| Iran Regime Closes Two More Newspapers Updated:12 September 2006 |
| Iranian authorities Monday ordered the closure of two newspapers they accused of publishing blasphemous content and insulting members of the government. Last month, the Press Supervisory Board, which operates under Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, ordered the prominent daily newspaper Sharq to fire its managing editor, Mohammad Rahmanian, by September 10.
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| Palestinians May Be Planning Holiday Terror Updated:12 September 2006 |
| A Palestinian terrorist confirmed in remarks published Tuesday that militant groups plan to unleash a fresh wave of terrorism against Israel during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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| Report: Iran Shells Iraq, Captures Seven Soldiers Updated:12 September 2006 |
| Iranian artillery shelled an Iraqi border town last week and then captured seven Iraqi border guards who responded to the provocation. On Saturday Iraq's Defense Ministry reported the capture of its soldiers by Iranian forces, and said it had launched an investigation into the incident.
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| Meteor Plunges Through New Zealand Skies Updated:12 September 2006 |
| A sonic boom shook southern New Zealand with hundreds of people calling emergency services regarding the noise and shaking. The sonic boom meant the meteor was hovering "very low" and would probably be between the size of a baseball and a basketball according to sources.
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| U.S. Says There Is Still Much "We Don't Know" About Palestinian Unity Government Updated:12 September 2006 |
| In a press briefing from the U.S. Department of State, deputy spokesman Tom Casey, says that while America is glad to see a unity government between Hamas and Fatah, there is still much "we don't know about this plan." Casey says, that Hamas "certainly has failed to govern responsibly and failed to fulfill the aspirations of the Palestinian people."
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| EU Exploratory Mission Meets Ruling Party's Leaders In Bangladesh Updated:12 September 2006 |
| The visiting exploratory mission of the European Union (EU) had a busy day on Tuesday attending series of meetings with the senior leaders of ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), journalists and representatives of NGOs. During the meeting with the ruling BNP at the party central office in the capital, the EU delegation discussed a wide range of issues from the voters' list to security as well as the possibility of a dialog between major parties over the opposition's reforms proposal.
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| "Nicole's" Pal Testifies In U.S. Marine Rape Case In The Philippines Updated:12 September 2006 |
| U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Justin Michael Barberger, who is a friend of the alleged rape victim "Nicole", took the witness stand on Tuesday for the defense, but prosecutors said the testimony he gave in court favors their client. Bamberger, the defense's second witness, testified a day after principal accused, Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, took the stand to deny the accusations against him and claim what happened between him and the victim was "consensual" sex.
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| Developing Countries Revise Non-Aligned Movement Updated:13 September 2006 |
| Developing countries part of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) are revising their Cold War-era group to be relevant to the new geopolitical context. Established in 1961, the NAM was formed to aid members standing apart from the strained Soviet Union and United States relations.
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| Israel's Lebanon War Commander Quits Updated:13 September 2006 |
| The man responsible for overseeing Israel's military efforts in Lebanon this summer, Northern Command chief Maj.-Gen. Udi Adam, announced Tuesday that he would retire the moment the last Israeli soldier returned from Lebanon. The move was seen by most as a reaction to Adam's effective replacement midway through the conflict when Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz appointed his deputy, Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky, to take charge of ground operations in Lebanon
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| Assad: Syria Ready For Peace, Israel Isn't Updated:13 September 2006 |
| Syrian President Bashar Assad Tuesday told three Israeli Arab Knesset members he has been hosting since last week, that his nation is ready to make peace with the Jewish state. Balad Party MK Jamal Zahalka said Assad is firmly committed to the 2002 Arab League peace initiative, and will recognize and maintain ties with Israel at once if Jerusalem accepted its terms.
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| Initial War Probe Finds Olmert Government Guilty Of Negligence Updated:13 September 2006 |
| An initial investigation into the handling of the recent Lebanon war found that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is guilty of failing to adequately care for the rocket-battered home front. The report which concluded on Tuesday was compiled by a subcommittee of the powerful Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that included lawmakers from across the political spectrum.
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| Germany To Deploy 2,400 Naval And Air Forces To Lebanon Updated:13 September 2006 |
| Germany has plans to send up to 2,400 naval and air force personnel to Lebanon in order to buttress the United Nations peacekeeping force in the country. Leading Social Democrat (SPD) Peter Struck said in Berlin on Wednesday that his government has approved the decision.
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| Saudi Executive Says Only 18 Percent Of Oil Used Updated:13 September 2006 |
| Saudi Arabian executives on Wednesday said that the world has tapped only 18 percent of the total global supply of crude oil. The statement challenges the notion that supplies are running thin.
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| China Furious Over Israeli MKs Visit To Taiwan Updated:13 September 2006 |
| China lodged an angry complaint with Jerusalem this week after it learned that five Israeli lawmakers were meeting with officials in Taiwan. Chinese Ambassador to Israel Chen Yonglong called for an urgent meeting with the head of the union for Sino-Israel relations, during which he expressed his government's fury over the incident.
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| Hezbollah Chief Says Blair Participated In War Updated:13 September 2006 |
| Hezbollah said that British Prime Minister Tony Blair participated in the killing of Lebanese during the 34-day war between the militant organization and Israel that ended August 14. Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that Blair was responsible because he had not done enough.
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| Officials: No Thaw In Relations Between US And Syria Updated:13 September 2006 |
| Although the United States thanked Syria for foiling a plot to blow up the American embassy in Damascus, tensions between the two states remain high. The US ruled out any possibility for an immediate improvement in relations between the two countries.
