June 13, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
GAZA (Reuters) — Palestinians battled across Gaza on Tuesday in what looked ever more like civil war as the forces of President Mahmoud Abbas rounded on those of the Islamist prime minister and their unity government headed for collapse.
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June 13, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
BEIRUT (AP) — The Red Cross pledged Tuesday to continue assistance in a battle-scarred Palestinian refugee camp despite the death of two volunteers as Lebanese troops, backed by heavy artillery barrages, chipped away at Islamists barricaded in dense neighbourhoods still housing thousands of civilians.
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June 13, 2007 Islamic World News, Islamic-World, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
AMMAN (JT) — Jordan and Egypt on Tuesday urged Palestinian factions to end infighting and work on enhancing their unity.
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June 13, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Fatah says it is suspending participation in the three-month old unity government until street battles in Gaza end. The announcement on Tuesday night came at the end of one of the bloodiest days of factional fighting in the Gaza Strip. The toll in the past 24 hours reached 27, with …
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June 13, 2007 Kavkaz, Kavkaz News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Up to 11,000 British soldiers have deserted the Army fearing they could be deployed in violence-racked Iraq amid a steady rise in the number of soldiers going Absent Without Leave (AWOL) in the occupied country, British Ministry of Defense figures show.
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June 13, 2007 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
About 1,500 anti-government protesters, led by chess legend Garry Kasparov, have rallied in central Moscow.
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June 13, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Heavy fighting has continued throughout the day in Gaza after militants of the Palestinian group Hamas attacked posts held by their Fatah faction rivals.
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June 13, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday proposed stationing international forces along the Gaza Strip’s volatile border with Egypt to prevent arms from reaching Palestinian militants.
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June 13, 2007 Islamic World News, Islamic-World
WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday advanced legislation aimed at pressuring Egypt to improve its human rights record by withholding some military aid until progress is made.
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June 12, 2007 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan police and wounded four in an apparent friendly fire incident early Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said.
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