May 20, 2006 Iran, Iran News
The following is the full text of Ahmadinejad’s letter to George Bush:Â “In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful, Mr George Bush, President of the United States of America, For sometime now I have been thinking, how one can justify the undeniable contradictions that exist in the international …
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May 19, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TRIPOLI (AP) — Oil-rich Venezuela’s anti-American president, recently slapped with a US arms embargo, was given a warm welcome to the Libyan capital Wednesday by Col. Muammar Qadhafi, whose authoritarian regime was only just removed from Washington’s list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
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May 19, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
DAMASCUS (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister warned against a possible “escalation of the crisis in the region†as he arrived in Damascus on Thursday to discuss his country’s nuclear programme and the situation in Iraq with the Syrian president.
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May 19, 2006 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Reuters) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday derided foes of Iran’s nuclear work as mentally disturbed, ignoring a fresh plea by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan for all sides in the dispute to calm their rhetoric. Pursuing a diplomatic effort, European nations want to offer Iran security guarantees …
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May 19, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
ROME (AP) — Premier Romano Prodi said Thursday the war in Iraq was a grave mistake but that Italy would remain on the front lines in the war against terror.
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May 19, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
BEIRUT — The UN Security Council’s call for Syria to establish diplomatic ties with Lebanon was expected to stiffen Damascus’ resolve against formal links to its tiny neighbour, a move it has steadfastly rejected for six decades. Three factors, at least, are at work against Syria heeding the UN resolution …
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May 19, 2006 Palestina, Palestina News
BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Donors and financial institutions will meet in Brussels next week to try to flesh out a temporary aid mechanism for Palestinians, still split over its scope and how it should work, diplomats said on Thursday. Donors suspended direct aid to the Palestinian Authority after Islamist group Hamas, …
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May 19, 2006 Palestina, Palestina News
GAZA CITY (AP) — Security forces loyal to moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and a new army run by the Hamas-led government paraded through the streets with assault rifles and stared each other down Thursday, competing for control of the Gaza Strip.
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May 18, 2006 Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
According to the source at the State Military Committee for Defence (SMCD)-Majlisul Shura 4 invaders were killed and 6 servicepersons of the enemy were injured during military operations implemented by the Mujahiddeens in the Nozhay-Yurt region of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (CRI). According to information of the Chechen side …
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May 18, 2006 Islamic World News, Islamic-World
Algiers – The bodies of 38 people were found in a cave in eastern Algeria following weeks of military operations against suspected terrorists in the North African country, local press reports said Monday.
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