Eurasia Press & News
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia plans to become part of the Russian Federation, its leader said on Thursday.
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September, 2008
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11 September
Pakistan kills militants; tension with U.S. grows
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces have killed 20 militants near the Afghan border, a security official said on Thursday, as tensions over how to tackle the Taliban and al Qaeda surfaced with the United States.
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11 September
Blast near Afghan governor’s office wounds 7
KABUL (Reuters) – A bomb planted on a bicycle went off near the governor’s office in the southern Afghan province of Ghazni on Thursday, wounding seven people, an official said.
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11 September
West Bank settlers take over more land: report
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli authorities and settlers have seized large tracts of land in the occupied West Bank for security zones around Jewish settlements beyond an Israeli-built barrier, a human rights group said on Thursday.
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11 September
Russia refutes Georgian claims at the ICJ
Russia has urged the United Nations’ highest court to dismiss a case brought by Georgia, accusing Moscow of human rights violations in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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11 September
Israel ‘annexes’ West Bank areas
Israel has annexed thousands of hectares of West Bank land beside the barrier it is building, according to an Israeli rights group.
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Israel ‘dividing up Palestinians’
Two Israeli rights groups have accused their government of tearing Palestinian families apart by curtailing the right to live in the West Bank.
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11 September
Lebanon politician dies in blast
A member of the pro-Syrian opposition in Lebanon has been killed in a car bombing south-east of the capital, Beirut, security officials have said.
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Devastating Quake Hits Southern Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale jolted the port city of Bandar Khamir in Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan on wednesday.
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11 September
Rebels Free Kidnapped Policeman
TEHRAN (FNA)- A rebel group has released one of a group of Iranian policemen it said it kidnapped in southeastern Iran in June, a police commander said on Tuesday.
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