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GAZA, May 17, 2007, (WAFA)- Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that the death toll of internal clashes in Gaza climbed to 47 citizens. In press release issued today, MOH said that 47 were killed and 210 wounded, 28 of them in critical conditions. MOH added that five citizens were also …

GAZA, May 17, 2007, (WAFA)- At least thirty citizens were wounded Thursday as Israeli gun ships bombarded a security apparatus in Gaza City, medical sources, and witnesses said. Witnesses said that an Israeli gun ship hit the apparatus with one missle and completely destroyed it. Ambulances rushed to the scene …

RAMALLAH, May 17, 2007, (WAFA)- Spokesperson of President Abbas, Nabil Abu Rdaina, denounced Thursday the Israeli escalation, especially the bombardment of a building today in Gaza. In a special statement, to WAFA, Abu Rdaina said that the Israeli escalation leads the region to more instability and deterioration. He called the …

BETIT LAHIA, May 17, 2007, (WAFA)- Scores of Israeli tanks and military vehicles moved Thursday afternoon into the northern parts of the Gaza Strip, witnesses and security sources said. Witnesses said that tens of tanks and bulldozers rumbles, amidst intensive fire, into the neighborhood of Atatra in Beit Lahia Town, …

RAMALLAH, May 17, 2007, (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas and the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice talked Thursday on a phone call. During their phone call, Abbas briefed Rice about the latest developments in the Palestinian territory and the Israeli escalation against the Palestinian people. President called on the US …

RAMALLAH, May 17, 2007, (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas and the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, talked Thursday on a phonecall. During their call, Abbas briefed Ki-moon about the latest developments in the Palestinian territory and the Israeli escalation against the Palestinian people. President called on the UN Secretary-General to work on …

GAZA , May 17, 2007, (WAFA)- At least six citizens were killed and scores others wounded as Israeli warplanes launched six raids on different targets across the Gaza Strip, medics and witnesses said. In the city of Rafah, at least two citizens were killed when Israeli gun-ships pounded a vehicle …

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Baghdad’s ambassador to Tehran welcomed the upcoming meeting between Iran and the US over his country, and stressed that Tehran-Washington talks in Baghdad on May 28 would serve the interests of the Iraqi nation.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a meeting with his Niger counterpart Aichatou Mindaoudou voiced the Islamic Republic’s preparedness to host ambassador of that country in Tehran.