Archive for March 20th, 2008
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Two Palestinian militants were killed and four wounded in an explosion in southern Gaza City, Palestinian medics and witnesses said on Thursday.
Reports on casualties and reason of the explosion were conflicting.
Palestinian ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
A Palestinian farmer was shot dead on Thursday morning by Israeli troops' gunfire east of the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip, medics and witnesses said.
Mo'aweya Hassanein, chief of emergency and ambulance services in th ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Yasser Abed Rabbo, member of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee, accused Israel on Thursday for acting to weaken the ability of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).
"The Israeli government has been alwa ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
A Su-25 military aircraft crashed Thursday morning in Russia's Far East region, killing the pilot onboard, Russian news agencies reported.
"Today, on March 20 at 3:33 a.m. Moscow time (0033 GMT), a Su-25 aircraft crashed during a tr ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
A clash with militants in central Chechnya left five policemen, three militants and a civilian dead, Russian news agencies reported Thursday.
The overnight clash with a group of 15 militants took place in a forest near the village o ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
President George W. Bush on Wednesday named veteran prosecutor Ken Wainstein, head of the Justice Department's anti-terrorism efforts, as his homeland security adviser.
Wainstein will coordinate efforts from the White House "to ensur ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
One Afghan policeman was killed and another was wounded in an apparently erroneous clash with NATO troops in southern Afghan province of Helmand late Wednesday night, an official said on Thursday.
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Dick Cheney, vice president of the Untied States, paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan capital Kabul on Thursday to hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and visit troops stationed in the post-Taliban nation.
Cheney's tour to ...
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