June 16, 2007 Eurasia, Eurasia News
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Five people were injured when a bomb exploded in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Friday (June 15th).
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June 16, 2007 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News, Balkan News, Balkans, Romania, Romania News
WASHINGTON, United States — Romanian Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu met with US counterpart Condoleezza Rice and Pentagon officials on Wednesday (June 13th), telling them that his country is ready to boost the number of its troops deployed with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.
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June 16, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans, Romania, Romania News
BUCHAREST, Romania — Hungarian Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz issued a statement Thursday (June 14th) expressing concern over the criminal investigations opened against some members of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, including one against Telecommunications Minister Zsolt Nagy.
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June 16, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans
PRISTINA, Kosovo, Serbia — Britain is working to get the new resolution on Kosovo, based on UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari’s plan, approved at the UN Security Council, said Anthony Smith, a political director at the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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June 16, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans
SOFIA, Bulgaria — A EU report on Bulgaria’s compliance with recommendations to tackle organised crime and corruption and to overhaul its judiciary will make no mention of any penalties for the country, European Commission spokesman Mark Gray said on Thursday (June 14th).
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June 16, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans, Romania, Romania News
Bulgaria and Romania should try to avoid the decline in democratic progress seen last year in many of the other post-communist countries that are now members of the EU, Freedom House said on Thursday (June 14th) upon the release of a new report.
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June 16, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans
The EU and Serbia returned to the negotiating table for talks on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) on Wednesday (June 13th), more than 13 months after the process was put on hold.
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June 16, 2007 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
NCRI – A new wave of brutal executions in response to the recent popular uprisings has begun in Iran. According to state-run news outlets in only three days seven prisoners were hanged.
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June 16, 2007 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Iran, Iran News, Islamic World News, Islamic-World
NCRI – Based on reports, Iranian regime’s officials have held meetings with Ali Khamenei where they have decided to employ the Islamic Fundamentalists to intensify terror activities against Western interests.
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June 16, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
NCRI – 5000 workers of Neishekar (sugar cane) factory in Haft Tapeh in Khuzestan province blocked a road and clashed with regime forces in protest to ignoring their demands. Regime’s suppressive forces attacked the workers to disperse them but were countered by resistance.
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