June 27, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans, Romania, Romania News
A trilateral drill among the militaries of Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia began in the joint border area of the Danube River on Monday (June 25th).
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June 27, 2007 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Islamic World News, Islamic-World
A court in the southeast town of Diyarbakir sentenced ten people to life in prison Monday (June 25th) for a series of bombings in the early 1990s.
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June 27, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Leaders from the 12 nations in the Black Sea Economic Co-operation (BSEC) organisation gathered in Istanbul on Monday (June 25th) to mark the group’s 15th anniversary at a one-day summit, hosted by Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
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June 27, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans
The Serbian Parliament adopted a national budget for 2007 late on Friday (June 22nd). Lawmakers from the ruling coalition voted to collect 7.1 billion euros in taxes and spend 7.3 billion euros.
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June 27, 2007 Iran, Iran News
Angry Iranians attacked several gas stations in protest after the government suddenly began long-threatened fuel rationing, while many others rushed to fill their tanks.
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June 27, 2007 Iran, Iran News
Amnesty International appealed for Iran to stop executing children and those who committed their crimes before they turned 18, in a report published Wednesday.
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June 27, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Among the impoverished Iraqi refugees queuing for food aid at a Catholic charity in Damascus stands 65-year-old Hirmiz Hanna, puzzled and upset at his fate.
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June 27, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
The plight of some 200 Gazans, stranded in no-man’s-land on the Israeli border in a desperate bid to flee last week’s Islamist takeover of the territory, is dividing Israeli opinion.
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June 27, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
In a world where more people are on the move than ever, governments jittery about cross-border criminals, terrorists and illegal migrants must not shirk their duty to protect refugees, a UN official said on Tuesday.
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June 27, 2007 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Syria has expressed readiness to help curb Middle East instability in exchange for peace with Israel but will not easily give up its alliance with Iran as demanded by the Jewish state.
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