Archive for March 2nd, 2008

Backgrounder: Basic facts about Iran-Iraq relations

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Iraq Sunday, becoming the first Iranian president to visit Iraq since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. The following are some basic facts about their bilateral relations. The t ...

UNSC urges immediate end to Israeli-Palestinian violence

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

The United Nations Security Council ended its emergency session on the situation in Gaza early Sunday, calling for an immediate end to violence between Israel and the Palestinians. The five-hour session was called at the request of ...

Ahmadinejad pays landmark visit to Iraq

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid on Sunday a landmark visit to Iraq, the first foran Iranian president since Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979. Ahmadinejad was received by his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani in his reside ...

UN chief urges end to attacks between Israelis, Palestinians

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called for an immediate end to attacks between the Israelis and Palestinians, condemning Palestinian rocket attacks and Israel's "disproportionate and excessive use of force." Ban made th ...

Two militants killed in N Gaza Strip

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Two Palestinian militants were shot dead on Sunday by Israeli snipers east of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, medics and witnesses said. Mo'aweya Hassanein, chief of emergency and ambulance services told reporters that ...

Brazilian police cracks down on killer group

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Brazilian police arrested 23 people linked to a group that had assassinated more than 50 people, local media reported Saturday. The group, made up of civil and military police, civilians and even a mayor, was smashed in Brazil's nor ...

Disguised police rob 140,000 pieces of computers in Brazil

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

A group of 14 men and four women, dressed in police uniform, robbed 140,000 pieces of computers and 2,000 other products in a factory in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, local authorities confirmed Saturday. The raid happened at ni ...

2 Filipino left-wing rebels killed by gov’t forces

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Two members of the left-wing rebel force the New People's Army (NPA) were killed in a fighting with paramilitary troops in southern Philippines on Sunday, said a local radio report. The Mindanao-based radio station Bombo Radyo Butua ...