August, 2006

• 19 August

  Abbas agrees with factions on ‘calm’; troops kill Gaza man

  Envoy says Israeli soldier could be exchanged for 600 Palestinian prisoners PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday armed groups had agreed to stop firing rockets into Israel from Gaza, but fighters said such a move would be dependent on Israel halting its offensive.

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• 19 August

  10 die in Baghdad car bombs

  BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs killed 10 people in Baghdad on Thursday as violence persisted in the capital despite the US-led security crackdown. Two more American soldiers were killed in combat, the US command said.

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• 19 August

  Distraught, but defiant

  HALOUSIYA — Stoic and unflinching, clutching a yellow and green Hizbollah flag, Yehya Mouanis stood by his brother and sister’s sides until the last smattering of soil filled their grave.

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• 19 August

  Lebanese army moves south, Hizbollah lies low

  KHARDALI (Reuters) — Lebanese troops deployed in south Lebanon on Thursday, linking up with UN peacekeepers to take control of Hizbollah strongholds as Israeli forces pulled back after their 34-day war with the fighters.

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• 18 August

  Iran To Launch Large-Scale Military Maneuvers

    Iran’s state television today said the military would launch a series of large-scale exercises on August 19. State television quoted army deputy commander General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani as saying that the upcoming maneuvers “aim at introducing Iran’s new defensive

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• 18 August

  Central Asia: Security Services Take On Religious Dissent

  Rafiq Qori Kamoluddin, the prominent ethnic Uzbek religious leader who was killed during a security raid in southern Kyrgyzstan on August 6, is not the first imam to have been targeted by law-enforcement agencies in the region. Several other Uzbek imams have been persecuted before. But he is the first …

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• 17 August

  Former Yukos Employee Jailed For 24 Years

  August 17, 2006 — The Moscow city court has sentenced the former head of security at the bankrupt oil firm Yukos to 24 years in prison for a series of contract killings. Aleksei Pichugin is already serving a 20-year sentence on charges of organizing several murders,

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• 16 August

  Gazprom-Algeria dealsparks price rise fears

   Rome/Brussels: The European Commission said yesterday it was closely following Russian gas monopoly Gazprom’s cooperation deal with Algeria’s Sonatrach after Italy said it could lead to higher gas prices in Europe.

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• 16 August

  Comment: Planet of the crocodiles

  Comment on Dr Fereydun Hilmi’s article: SOS – Is there anyone out there! Tuesday, August 15, 2006, KurdishMedia.com

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• 16 August

  Comment: The GDP of Kurdistan

  Comment on the article: The GDP of Kurdistan, Tuesday, August 15, 2006, KurdishMedia.com, By Nergiz Duhoki

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