors are expected to report today that Iran has not only ignored an imminent UN deadline to stop enriching uranium but markedly expanded the programme, exposing Tehran to broader sanctions.
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May 23, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
BAGHDAD (Reuters) — A car bomb in a busy Baghdad market killed 25 people and wounded 60 on Tuesday, while parliament adjourned without any action on constitutional reforms aimed at stopping sectarian violence.
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May 23, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s deputy defence minister threatened Tuesday to target Hamas’ political leaders, calling them “terrorists in suits†after a Hamas rocket attack killed an Israeli woman. The harsh words were backed up by action, with fresh air strikes on Hamas targets.
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May 23, 2007 Iran, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
NAHR BARED (AFP) — Islamist fighters declared a ceasefire on Tuesday after three days of fierce battles with Lebanese troops at a Palestinian refugee camp, but two civilians were gunned down just hours later as UN workers delivered desperately needed aid.
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May 23, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
NAHR BARED (AFP) — Islamist fighters declared a ceasefire on Tuesday after three days of fierce battles with Lebanese troops at a Palestinian refugee camp, but two civilians were gunned down just hours later as UN workers delivered desperately needed aid.
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May 23, 2007 Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
Opposition leaders on Monday asserted that bloodshed in Karachi on May 12 had laid the foundation of disintegration of the country under a conspiracy hatched by the regime.
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May 23, 2007 Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
The press-service of organization CKNS for protection of human rights, has received news that the mass poisoning of Chechen children at schools of Shelkovsko district is a result of chemical weapons usage by the Russian special services.
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May 23, 2007 Kavkaz, Kavkaz News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Thousands of Palestinians are leaving a refugee camp in northern Lebanon after three days of fighting between Fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese army. “Nahr al-Bared residents have taken advantage of the truce in the fighting to escape the besieged and heavily bombarded camp,” Hajj Rifaat, an official from the mainstream …
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