January, 2007

• 21 January

  US helicopter crashes in Iraq, all 13 aboard dead

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) — A US military helicopter crashed northeast of Baghdad on Saturday, killing all 13 military personnel on board, but US officials gave no immediate details on the cause.

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• 21 January

  Abbas in Damascus for crucial talks with Mishaal

  RAMALLAH — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was due to meet exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mishaal in Damascus last night amid hopes that the months-long negotiations over a unity government might finally be nearing resolution.

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• 21 January

  Rice swapped rhetoric for rhetoric

  CAIRO — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a deal with Arab leaders this week: Washington will show an interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Arabs will say they support the new US strategy for Iraq.

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• 21 January

  Somali warlord hands over weapons, forces to army

  MOGADISHU (AP) — Somalia’s fledgling government received a boost Saturday when the last major warlord turned over his weapons and militia, but it faced a renewed threat from Islamists, who took credit for a string of attacks and promised to continue fighting until the government agrees to talks.

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• 21 January

  Lebanon opposition to stage national protest strike

  BEIRUT (AFP) — The Lebanese opposition called Saturday for a one-day general strike, stepping up a protest campaign to bring down the Western-backed government that has paralysed the nation’s leadership for weeks.

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• 21 January

  Egypt reports 11th bird flu death

  CAIRO (AFP) — An Egyptian woman died from bird flu overnight, bringing to 11 the number of people in the country to have succumbed to the disease, the heath ministry said Saturday.

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• 21 January

  US plans envision broad attack on Iran — analyst

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) — US contingency planning for military action against Iran’s nuclear programme goes beyond limited strikes and would effectively unleash a war against the country, a former US intelligence analyst said on Friday.

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• 20 January

  19.01.2007 – Eurasian Secret Services Daily Review

  REVIEW TOPICS: High alert for possible terrorist attacks lifted in Russia Litvinenko was murdered by a killer with three false passports Russian President’s aide says murders are a plot against Putin Trial of US counterintelligence officer charged with killing Russian begins in Khabarovsk 

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• 20 January

  Haddad Adel: We Stand against Threats

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said that the Iranian nation and government will stand up to foreign threats with solidarity.

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• 20 January

  Quakes Hit Southwestern Iran

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Two earthquakes measuring 4.4 and 4 on the Richter scale jolted Haft-gol and Bagh Malek in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan.

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