Eurasia Press & News

TEHRAN (AP) — The death toll from Cyclone Gonu rose to 70 Saturday when Iranian state media reported nine new deaths from the storm.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Iraq accused Turkey of “intensively shelling” part of its northern Kurdish region this week and handed Ankara’s envoy a protest letter on Saturday which warned such actions could harm relations.

GAZA CITY (AP) — Palestinian fighters broke through Israel’s heavily fortified Gaza border and battled troops inside Israel for about two hours Saturday, in an abortive attempt to abduct an Israeli soldier in which one of the raiders was killed but the military said no soldiers were harmed.

NAHR BARED (Reuters) — Five Lebanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in the latest bout of heavy fighting against Al Qaeda-inspired gunmen entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp, a military source said.

Iran has brushed aside warnings by G8 leaders that it would face further UN sanctions if it failed to halt uranium enrichment work.

By JAMES CALDERWOOD, Associated Press Afghanistan and Pakistan are nearing agreement on the return of the more than 2 million refugees who fled to Pakistan a quarter century ago, a U.N. refugee agency official said Friday.

KABUL (Reuters) – A  NATO soldier was killed on Saturday in combat in southern Afghanistan as the alliance launched an air strike against leaders of the country’s Taliban insurgency, a NATO statement said.

Poliţiştii şi procurorii au pus la cale 40 de scenarii pentru prinderea locotenenţilor celui mai căutat traficant de armament din lume, care a avut loc ieri la Bucureşti.

Nu o să se întâmple absolut nimic care să schimbe în bine situaţia din România, a declarat preşedintele PIN Cozmin Guşă, în cadrul emisiunii 3 X 3 de la Realitatea Tv.

Traian Băsescu este un duşman al partidelor istorice, dar nu neapărat pe considerente istorice.