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Toxic water pollutes Tigris river north of Baghdad
четверг, 05 октября 2006 06:30:04 Toxic water in the Tigris river killed thousands of fish and birds in Iraq's Salahudin province, local police told Xinhua on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka left party not to topple government
четверг, 05 октября 2006 06:30:04 Sri Lanka's main left party said Wednesday that its talks with the President Mahinda Rajapakse in order to re-enter his government had failed but they would not topple his administration.
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Abbas threats to dissolve Hamas-led gov't "in the suitable time"
четверг, 05 октября 2006 06:30:05 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threatened on Wednesday to use his authorities "in the suitable time" to dissolve the current Hamas-led government and form a coalition government with national unity.
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France favors "progressive" sanctions if Iran refuses to suspend nuclear program
четверг, 05 октября 2006 06:40:06 France said on Thursday that if Iran went on refusing to suspend its nuclear program, sanctions against the country should be "progressive, proportionate and reversible."
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Mine blast injures three soldiers in eastern Turkey
четверг, 05 октября 2006 06:40:07 A landmine planted by terrorists in the rural area of eastern Turkey went off on Wednesday, injuring three soldiers of the Turkish security forces, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
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Iran's Ahmadinejad pledges not to retreat "oneinch" on nuke program
четверг, 05 октября 2006 06:40:08 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pledged on Wednesday that his country would not retreat "one inch" on its disputed nuclear program despite rising Western demands that Tehran should halt uranium enrichment activities.
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Rice meets Fatah officials in Jerusalem
четверг, 05 октября 2006 06:40:09 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday held talks with officials of Palestinian Fatah movement at the American Consulate-General in Jerusalem over the political stalemate in the Palestinian territories.
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Abbas says any Palestinian coalition gov't must respect past peace deals
четверг, 05 октября 2006 06:40:09 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday at a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that any coming Palestinian national unity government would respect the previous peace deals signed between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO).
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Iraqi police brigade demobilized for complicity with death squads
четверг, 05 октября 2006 06:40:09 Iraq has demobilized an entire police brigade in Baghdad for complicity with sectarian death squads, top U.S. military spokesman said on Wednesday.
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NATO mission in Afghanistan expands to east on Thursday
четверг, 05 октября 2006 06:40:10 The NATO-led peacekeeping force in Afghanistan takes over authority of the east of the country from the U.S.-led coalition on Thursday, NATO spokesman James Appathurai told reporters on Wednesday.
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