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Tehran - Iran on Monday did not rule out using force to free its cargo vessel which was last week hijacked by pirates off the Somalia coast.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said Monday that Iran would rather continue negotiations with the pirates.
He said in a press briefing that Iran preferred the problem to be settled through an... |
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 Suicide bombers continue their deadly attacks in Afghanistan, regardless of the civilian casualties. This sort of attack took the lives of ten people and gravely injured at least 30 in the eastern province of Paktia, officials informed.A man wearing a vest packed with explosives detonated his charge in the center of Gardez, the...
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 The regions affected by Palestinian rockets will be controlled
by the Israeli military after the country’s Defence Minister Amir Peretz declared
the territory a "special situation."This decision is due to be approved by the cabinet and will transfer
the power held by the local authorities to Israeli armed forces, media...
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 The Israeli Air Force continued its airstrikes in the Gaza
Strip on Saturday night, three Hamas members being killed, sources from the
region informed.
Pinpoint air strikes targeted locations belonging to the Hamas
military wing, as a car was destroyed in the northern part of the Strip by a
rocked launched by a Israeli fighter...
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 Leaders of the Arab countries are meeting between 18 and 20 May on the shores of the Dead Sea for the World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2007. A main issue on the agenda represents the reconstructing of the regions affected by war, category which includes most of the countries. Many have battled with internal fighting which left...
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 At a meting of the World Economic Forum on the Middle
East, Jordan's
King Abdullah II showed his concern about the eventual use of force on Iran
after the country continued its nuclear program.
King Abdullah said the solution to Iran’s
ignorance towards the nonproliferation treaty is not the use of brute force, because
such...
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 Prime Minister Tony Blair decided to surprise his Iraqi counterparts and made an unannounced visit to the country.After his arrival, Blair met with president Jalal Talabani and prime minister Nuri al-Maliki, discussing the stressful issue of the armed conflict. Once again the outgoing prime minister assured the Iraqi people Britain will...
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 The eastern Iraqi province of Diyala continues to be the scene of violent attacks, at least 17 civilians being killed Saturday by unidentified gunmen.A group of men dressed as Iraqi soldiers opened fire on civilians in a small village located 80 kilometers from the province’s capital Baquba. Thirteen people were killed by the still...
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 The Taliban insurgency received a serious blow in the last 48 hours as more than 100 militants were killed by coalition troops across the country, according to official reports. In the first clash, coalition forces were engaged in a fierce gunbattle with rebels in the eastern province of Paktia. A multinational force composed by Afghan...
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 A group of students kidnapped four policemen Friday in Islamabad and ask for the release of eleven students in exchange for the officers, the Pakistani police reported.The students are followers of the Pakistani cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz, a controversial religious figure in the country. Tensions rose between the government and the...
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 A suicide bomber took the lives of three German soldiers and four Afghan civilians Saturday morning in a Kunduz market, the police informed.The German soldiers were shopping in the town’s market when the bomber detonated his charge, killing the troopers and four shop owners. Dozens of people were injured, some of them being in grave...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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