Archive for May 19th, 2008
Monday, May 19th, 2008
A spokesman for Palestinian Presidency on Monday denied reports that President Mahmoud Abbas was considering resignation if no peace deal is reached with Israel in six months.
"Such reports which come from time to time are untrue an ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Brazil's newly-appointed Environment Minister Carlos Minc said Sunday that he would propose making the country's armed forces play a more active role in protecting national parks, Indian reserves and the Amazon rain forest.
Minc, wh ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Four Afghan soldiers were injured as a suicide bomber targeted military convoy in Afghan eastern Paktika province on Monday, officials said.
"A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a military vehicle of Afghan troops in a bazaar o ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Turkey is celebrating its Youth and Sports Festival, anniversary of the beginning of War of Independence, local newspaper Today's Zaman reported on Monday.
Eighty-nine years ago, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Indonesia on Monday, no report of damage or casualties, the meteorology agency said here.
The quake jolted at 12:40 Jakarta time (0540 GMT) with epicenter at 85 kilometers off Saumlaki town ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Honduras is summoning leaders of Central American countries to a regional summit on climate change, according to news reaching here from Tegucigalpa on Sunday.
The meeting, scheduled for May 26-28 in the country's northern city of S ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanenis set to visit South Korea on June 5-7 to boost economic and diplomatic relations with Seoul, the South Korean Presidential Office said on Monday.
"Prime Minister Vanhanen will make a three-day ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
The South Korean government plans to push for the ratification of the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States by the end of May, said South Korean Knowledge Economy Minister Lee Youn-ho on Monday.
"This is a critical issue ...
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