Eurasia Press & News
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured Palestinian leaders Thursday that a US-sponsored Mideast peace conference this fall is aimed at getting them closer to establishing an independent state and that Israel is ready now to discuss the main issues that need to be resolved.
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August, 2007
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3 August
Civilians dead in Afghan bombings
Dozens of civilians are reported to have been killed in air raids by Western occupation forces in the Afghan southern province of Helmand.
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3 August
Situation worsens in Dagestan
Mujahideen eliminated a so-called deputy head of the “Buinaksk department of interior affairs” Lieut. Col. Abdulmashid Rasulov.
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3 August
Obama warns Pakistan over al-Qaeda
Barack Obama, the US presidential candidate, has said he would be prepared to attack al-Qaeda targets inside Pakistan without Islamabad’s approval.
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3 August
Kremlin intensifies military build up in North Caucasus
On July 30 the Kavkaz Center website posted a new statement from Doku Umarov, leader of the Chechen rebels and the North Caucasus insurgency. Umarov declared, “We [the Mujahideen] are ready for any kind of big event. Many ask when a large-scale attack will be.
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3 August
US in $80m Palestinian aid deal
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has signed an agreement giving the Palestinian Authority $80m (£39m) to reform their security services.
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3 August
A very private war
It was described as a “powder keg” moment. In late May, just across the Tigris river from Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, a heavily armed convoy of American forces was driving down a street near the Iraqi Interior Ministry.
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3 August
Iraqi parliament adjourns in blow to Bush
Iraq’s parliament went into summer recess for a month on Monday after political leaders failed to agree on a series of laws that Washington sees as crucial to stabilizing the country.
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3 August
Iran ‘biggest threat to Mid-East’
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has warned that Iran poses the biggest threat to US Middle East interests, as she begins a major regional tour.
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3 August
Iraqi Leader Faces Revolt Within Party
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki faces a revolt within his party by factions that want him out as Iraqi leader, according to officials in his office and the political party he leads.
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