July, 2007

• 2 July

  NATO chief says Kosovo is biggest issue affecting Balkans

  NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Friday (June 29th) that Kosovo is the “biggest issue” currently affecting the Balkans.

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• 2 July

  Iran ‘baring its teeth’ in Afghanistan, officials say

  In public, Afghanistan has played down US and British allegations that Iran is feeding weapons to Taliban insurgents, but in private, officials here say the charges are true — and worrying.

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• 2 July

  Tens of Thousands of Iranians participate in anti-Ahmadijnejad rally

  Tens of thousands rallied in Villepinte, near Parison Saturday (June 30) in support of an Iranian exile group,calling on Western powers to urge democratic changes inTehran.

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• 2 July

  Iranian opposition group in exile denounces EU decision to keep it on terror list

  Thousands rallied Saturday outside Paris to decry a recent European Union decision to keep an Iranian opposition group on a terror blacklist, while a group leader insisted Iran is “on the verge of exploding.”

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• 2 July

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Gas Rationing Causes Riots in Iran

  When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad campaigned for president two years ago, he promised Iranians that he would put the country’s oil wealth “on people’s tables.”

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• 2 July

  Tehran reviews nuclear ‘time out’ idea — official

  Iran is reviewing a “time out” proposal to stop its uranium enrichment expansion in return for a halt to further UN sanctions, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday.

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• 2 July

  Iraq hopeful on more US-Iran talks in Baghdad

  Iraq is pressing the United States and Iran to hold a second round of talks in Baghdad to follow up a landmark meeting in May, but no date has been set, Iraq’s foreign minister said on Sunday.

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• 2 July

  Israel’s prisoner becomes Hamas jailer

  Hassan Jmassi was a prisoner for five years in the Gaza Strip under Israeli occupation. Now Hamas are masters, he has risen to the dizzy height of prison governor armed with lavish reforming zeal.

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• 2 July

  AU wants new UN resolution on Darfur

  A new United Nations resolution is needed to ensure that Sudan accepts the deployment of a long-awaited hybrid force to Darfur, the head of the African Union commission said Sunday.

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• 2 July

  Concern mounts for Palestinians in Lebanon siege camp

  Relief workers appealed to the Lebanese army on Sunday for access to hundreds of refugees inside a besieged Palestinian camp, six weeks into a battle between soldiers and Islamists.

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