February, 2007

• 21 February

  23 Palestinians, Egyptians Held in Sinai

  Egyptian border and security authorities have arrested 23 Palestinians and Egyptians in the Sinai region, including one who was wearing an explosives belt and had crossed from Gaza to Egypt in an underground tunnel, security officials said Wednesday.

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• 21 February

  U.N. Readies Report on Iran Nuke Program

  The U.N. nuclear watchdog on Wednesday put finishing touches on a report expected to confirm that Iran continues uranium enrichment activities, a finding that could trigger harsher U.N. Security Council sanctions against Tehran.

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• 21 February

  Suicide Blast Kills 11 in Iraq

  A suicide car bomber struck a police checkpoint Wednesday in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, killing at 11 people in the spiritual heartland of the militia factions led by radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

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• 21 February

  Blair to Announce Iraq Withdrawal Plan

  Britain will withdraw nearly half its troops from Iraq by the end of the year if local forces can secure the southern part of the country, Prime Minister Tony Blair planned to announce Wednesday.

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• 20 February

  Iran wants nuclear talks, no preconditions

  Iran wants talks on its nuclear programme but rejects preconditions demanding it freeze the work, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, just ahead of a United Nations deadline for Tehran to back down.

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• 20 February

  Lebanon army defuses small bomb near airport road

  The Lebanese army said on Tuesday its sappers had defused a bomb hidden in a wheel near Beirut’s airport road. An army statement said the bomb, which was discovered after a scrap metal dealer brought the wheel to a shop near

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• 20 February

  Baghdad bomber targets funeral

  At least seven people were killed when a suicide bomber targeted mourners at a funeral in Iraq. Around 15 people were injured in the blast in a funeral tent in northeastern Baghdad.

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• 20 February

  The mission can’t be accomplished in Iraq ; It’s time for a new strategy

  The new National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq starkly delineates the gulf that separates President Bush’s illusions from the realities of the war. Victory, as the president sees it, requires a stable liberal democracy in Iraq that is pro-American. The NIE describes a war that has no chance of producing that …

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• 20 February

  New finds show longevity of Egyptian necropolis

  Egypt’s chief archaeologist displayed on Tuesday the latest discoveries from the Sakkara cemetery south of Cairo and said many more treasures clearly lay hidden beneath the sands.

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• 20 February

  Hamas hopes for softer U.S. line on unity deal

  Hamas said on Tuesday it still hoped Washington would soften its position toward a Palestinian unity government despite Israeli statements that the United States and Israel would shun it until it met several conditions.

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