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Sun Aug 20, 2006 BAGHDAD, Iraq - Snipers fired on a major Shiite religious procession in Baghdad Sunday, killing at least 16 pilgrims and injuring 230, officials said. Four suspected gunmen were shot dead by police.
The attacks occurred from rooftops along several points of the procession toward the shrine of Imam Moussa Kadhim in north Baghdad. They occurred in three predominantly Sunni districts - Fadhil, Haifa and Saligh - Health Ministry spokesman Qassim Allawi told The Associated Press. |
www.chinaview.cn 2006-08-21 15:58:07
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Created: 21.08.2006 11:51 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 13:02 MSK
MosNews A powerful blast ripped through a market in eastern Moscow on Monday morning, Russian emergency officials reported. Preliminary reports said the blast was triggered by a hand-made explosive device, although police earlier blamed the explosion on a faulty gas cylinder, the Gazeta.Ru news website reported.
The latest reports say at least ten people were killed and about 30 injured. |
Created: 21.08.2006 13:16 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 13:16 MSK
MosNews Russia and India Monday agreed to focus on joint war games in services-to-services interaction, joint development of new weapons systems and training of Indian military personnel, the Press Trust of India reports.
Visiting Chief of Army Staff General J.J. Singh called on Chief of the Russian General Staff Army General Yuri Baluyevsky to discuss a wide range of issues, including services-to-services cooperation between the land forces of the two nations and sustained supplies of spares for military hardware. |
Created: 21.08.2006 13:52 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 13:52 MSK
MosNews Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich made a secret visit to Moscow on Saturday, Ukrainian media reported, in what would be his second trip to Russia this week.
The government's press office refused to comment on the Ukrainian news agency and television reports. Yanukovich's spokesman could not be reached for confirmation, AP said. |
AFP
Aug 17, 2006 PARIS - The interior ministers of France and Britain on Wednesday signed a text pledging cooperation between their countries in the fight against terrorist activity in Europe.
The threat of terrorism is "heightened and permanent" said the French text of the agreement signed by France's Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy and his British counterpart, Home Secretary John Reid. They agreed their efforts should aim to prevent terror attacks and protect the public, as well as pursue and arrest terrorists. |
AFP
Aug 18, 2006 London - Britain has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia to provide it with 72 Eurofighter Typhoon jets, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The deal is worth 10 billion pounds (18.8 billion dollars, 14.7 billion euros), and could more than double in value over the next 25 years if BAE Systems, Britain's biggest defence manufacturer, maintains and upgrades the jets.
According to the newspaper, Britain's Defence Secretary Des Browne and his Saudi counterpart have both signed the agreement, though both the Ministry of Defence and BAE declined to comment on the deal. The Eurofighters themselves will cost 5.4 billion pounds, with an extra five billion pounds for on-board missiles, various other parts, and initial support. |
Monday 21 August 2006, 12:33 Makka Time, 9:33 GMT
Saddam Hussein and six former army commanders went on trial in Baghdad on Monday on charges of killing tens of thousands of Kurdish villagers in a campaign that devastated northern Iraq in 1988.
The ousted Iraqi leader initially refused to identity himself to the court and after being pressed to do so he lashed out at judge Abdallah al-Ameri, accusing him of working on behalf of the US forces which invaded Iraq in March 2003. |
www.chinaview.cn 2006-08-21 12:04:40
BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Iran has stood firm on its position of rejecting the suspension of uranium enrichment, just two days ahead of its formal response to the six-nation nuclear package, due on Tuesday.
An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday that the country would not suspend uranium enrichment and would offer a multi-dimensional response to the six-nation package aimed at solving the Iranian nuclear issue. |
By Eric Margolis
08/20/06 "Toronto Sun" |
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