July, 2007

• 3 July

  Turks remember victims of Islamist attack

  A crowd of 10,000 people gathered in the Turkish city of Sivas on Monday (July 2nd) to remember 37 secular intellectuals who were killed by Islamic extremists in 1993.

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• 3 July

  Turkish security forces have seized a tonne of explosives this year

  Security forces have seized almost a tonne of explosive materials in the first half of the year, Zaman newspaper reported on Tuesday (July 3rd).

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• 3 July

  Missing US attaché in Cyprus found dead

  Missing US defence attaché Thomas Mooney was found dead by police on Monday (July 2nd), after going missing on Thursday. Sources tell AP the body was found near his locked car in a remote rural area.

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• 3 July

  Bosnian Serb sentenced for war crimes

  A court in Bihac on Monday (July 2nd) sentenced a Bosnian Serb man to 15 years in prison for war crimes against Muslims.

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• 3 July

  Romania’s Tariceanu says date for EP election to be chosen in September

  Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said on Monday (July 2nd) that the date of the country’s first elections for European Parliament members will be set for September, immediately after the summer recess ends.

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• 3 July

  New High Representative Lajcak assumes office

  New High Representative Miroslav Lajcak assumed the post from Christian Schwarz-Schilling during a brief ceremony Monday (July 2nd).

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• 3 July

  Feral Tribune recovers after financial collapse

  After two weeks of uncertainty, Feral Tribune, a political and satirical Croatian weekly, is back in business. The newspaper, praised for its public role and investigative journalism, had not been published since mid-June due to unresolved debt.

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• 3 July

  Sava River to become a regional economic connector

  The Sava River, which runs from Slovenia through Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Serbia, where it connects with the Danube, should become completely navigable, officials from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and BiH agreed.

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• 3 July

  Vidal-Quadras: Iranian Resistance is the only alternatives to the regime

  Text of speech by Mr. Vidal-Quadras, Vice-President of the European Parliament, in a speech in gathering of 50,000 Iranians in Paris in support of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI):

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• 3 July

  Mouloud Aounit: the Iranian Resistance makes the concept of resistance a reality

  Text of Speech by Mr. Mouloud Aounit, Chairman of MRAP (Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l’Amitié entre les Peuples) in gathering of 50,000 Iranians in Paris in support of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran:

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