TimeLine Layout

November, 2007

  • 30 November

    Pakistani merchants rue price rises and politics

    With no customers in sight at his bazaar jeans stall, 23-year-old Mohammad Asad Khan is sick of political turbulence in Pakistan that he says is ruining his business.

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  • 30 November

    Israel court backs Gaza fuel cuts

    Israel’s top court has upheld a government decision to reduce the Gaza Strip’s fuel imports, but postponed planned electricity cuts to the Hamas-ruled territory, Israeli officials said on Friday.

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  • 30 November

    Russian ex-KGB officer, Putin critic leaves jail

    A former Russian security service officer who said the Kremlin was behind the murder of fellow ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko was released from a prison in the Urals on Friday.

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  • 30 November

    Russia signs Europe arms pact suspension into law

    President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Friday suspending Russia’s participation in a key post-Cold War arms treaty, a move which could allow it to deploy more forces close to western Europe.

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  • 30 November

    Bosnia leaders agree on reform, avert crisis

    SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s Serb, Muslim and Croat leaders averted a crisis at the 11th hour on Friday by agreeing to back a controversial voting reform measure requested by the country’s international peace envoy.

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  • 30 November

    One year on, protest still paralyses central Beirut

    BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Lebanese opposition tent city, which began as a powerful outcry to topple the government a year ago, has dwindled to a symbolic presence, but the protest by Hezbollah and its Christian ally still paralyses central Beirut.

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  • 30 November

    Serbia says U.S. holds key to Balkan stability

    BELGRADE (Reuters) – The United States alone can choose whether the Balkans experience stability or lawlessness, Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Friday, after the failure of negotiations with Kosovo Albanians.

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  • 30 November

    Army Commander: Iran Ready to Give Crushing Response to Enemy Threats

    TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s army highlighted the country’s military power, stressing that his troops, enjoying the highest level of preparedness, can confront any kind of threat powerfully.

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  • 30 November

    Iran, India to Expand Trade Ties

    TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran and India are set to further develop heir economic and trade ties, given the lustrous background of the two countries’ relations, head of the Trade and Commerce Organization of Iran’s Sistan and Balouchestan Province said on Thursday.

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  • 30 November

    Quake Hits Western Iran

    TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale jolted the district of Hamil in the vicinity of the city of Eslamabad Gharb in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah on Thursday.

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