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UN breakthrough on Iran sanctions
UN diplomats say they have agreed in principle a package of new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme.
BBC Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:01:39 GMT
Ban concerned over arms smuggling in Lebanon, Israeli overflights (AFP)
AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon, in a report seen here Wednesday, has expressed concern about the "reported activities of unauthorized armed elements" in Lebanon and has urged Israel to end its air incursions into Lebanese airspace.
yahoo.com Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:27:17 GMT
Violence Down in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, March 14 -- U.S. and Iraqi officials said Wednesday that the month-old Baghdad security plan has reduced the level of violence in the capital, but they cautioned that the security situation in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq remains unstable.
The Washington Post Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT
Pentagon Issues Dire Look At End of '06 in Iraq
The Pentagon yesterday released its bleakest assessment of Iraq yet, reporting record levels of violence and hardening sectarian divisions in the last quarter of 2006 as rival Sunni and Shiite militias waged campaigns of "sectarian cleansing" that forced as many as 9,000 civilians to flee the...
The Washington Post Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT
Democrats' Resolution on Iraq Reaches Senate Floor
After weeks of delay, Democratic leaders yesterday managed to bring to the Senate floor for the first time a binding resolution that would bring U.S. troops home from Iraq. But Republicans remained confident that they could kill the proposal, and the White House threatened a veto, raising...
The Washington Post Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT
Rice to Middle East next week (AFP)
AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice confirmed Thursday that she would make another trip to the Middle East late next week in her latest bid to revive Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.
yahoo.com Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:31:28 GMT
Awards for free speech defenders
Five "defenders of free speech", including a Chinese lawyer and Egyptian blogger, are honoured in London.
BBC Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:25:03 GMT
Palestinians agree interior post
Palestinian factions agree on a new interior minister, removing a key obstacle to forming a unity government.
BBC Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:22:17 GMT
Suicide bombings kill 10 in northern Iraq, Baghdad
Iraqi general warns extremists they will be 'smashed' if they don't end violence.
jpost.com Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:22:42 +0200
Israel, Palestinians laud Japanese plan
Peres, Erekat hail economic program as step toward reviving ME peace process.
jpost.com Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:44:59 +0200 |