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| Impoverished North Korea Pushing For Rabbit Breeding To Stave Off Hunger Updated:13 September 2006 |
| According to reports the reclusive communist regime of North Korea is reported to be encouraging its citizens to breed rabbits for food. The state's Korean Central News Agency on Wednesday quotes a government official which said that rabbits were "the most economically profitable domestic animals" for the mountainous country's limited arable land.
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| Malaysia Wants To Join UN Force In Lebanon Updated:13 September 2006 |
| Malaysia exerted pressure on the United Nations to allow them to contribute to the peacekeeping troops in Lebanon. The country's offer to send 1,000 peacekeeping soldiers is still pending UN approval.
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| New EU Airport Security Restricts Liquids In Hand Luggage Updated:13 September 2006 |
| The European Union Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot on Wednesday said the European Commission is imposing new airport security which restrict the amount of liquids allowed in hand luggage for air passengers. He said, "Following the incidents of this summer we have sought to introduce a response proportional to the needs of security. We have decided to restrict the amount of liquid allowed in hand luggage."
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| North Korea Reportedly Rebuffs U.S. Offer To Talk Updated:13 September 2006 |
| Despite a U.S. official's insistence that no new offer of direct talks had been made to Pyongyang, South Korea's vice foreign minister confirmed reports that the United States had offered one-on-one talks with North Korea on the communist nation's nuclear program, but was rejected. South Korea's Yonhap news agency and other media reported Tuesday that the chief U.S. nuclear envoy, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, proposed a meeting, that was rejected, with his North Korean counterpart during a recent stop in China.
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| Arabs Tell Egypt To Learn From Israel Updated:13 September 2006 |
| In a rare outburst of praise for the Jewish state, Israeli Arab protestors angry over Egypt's handling of a fatal bus accident in the Sinai Peninsula last month called on Cairo Wednesday to learn from Israel how to truly value life. Twelve Israeli Arab vacationers were killed and many more wounded when a tour bus overturned near the Sinai town of Nuweiba on August 21.
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| Senior British Minister Calls Guantanamo Bay "A Shocking Affront" Updated:13 September 2006 |
| In a rare scene of diplomacy, a senior British minister has sternly denounced the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. During a speech to lawyers in Australia, Lord Chancellor Charles Falconer, a close ally of Prime Minister Tony Blair, said the U.S. military camp is a "shocking affront to the principles of democracy."
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| Iraqi Forces Capture Insurgents And Makeshift Bomb Updated:13 September 2006 |
| Iraqi police captured three insurgents and secured a makeshift bomb which was likely to be used in the continuing sectarian violence which has gripped the nation. The insurgents conducted a drive-by shooting of Coalition forces near a cemetary in Mosul. Security forces caught up with the shooters and surrounded their position as they fled into a mosque.
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| U.S. NATO Envoy Calls For More Troops In Afghanistan Updated:13 September 2006 |
| Victoria Nuland - Washington's ambassador to NATO said allies must fulfill their commitment to the future stability of Afghanistan by dispatching more troops to the country. Nuland praised the countries like U.S., Britain, Canada and the Netherlands for their efforts in Afghanistan, but urged other members of the 26-nation alliance to reinforce political and logistical support with military commitments.
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| Colombia Allows UN Rights Agency To Stay Another Year Updated:13 September 2006 |
| Colombia will allow a United Nations human rights agency to stay in the country for another year, even though it has criticized the government for not taking action against abuses. The agency's four-year mandate expires this month. Vice President Francisco Santos says it will be extended for one year to give officials a "prudent amount of time" to go over the agency's work and negotiate alterations to its monitoring activity.
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| U.S. Doubts Death Of Terrorist Umar Patek In Southern Philippines Updated:13 September 2006 |
| The U.S. military on Wednesday expressed doubt over claims by the Philippine military that they have killed Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operative Umar Patek, who is suspected to be the brains behind the 2002 Bali bombings in Indonesia. Western Mindanao Command maintains that Patek was killed during a military offensive on August, 1, in Indanan, Sulu.
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| Germany Will Ordain Its First Rabbis Since The Holocaust Ended Updated:13 September 2006 |
| The sole rabbinical school in Germany will ordain the country's first rabbis since the Holocaust ended. For decades, Germany has had to depend on rabbis trained in England, Israel and the United States because the country's last Jewish seminary was shut down by Nazis in 1942. Political and religious leaders welcomed the ordination as a sign that Jewish life can flourish in a postwar, reunified Germany.
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| Cuban VP Says UN Needs Reform; World Banks Should Be Abolished Updated:13 September 2006 |
| Cuba's Vice President, Carlos Lage Davila, tells the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Non-aligned Movement (NAM), "today's international financial organizations have been discredited and are unable to understand and address our problems. These organizations must be abolished and new ones, which seek to do away with hunger and not the hungry, must take their place."
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| Ex-IDF Chief: Olmert Sacrificed Troops For Political Spin Updated:14 September 2006 |
| In remarks published Thursday, Former Israel Defense Forces Chief Of Staff Moshe Ya'alon accused Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of launching a militarily pointless last-minute ground offensive in the Lebanon war for sake of political spin. Thirty-three IDF soldiers were killed and many more wounded in that final push to the Litani River, which began just 48 hours before a ceasefire officially went into effect.
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| US Intensifies Calls For Iran Sanctions Updated:14 September 2006 |
| An American envoy warned the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board of governors Wednesday that Iran is actively seeking to produce nuclear weapons and must be stopped before it is too late. Gregory Schulte told the IAEA board during its session in Vienna that the US is "convinced that Iran is aggressively pursuing the technology, material and know-how to build nuclear weapons."
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