October 29, 2008 Magreb, Magreb News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
JERUSALEM, Oct. 29 – The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip is expected to last until after Israel’s upcoming early general election in mid-February, local news service Ynet reported Wednesday.
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October 29, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News
WAM, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani rescuers pulled 160 bodies from the rubble of hundreds of mud-walled homes flattened by a powerful earthquake in the southwestern province of Baluchistan on Wednesday, government officials said.
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October 29, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday ratified treaties with the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia that will allow Moscow to station thousands of troops there.
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October 29, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Syria called on the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to take action to prevent a repeat of a weekend U.S. attack on Syrian territory, and to hold the United States accountable.
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October 29, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – A Syrian court sentenced 12 dissidents to 2-1/2 years each in prison on Wednesday for political crimes after they had called for democratic reforms.
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October 29, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. helicopter attack into Syria this week underscores the Bush administration’s determination to cross borders when it can strike an enemy target, and to weather any international backlash.
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October 29, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Iraqi authorities have taken over responsibility for security in another province from US military forces.
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October 29, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
A boat carrying 27 pro-Palestinian activists has arrived in Gaza despite an Israeli blockade of the territory – the second such voyage in three months.
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October 29, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Syria has reduced the sentences of 12 pro-democracy activists from six years to two-and-a-half years each in prison, a human rights group has said.
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October 29, 2008 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s First Vice-President Parviz Davoudi Tuesday said that the necessary infrastructure for the country’s all-out development is prepared.
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