June, 2007

• 23 June

  Around 80 Taliban killed in Afghanistan

  Foreign forces in Afghanistan said they had killed around 80 insurgents in the past 24 hours, most of them in a strike on rebels preparing an attack near the Pakistan border.

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• 23 June

  Roadside bombs in Iraq kill 7 troops

  Roadside bombs killed seven American troops in Iraq on Saturday, including four in a single strike outside Baghdad, the military said, as U.S. and Iraqi troops captured two senior al-Qaida militants in Diyala province.

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• 23 June

  Dutch Military Chief Says Taliban Executed Civilians

  Dutch military chief General Dick Berlijn says Taliban fighters were executing civilians who refused to fight alongside them during a battle earlier this month.

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• 23 June

  US may move detainees to Afghan prison

  The United States is helping build a prison in Afghanistan that would take some prisoners now at Guantanamo Bay, but the White House said Friday that it was not meant as an alternative to the detainee facility in Cuba

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• 23 June

  Speech by Kamal Nawash in Europe on Fighting Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims

  My name is Kamal Nawash and as the president of the Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism, I am here representing the United States of America and more than six million American Muslims who are proud to call the United States home.

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• 23 June

  Australia says Iran attempted to capture sailors in 2004

  The Australian military Friday confirmed Iranian gunboats tried to capture Australian sailors near the sea border between Iran and Iraq, saying the incident occurred more than two years ago.

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• 23 June

  Reverberations in Egypt

  The emergence of “Hamastan” in Gaza sent leaders in the Middle East and elsewhere scrambling for an answer: Whose fault is it? Is it reversible? Will the same thing happen in the West Bank? What should and could be done now? In this soul-searching process there is plenty of blame …

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• 23 June

  Mubarak signs teachers’ pay bill

  President Hosni Mubarak yesterday signed a long-awaited law on teachers’ pay, which was passed by the People’s Assembly (the lower house of the Egyptian Parliament) on Wednesday. As of July 1, teachers and all other personnel involved in education will be entitled to pay rises.

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• 23 June

  NATO: 60 insurgents killed near Pakistan

  By JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press Writer FORWARD OPERATING BASE THUNDER, Afghanistan – NATO and U.S.-led coalition forces killed about 60 insurgents Friday along the border with Pakistan, the military said, while local officials in the south reported that a NATO airstrike killed 25 civilians.

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• 22 June

  Adrian Cioroianu, posibil candidat pentru preşedinţie

  Adrian Cioroianu ar putea fi candidatul PNL pentru Preşedinţia României. Declaraţia a fost făcută de liberalul Bogdan Olteanu, preşedintele Camerei Deputaţilor.

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