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New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday ahead of meetings at UN headquarters on religion and peace that the opportunity it would provide for Arab and Israeli leaders to meet was "quite unique."
Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah,... |
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 An attack that targeted a US military team 35 kilometres south of Baghdad lead to the disappearance of three US soldiers Saturday, Iraqi media reported. Also, five people were killed in the attack, one of them being an Iraqi citizen. The US military said it will continue the searches for the three soldiers until their whereabouts will be...
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 Karachi was the scene of violent clashes between two rival groups, as the fighting killed at least 18 and injured dozens, according to reports issued by the media.According to the same sources the clashes occurred between governmental supporters and members of the oppositional party of Jamaat-i-Islami. Karachi is due to host a series of...
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 In a speech held in front of the students at the Cambridge University, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani praised the British soldiers that were killed during the Iraq war and said they died “for a noble cause.”Talabani expressed his regret towards the violent acts that lead to the killing of so many soldiers and also said he expects that...
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 Taliban militants released Friday another French aid worker kidnapped last month, the Red Cross confirmed. Five aid workers were kidnapped on April 2 in the Nimroz province, two of them being French. The militants asked France to pull its troops out of Afghanistan in exchange for their release. One of the two French workers was released...
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The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan will come within weeks to Jerusalem as evoys of the Arab League to discuss the Arab peace initiative with the Israelis. The decision was taken after Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's visit to Cairo, Egypt.Livni met in Cairo with the two FMs and with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The Arab...
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The U.S. confirmed the Afghan civilian casualties reported earlier, but failed to give an exact number. The casualties resulted from a series of airstrikes Tuesday in the Sangin area of Helmand province."There are confirmed reports of civilian casualties," but it was unclear how many, a coalition statement said. "A joint...
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 A delegations from the Arab League will make a historical visit to Israel to continue the talks initiated Thursday in Cairo, a spokesman of the Israeli Foreign ministry said.The statement comes after ministers from the Arab League countries and Israel’s Foreign Minster Tzipi Livni held a first round of talks in Cairo on Thursday. Even...
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 Controversy surrounds a US military raid in Sadr City, as the Iraqi Interior Ministry sustains eight civilians were killed and nine other were wounded during the raid. The US military said only three terrorist were killed and that civilian casualties are excluded. Thursday, US forces stormed the mainly Shiite neighborhood where...
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 A Mickey Mouse look-alike is featured in a new Hamas campaign broadcast on Palestinian television. Reportedly, the "Tomorrow's Pioneers" show featuring the black and white rodent was aired briefly on the al-Aqsa TV station, which is affiliated with Hamas, but the propaganda animation was pulled off upon the request of the...
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 A truck bomb exploded in front of the Interior Ministry building in Arbil, killing at least 19 people and injuring 70, local media reported.The powerful blast seriously affected the nearby buildings and triggered quick reactions from the government. According to a spokesman, the regional Kurdish government is prepared to protect the...
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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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