September, 2006

• 19 September

  Allies Muted as US Wages Financial Offensive on Iran

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The United States is taking the financial fight to Iran as it steps up pressure on its allies to get tough over the Islamic republic’s nuclear plans. But are its partners listening?

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• 19 September

  DM Due to Inaugurate Several Military Projects

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar Monday said that several defense projects which will sharply increase the country’s military capabilities will become operational during the next week.

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• 19 September

  Pope’s Apology Fails to Appease Muslim Rage

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Pope Benedict tried on Sunday to calm Muslim anger at his remarks on Islam, saying he was “deeply sorry” about the reaction and that medieval quotes he used on holy war did not reflect his personal views.

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• 19 September

  Gaza striking workers mob Palestinian prime minister

  RAMALLAH — Shots were fired in Gaza yesterday when bodyguards around Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh tried to disperse protesters that had gathered in front of the parliament building in Gaza City.

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• 19 September

  Bombs kill 30 as Iraqi leaders wrangle over bill

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Bombs killed 30 people in a police recruitment centre in central Iraq and in a popular market in the north on Monday, as politicians wrangled over a federation bill some fear could unleash sectarian civil war.

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• 19 September

  Crises deepen rift between Arabs, Africans

  THE CRISES IN Somalia and Sudan are pitting Arabs and African governments against each other, sharpening a centuries-old continental divide.

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• 19 September

  Annan urges UNHRC to act on Darfur

  GENEVA (AP) — UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the United Nations’ human rights watchdog on Monday to focus its attention on Sudan’s war-ravaged region of Darfur, even as Muslim states demanded the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) address the Pope’s recent comments on Islam and alleged Israeli rights violations.

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• 19 September

  Yemen president faces 1st real electoral test

  SANAA (AFP) — Veteran Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh faces his first real electoral test in 28 years in power Wednesday when the Middle East’s poorest country goes to the polls amid persistent Islamist and tribal unrest.

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• 19 September

  Educated Palestinians toil as labourers in Israel

  HEBRON — Ibrahim Zedat is a chemistry teacher, but he has been sneaking into Israel to work on a building site since a strike by Palestinian government workers over unpaid wages closed many schools.

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• 19 September

  Shiite district serves as dress rehearsal for Sadr City

  BAGHDAD — Shuhada Mosque in Baghdad’s Shiite district of Shaab is covered in banners singing the praises of cleric Moqtada Sadr’s Mehdi Army, in a building which intelligence reports claim is a centre of factional activities.

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