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  Push
for reforms in Egypt
Khaleej Times: THE
meeting that Condoleezza Rice has held with members of Egypt's
civil society yesterday is indicative of the importance that
the pro-democracy activists have come to acquire in Egypt.
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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 a
tour of Mideast allies. |
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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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 Israeli
talks anger Pakistan opposition
Al
Jazeera: Opposition Pakistani lawmakers have walked out of
parliament in protest while their supporters planned rallies
at mosques across the country to condemn the first formal
talks between Pakistan a... |
 Al-Aqsa
Brigades rejects call to disarm
Middle
East Online: GAZA CITY - A radical offshoot of the dominant
Palestinian Fattah faction said Wednesday it would not disarm
after Israel's pullout from Gaza after the interior ministry
w... |
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 Isolated
Israel hopeful after Pakistan talks
Scotsman: BEN LYNFIELD, IN JERUSALEM: ISRAEL and Pakistan's
foreign ministers met in Istanbul yesterday for talks which
could pave the way for full diplomatic relations between... |
 Meeting
not prelude to recognition, says Musharraf
The
News International: QUETTA: President Pervez Musharraf
defended a meeting on Thursday between the Pakistani and
Israeli foreign ministers, saying it was backed by Saudi
Arabia’s King Abdul... |
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 Hamas
vows to regain al-Aqsa
Al
Jazeera: A top leader of the Palestinian resistance group
Hamas has said Jerusalem's revered al-Aqsa mosque would be won
in battle. "Al-Aqsa mosque will not be liberated by... |
 Netanyahu
urges Israel to build more settlements
The
News International: MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank: Israel’s Benjamin
Netanyahu launched his campaign to oust Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon on Wednesday with a call for settlement building that
could... |
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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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