February 21, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Denmark was expected to announce plans to begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq at a news conference today, Danish media reported.
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February 21, 2007 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran vowed on Wednesday to press on with its nuclear fuel program, ignoring a U.N. deadline to freeze uranium enrichment or face broader sanctions, but offered to guarantee it would not try to develop atomic weapons.
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February 21, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter made a “hard landing” north of Baghdad on Wednesday and the crew was recovered safely by a rescue chopper, a military spokesman said.
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February 21, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
World powers sought common ground Wednesday to confront Palestinian Hamas militants who are politically emboldened by a new power-sharing pact with moderates.
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February 21, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Israeli troops on Wednesday fatally shot a West Bank leader of the Islamic Jihad militant group who was involved in an attempted bombing near Tel Aviv, the army said.
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February 21, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Lebanese anti-aircraft guns fired at Israeli warplanes over southern Lebanon on Wednesday, a military spokesman said, indicating that Lebanon’s army is taking a new assertiveness toward Israel.
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February 21, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Vice President Dick Cheney reaffirmed the Bush administration’s commitment to the increasingly unpopular war in Iraq during a visit to a U.S. aircraft carrier Wednesday, saying “the American people will not support a policy of retreat.”
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February 21, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Egyptian border and security authorities have arrested 23 Palestinians and Egyptians in the Sinai region, including one who was wearing an explosives belt and had crossed from Gaza to Egypt in an underground tunnel, security officials said Wednesday.
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February 21, 2007 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
The U.N. nuclear watchdog on Wednesday put finishing touches on a report expected to confirm that Iran continues uranium enrichment activities, a finding that could trigger harsher U.N. Security Council sanctions against Tehran.
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February 21, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
A suicide car bomber struck a police checkpoint Wednesday in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, killing at 11 people in the spiritual heartland of the militia factions led by radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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