TimeLine Layout

August, 2006

  • 30 August

    Police Chief: Bandit Operations in Eastern Iran Originate in Foreign Countries

    TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Commander of Iran’s Law Enforcement Police said that insecurities and bandit operations in eastern Iran, which have inflicted great losses on the country, have foreign roots. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of a police hospital in

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  • 30 August

    Iran Concerned about Insecurities in Iraq

    TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi stated Tehran’s profound concern about increased insecurities and clashes in Iraq. A statement released by the Foreign Ministry’s Information and Press Bureau

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  • 30 August

    Annan says hopes to soon double UN troops in Lebanon

    OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Reuters) — UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday said he hoped to soon double to 5,000 the number of UN troops in southern Lebanon and urged Israel and Hizbollah to swiftly end rows blocking a permanent ceasefire.

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  • 30 August

    Ahmadinejad challenges Bush to TV debate

    TEHRAN (AFP) — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday challenged his US counterpart George W. Bush to a live television debate as he shrugged off the threat of sanctions two days ahead of a UN deadline for Iran to halt sensitive atomic work.

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  • 30 August

    Toll in clashes between Iraqi forces, Shiite fighters rises to 73

    BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister issued a fresh call Tuesday for armed groups to be dissolved after his office raised the death toll in fighting between government forces and Shiite fighters to 73.

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  • 30 August

    Palestinians demand jobs in violent Gaza protest

    Hundreds of Palestinians demanding jobs clashed with riot police outside parliament on Tuesday in one of the most violent rallies in Gaza since the Hamas government assumed power seven months ago.

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  • 30 August

    Sudan rebuffs US envoy plea for Darfur

    KHARTOUM  (AFP) — Sudanese President Omar Bashir rebuffed a plea from Washington’s top Africa envoy Tuesday to allow a UN peacekeeping force in strife-torn Darfur, after forcing her to extend her visit to secure a meeting at all.

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  • 30 August

    Olmert under fire

    OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert came under heavy criticism Tuesday for announcing the creation of a committee of inquiry to examine the failures of the Lebanon war rather than a powerful independent commission.

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  • 30 August

    Algeria leader to rule soon on amnesty extension

    ALGIERS (Reuters) — Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will decide soon whether or not to extend a six-month amnesty expiring on Monday for Islamist rebels who have fought for years to overthrow the government, state radio reported.

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  • 30 August

    Iraqis weigh new burden —fighting flab

    BAGHDAD — Starved of entertainment in their violence-racked city, many Baghdad residents are turning to food as one of their few remaining pleasures, and paying the price as they pile on the pounds.

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