Eurasia Press & News
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban have shown a desire for a political dialogue and serious efforts should be made to establish talks and end the insurgency, a former Afghan president said on Thursday.
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May, 2008
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22 May
Italy pledges $300,000 to fight Afghan disease
KABUL (Reuters) – Italy’s government has pledged $300,000 to help combat a disease outbreak in western Afghanistan that has killed 17 people since February, the Afghan Health Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
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22 May
Iraqi TV station says U.S. troops killed cameraman
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi television station accused U.S. troops on Thursday of shooting dead one of its cameramen as he walked to his Baghdad home.
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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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