January, 2008

• 14 January

  В Шамилькале очередной бой

  Как сообщают оккупационные источники, в ночь на 6 Мухаррам 1429 года (14 января 2008 г.) в столице вилайята Дагестан Имарата Кавказ городе Шамилькала (бывшая Махачкала),

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• 14 January

  An operation aimed at eliminating Patrushev carried out in Nalchik

  According to a source in the headquarters of the Caucasian Front of the Armed Forces of the Caucasus Emirate, on the night of 5 Muharram 1429 (12 January 2008), a special group of the Mujahideen carried out a special operation aimed at liquidating Patrushev, the ringleader of the Lubyanka-based FSB …

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• 13 January

  Israel-Palestinian final status talks start Monday

  RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the most serious peace talks in seven years would begin on Monday and must tackle all of the most sensitive issues including Jerusalem without delay.

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• 13 January

  Thousands rally in Georgian capital against vote

  TBILISI – Around 35,000 people protested in the Georgian capital on Sunday against a presidential election they say leader Mikhail Saakashvili rigged.

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• 13 January

  Taliban kill 10 policemen in Afghan attack

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Taliban guerrillas killed 10 policemen on Sunday in a raid in southern Afghanistan, provincial officials said.

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• 13 January

  FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan

  The soldiers were killed in separate incidents on Saturday in the Deh Rawod area of southern Afghanistan and two Afghan soldiers also died in the fighting, Defense Chief of Staff Dick Berlijn said in a statement.

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• 13 January

  Many Pakistanis see government hand in Bhutto death

  ISLAMABAD – Nearly half of Pakistanis believe government agencies or government-allied politicians were involved in opposition leader Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, a poll found, as President Pervez Musharraf again dismissed such suspicion.

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• 13 January

  Pakistani troops escort wheat trucks to stop theft

  ISLAMABAD – Pakistani paramilitary troops have begun escorting trucks carrying wheat to stop supplies being stolen amid shortages of flour that have inflamed anger against the government before an election, an official said on Sunday.

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• 13 January

  Afghan province bans male tailors from measuring women

  KABUL – Male tailors in an Afghan province have been barred from measuring female clients for fittings following a new local ruling that resembles the restrictions the ultra-conservative Taliban imposed on the country when in power.

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• 13 January

  Iran’s N. Issue in Final Stages

  TEHRAN (FNA) Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Gholam Reza Aghazadeh here Sunday said that Tehran’s nuclear issue is in final stages and would soon be resolved.

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