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Asia Times:
William Dalrymple
Shortly before
four British Muslims, three of them of Pakistani origin, blew
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 Cairo
rebuffs Rice on Hamas boycott
Middle East
Online: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice faced an uphill
struggle trying to reconcile Washington's push for democracy
and concerns over rising Islamism as she pressed on with...
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 Fatah
to join Hamas in coalition
Australian
Financial Review: Fatah has tentatively accepted an offer from
its old rival Hamas to become the junior partner in a
coalition government after its crushing defeat in last month's
Palestinian election. The head of Fatah... |
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Sunnis seek changes in constitution
Five
of the top Sunni Arabs in Iraq's government spoke out Saturday
against the draft constitution, delivering a major blow to
last-minute efforts to craft a document that can win the
backing of all e... China Daily |
 Al-Zarqawi
may be among dead in Iraq fight
U.S.
forces sealed off a house in the northern city of Mosul where
eight suspected al-Qaida members died in a gunfight some by
their own hand to avoid capture. A U.S. official said Sunday
that efforts... |
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 Israel
freezes plan to link Jerusalem, big settlement
By
Mark Heinrich, JERUSALEM, Reuters - Israel has frozen plans to
build 1,000 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank... |
 Abbas
urges resistance groups to help rebuild Gaza
FORMER NETZARIM SETTLEMENT, Gaza
Strip: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday urged
armed factions to help rebuild the Gaza Strip rather than flex
their military ...Bahrain Tribune
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 Abbas
faces criticism from all sides
UNITED
NATIONS; Major powers urged the Palestinian Authority on
Tuesday to start dismantling armed militias, saying that
engaging in violence was incompatible with part... The News
International |
 Car
bomb kills 11 in Baghdad market
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A car bomb has killed at
least 11 people at a market in south-eastern Baghdad, a day
after more than 80 people were killed in a series of suicide
attacks in Baghdad and... |
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Scots Historian
James Anderson is born on the 5th August 1728. A lawyer by
profession, Anderson writes some of the earliest books on
Scottish history including works on Mary Queen of Scots and
Scotland's relationship with England. For more famous Scots
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21st August sees
the anniversary of the Battle of Dunkeld. An army of Jacobite
highlanders, flush from their recent victory at Killiecrankie,
came up against the newly-formed Cameronian regiment recruited
from lowland Covenanters. The Cameronians took up positions
near the cathedral and, when their ammunition ran out, took
lead from the roof to use for bullets. The Cameronians then
burned virtually every house in the city, while the
highlanders fled.
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Two explosions
killed four people and injured more than 50 in the southern
English town of Guildford on the 5th October in 1974. The
bombs were planted by the IRA and four men, including Gerry
Conlon, were arrested, tried and imprisoned in 1975. The
'Guildford Four' were released in 1989 after the Court of
Appeal found serious flaws in the police investigation. To
find out more about current events in Northern Ireland
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