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Yearly Archives: 2008

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  1. PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Abbas must call election on Wednesday - Hamas

    15 hours ago

    Hamas politicians insist that Mahmud Abbas' term as president comes to an end on January 8, and that he must call an election three months earlier. Fatah supporters argue that the presidential term could legally be …

  2. IRAQ: Turkey vows to step up campaign against Kurd rebels in Iraq

    22 hours ago

    Turkish war planes struck at targets in northern Iraq for a second straight day on Tuesday. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan pledged to intensify a campaign to crush PKK rebels holed up there after 17 Turkish soldiers …

    Tagged: iraq, turkey, rebels

  3. IRAQ: Bombers strike in Baghdad as US envoy visits

    23 hours ago

    Two blasts occurred outside Iraq's foreign ministry on Tuesday as visiting US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte prepared to hold a press conference in the Green Zone compound nearby.

    Tagged: iraq, bomb, united states, rebels, green zone

  4. EGYPT: Mubarak pardons editor sentenced for report on president's health

    Oct 7, 2008

    Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has pardoned an outspoken editor sentenced to two months in jail after his newspaper published rumours about Mubarak's health.

    Tagged: egypt, hosni mubarak

  5. IRAQ - TURKEY: Turkish jets pound Kurdish rebels in Iraq

    Oct 6, 2008

    The air strike targeted Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the Avasin Basyan region along the border, as ministers met to discuss fresh measures against the separatists after the killing of at least 15 …

    Tagged: iraq, turkey, rebels