May, 2008

• 22 May

  Bulgaria troops in Iraq to relocate to Baghdad

  SOFIA (Reuters) – The Bulgarian government decided on Thursday to relocate 155 Bulgarian troops serving in Iraq to Baghdad to guard a U.S. detention facility.

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• 22 May

  Rival Lebanese leaders forge deal to end conflict

  DOHA (Reuters) – Rival Lebanese leaders signed a deal on Wednesday to end 18 months of political conflict that had threatened to push the country to a new civil war. The agreement, reached after six days of Arab-mediated talks, also paved the way for the election of a new president.

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• 22 May

  FACTBOX: Serbia’s Socialists, in their own words

  (Reuters) – Courted by rival pro-Western and nationalist blocs for a coalition government, Serbia’s Socialists are torn between a new respectability in Europe and the legacy of their founder, autocrat Slobodan Milosevic.

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• 22 May

  Serb Socialists torn over identity as rivals woo them

  BELGRADE (Reuters) – Courted by pro-Western and nationalist rivals for a coalition government, Serbia’s Socialists are torn between seeking new respectability in Europe and the legacy of their founder, autocrat Slobodan Milosevic.

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• 22 May

  U.S. helicopter strike kills 8 Iraqi civilians

  BAIJI, Iraq (Reuters) – A U.S. military helicopter air strike on Wednesday night killed eight civilians, including two children and an elderly man, north of Baghdad, police officials said on Thursday.

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• 22 May

  Georgian opposition vows to challenge election

  TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s main opposition block said on Thursday it would challenge the result of a parliamentary election that President Mikheil Saakashvili said he had won.

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• 22 May

  Georgia’s Saakashvili leads in early election results

  TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s National Movement of President Mikheil Saakashvili was leading with 60.92 percent of the vote in the country’s parliamentary election, early official results showed on Thursday.

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• 22 May

  Washington Denies Report on Impending US Attack on Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The White House denied on Tuesday a report by Israel’s Jerusalem Post that President George W. Bush intends to resort to military forces against Iran before the end of his term in January 2009.

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• 22 May

  Iran Calls for Transfer of Security Affairs to Iraqi Gov’t

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s ambassador to the UN said the Iraqi government and not foreign forces should be in charge of the country’s security affairs.

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• 22 May

  Gates Rebuffs Calls for Diplomacy with Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- US Defense Secretary Robert Gates rebuffed calls for diplomatic engagement with Iran Tuesday.

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