October, 2008

• 31 October

  Explosion in Gaza kills policeman, injures three others

  GAZA, Oct 31 – A Palestinian policeman was killed while three others were injured last night due to an explosion near a police headquarters in the Gaza Strip, a local radio reported on Friday.

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• 31 October

  Egypt eyes Mideast Quartet meeting Nov 9

  Egypt is planning to host a meeting of the Middle East peace Quartet on November 9, the same day Palestinian groups begin reconciliation talks in Cairo, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

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• 31 October

  Kuwait reaffirms financial support to UNRWA

  UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 – Kuwait late Thursday reaffirmed its continued financial support to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), whether through its annual contribution of USD 1.5 million to its budget or through financing projects undertaken by other UN agencies, out …

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• 31 October

  Masked settlers assault Palestinian photographers

  HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) – Masked Jewish settlers threw stones at Palestinian photographers Friday near the West Bank city of Hebron, injuring one, Reuters television footage showed.

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• 31 October

  Relations in Bosnia still poisoned: Holbrooke

  BELGRADE (Reuters) – Relations between Bosnia’s Serb and Muslim-Croat halves are more poisoned today than at any time since the 1992-95 war, according to the architect of the Bosnian peace accords, who also regretted a flaw in the deal he crafted.

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• 31 October

  Belarus court upholds sentence on U.S. lawyer

  MINSK (Reuters) – The Supreme Court in Belarus on Friday upheld a three-year sentence on a U.S. lawyer convicted of industrial espionage, one of several irritants in Washington’s relations with the ex-Soviet state.

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• 31 October

  Suicide bomber kills nine in NW Pakistan

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed nine people on Friday in an attack on police in the northwestern Pakistani town of Mardan.

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• 31 October

  Libya leader to discuss hosting Russian base: report

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, starting his first visit to post-Soviet Russia on Friday, will discuss opening a Russian naval base in Libya to counterbalance U.S. interests in the region, a paper reported.

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• 31 October

  Pakistani police break up children’s marriage

  KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistani police raided a child marriage ceremony in the city of Karachi and arrested a cleric who was presiding over the wedding of a 4-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, police and residents said on Friday.

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• 31 October

  Medvedev fires Ziazikov from Ingushetian presidency

  Time’s up for the president of Ingushetia, who has been sacked by President Medvedev.

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