June, 2007

• 27 June

  Zionist regime neglects its own soldier

  The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas Movement, has released a recording of captured zionist serviceman Gilad Shalit asking his government to accept his captors’ demands and to set free Palestinian prisoners in return for his freedom.

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• 27 June

  Olmert creating rift in Palestinian Unity

  Ishmael Haniya, premier of the PA caretaker government, on Tuesday affirmed that the Israeli policy of Premier Ehud Olmert aimed at driving a wedge in Palestinian national lines.

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• 27 June

  Cyclone kills 10 in Pakistan

  At least 10 people have died and thousands have fled their homes as a powerful tropical cyclone brought torrential rains and high winds to Pakistan’s Arabian sea coast.

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• 27 June

  Egypt to renew efforts to free Schalit

  Egypt has decided to resume its efforts to release kidnapped IDF Cpl. Gilad Schalit, a senior Egyptian government official here told The Jerusalem Post Monday.

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• 27 June

  Global adventurer held as a spy

  A British adventurer was questioned as a potential spy after entering Egyptian territory without permission.

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• 26 June

  NATO rules avoid Afghan civilian deaths: genera

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan believe their procedures for avoiding unintended casualties are sufficient despite a series of civilian deaths in recent weeks, a U.S. commander said on Tuesday.U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Joseph Votel also said NATO forces had intentionally fired into Pakistan in one recent incident said …

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• 26 June

  US dismisses reports on Afghan deaths

  WASHINGTON – Despite rising civilian deaths in Afghanistan’s counter-terror war — and rising criticism — a U.S. general suggested Tuesday that coalition commanders do not need to change the way they operate.

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• 26 June

  NATO probes Afghan detainee ‘abuse’

  KABUL (AFP) – The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said it was investigating a report that US and Afghan soldiers tied a detainee to a military vehicle and threatened to drag him across a road.

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• 26 June

  Zagreb summit highlights regional energy co-operation

  Southeast European countries should co-operate to form a regional energy market, with financial and technical assistance from the EU and Russia, participants at a Southeast European energy forum in Zagreb agreed on Sunday (June 24th).

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• 26 June

  New data released on victims of BiH conflict

  A Sarajevo-based NGO that has been compiling a database of victims killed during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) released the results last week, after three years of data collection.

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