June, 2007

• 2 June

  Video of BBC’s reporter released

  On Friday, June 1, the first video of BBC reporter Alan Johnston was released, since he was kidnapped 80 days ago. Palestinian government and his family made pleas for his immediate release. “First of all, my captors have treated me very well,” said a pale Johnston, wearing a red sweatshirt …

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• 2 June

  Bosnian Serbs Turn in Mladic Aide

  After 12 years of almost no cooperation with the Hague tribunal, Bosnian Serb police finally arrest war crimes suspect wanted by the court. One of three most wanted war crimes fugitives sought by the Hague tribunal, Bosnian Serb army general Zdravko Tolimir, was arrested this week near the eastern Bosnian …

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• 2 June

  Gaza boys ‘shot dead by Israelis’

  Two Palestinian boys have been shot dead by Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources say.

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• 2 June

  Lebanon army advances on Islamic militants

  TRIPOLI, Lebanon – Advancing under a blanket of artillery and tank fire, Lebanese troops overran positions held by al-Qaida-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp on Friday, reportedly killing 18 people.

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• 2 June

  Syria Will Not Cooperate With UN Hariri Tribunal

  Syria says it will refuse to cooperate with a new U.N.-backed tribunal for suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

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• 2 June

  Egypt detained 48 in Muslim Brotherhood raids

  CAIRO, June 1 (Reuters) – Egyptian police detained 48 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday in a crackdown ahead of parliamentary elections, a security source said on Friday.

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• 2 June

  Sino-Egyptian joint oil rigs plant set up in Egypt

  AL-EIN AL-SOKHNA, Egypt, May 31 (CEIS): Chinese and Egyptian officials yesterday laid foundation stone for a joint project to manufacture oil drills, which is the first land oil rigs plant in the Middle East region.

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• 2 June

  Reporter’s notebook: Egypt’s greatest fear: New Israeli immigrants

   The warm smile, anecdotal stories and freshly-squeezed lemonade almost make me miss the fact that I have just been told I am more dangerous than Iran’s nuclear program.

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• 1 June

  Londra vrea români şi bulgari în agricultură

  Guvernul de la Londra intenţionează ca, de anul viitor, să accepte la culesul fructelor doar muncitori sezonieri din UE, mai ales din România şi Bulgaria. Potrivit publicaţiei Farmers Guardian, ministerul britanic de interne pregăteşte o reglementare în acest sens. Ideea a stârnit însă vii proteste în rândul fermierilor englezi.

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• 1 June

  Codruţ Şereş, audiat în dosarul Turceni

  Fostul ministru al Economiei Codruţ Şereş a fost audiat în această dimineaţă la DNA, timp de o oră. El a dat o declaraţie într-un dosar legat de cumpărarea de energie ieftină de la Complexul Turceni.

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