June, 2006

• 29 June

  Israel arrests Hamas ministers

  Body of Jewish settler abducted by gunmen found in West Bank as Israel turns up heat on Hamas. By Nasser Abu Bakr – RAMALLAH, West Bank Israel arrested Hamas ministers and stepped up its Gaza offensive Thursday, ratcheting up pressure on the Palestinians over the kidnapping of a soldier that …

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• 29 June

  Arabs criticise Israel as gov’ts work for soldier’s release

  CAIRO — Arabs across the Mideast on Wednesday criticised an Israeli ground offensive into Gaza aimed at pressuring Palestinian fighters to release a captured soldier, even as Arab leaders continued to work behind-the-scenes to get the soldier freed.

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• 29 June

  Syria condemns Israeli warning flights

  Israeli warplanes have flown over one of the Syrian president’s palaces to warn Damascus against supporting Palestinian fighters who abducted an Israeli soldier, the Israeli army says.

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• 28 June

  Gaza readies for Israeli invasion

  GAZA CITY (AP) — A Palestinian group said Tuesday an abducted Israeli soldier was alive in a “secure place”, as thousands of Israeli and Egyptian troops massed along the borders with Gaza in anticipation of an Israeli invasion.

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• 26 June

  Iraq: A War For Israel

  The United States invasion of Iraq in March-April 2003, and the occupation of the country since then, has cost more than three thou­sand American lives and many tens of billions of dollars, and has brought death to tens of thousands of Iraqis.

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• 26 June

  US chopper Shot Down, Over 24 Americans, Puppets Troops Terminated in Afghanistan

  Taliban shot down a US helicopter in Mirabad area of Uruzgan province at night, June 24. The chopper was targeted with an anti-aircraft missile which left all the people onboard dead.

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• 26 June

  Four russian spies killed in Iraq

  An Iraqi Mujahideen group posted a web video showing the execution of three of the four Russian spy “embassy workers” captured earlier this month in Iraq.

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• 25 June

  Germany to Iran: Stop enrichment and we can talk

  Tehran says any talks must be ‘without preconditions’BERLIN (Reuters) — Germany made clear to Iran on Saturday it must halt uranium enrichment if it wants to negotiate with six world powers on an offer of incentives aimed at resolving the nuclear standoff with the Islamic republic.

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• 25 June

  Kuwaiti women campaign in uncharted territory

  KUWAIT — Kuwaiti women competing for the first time in a general election are shattering social taboos and campaigning in the uncharted territory of the all-male “diwaniya”, the Gulf Arab state’s version of a gentlemen’s club.

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• 25 June

  Asian labourers toil to build UAE for meagre returns

  DUBAI — Construction worker B. Lal arrived in the affluent Gulf Arab city of Dubai more than a year ago, hoping to end the grinding poverty of his family in India.

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