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News review of 2005 part 2 of 6

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:11:36 -0400

Including: Lebanon - Hariri Assassination; Bird flu; Kyoto pact comes into effect; Iraq violence - insurgency continues; Global flyer world record; Indonesia earthquake; and more. LEBANON - HARIRI ASSASINATION February was marked by the assasination of former Lebanese President Rafik Al Hariri on Valentine's day (February 14). A massive car bomb in Beirut's waterfront district killed the ex-premier and 19 others in an attack that would reverberate through the following months and leave an indelible change in the Lebanon's political landscape. The explosion gouged a huge crater out of the road, ripped facades from luxury buildings and left cars ablaze on the rubble-strewn street. At least 150,000 people attended his funeral including French President Jacques Chirac. Sixty-year-old Hariri had held office for most of the previous 12 years before quitting in October 2004 amid a bitter rift with President Emile Lahoud. A direct consequence of the attack was the removal of 14,000 Syrian troops from Lebanon, which Hariri had been calling for in the run up to a May general election. Syria had been a major power broker in its smaller neighbour since the civil war when it was credited with helping to bring the conflict to a close in 1990. A U.N. report issued in late October accused high-ranking Syrian security officials and their allies in Lebanon of involvement in the plot to kill Hariri. The United States and France threatened economic sanctions if Syria did not cooperate in the probe and detain officials for interviews with U.N. investigators. BIRD FLU PANDEMIC FEARS IN YEAR OF ROOSTER Earlier in the month, fears of a bird flu pandemic emerged as the Chinese celebrated the start of the Year of the Rooster. In Vietnam, where 41 people have died of bird flu, over half of the country's 64 provinces are infected despite ruthless measures to stop the spread of the H5N1 strain, including the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of poultry. The World Health Organisat...

Mosaic News - 10/20/08: World News From The Middle East

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:31:42 -0500

The Peabody Award-winning daily compilation of television news reports from the Middle East, including Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, the Palestinian Authority, Iraq and Iran.TRANSCRIPT:Concrete Barriers Change Iraq’s LandscapeAl Jazeera TV, QatarPresenter, MALE, #1According to Iraqi police, two Iraqis were killed and 7 others were injured in an explosion of a road-side bomb in the Mashtal neighborhood, in Eastern Baghdad. The police added that the explosion targeted a small vehicle transporting employees of the Iraqi Housing Ministry.Presenter, FEMALE, #1We continue with Iraq, whose residents suffer from the spread of cement walls surrounding their neighborhoods and completely isolating them, particularly in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.Presenter, MALE, #1Security authorities plan on erecting more walls, to secure their grip over the security situation, which is described as brittle.Reporter, MALE, #2The Iraqis wish that this cement was erected vertically to build sky scrapers. They hear about billions of dollars allocated to rebuilding campaigns in their country, but they do not see anything tangible. The large cement piles serve another purpose in the security procedures, away from rebuilding. This concrete encloses large areas of Iraqi neighborhoods.Guest, FEMALE, #2The whole area: the concrete barriers block the roads; they put them everywhere, and connect one wall to the next. It isn’t right!Guest, MALE, #3It’s a blockade-not a wall! We’ve been under it for thirteen years before, and now we have another one. We’ve had three rounds of blockades: a wall, the markets, enclosures, benzene, food…Reporter, MALE, #2Wherever they turn, the people of Baghdad are faced with cement barriers separating the neighborhoods and dividing communities. Some people make fun about this saying that a person will soon need a passport to go from one neighborhood to the next.Guest, MALE, #4We need to pressure the Americans and the government to remove the wall and make openings in...

Obama remembers what Fort Hood victims left behind

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:45:33 -0500

(NECN: Fort Hood, Texas) - President Barack Obama spoke this afternoon at a Fort Hood memorial service. Obama said the nation must never forget the 13 men and women who died during a shootout rampage at the U.S. Army post last week. Obama s...

Mosaic News - 11/12/09: World News From The Middle East

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:30:02 -0500

Mosaic is a Peabody Award-winning daily compilation of television news reports from the Middle East, including Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, the Palestinian Authority, Iraq and Iran.Saudi aircrafts hit 15 villages in strikes, Yemen rebels say Al Arabiya TV, UAEUS Ambassador to Afghanistan: No More TroopsBBC- ArabicSarkozy to Mediate Peace Talks Between Israel & SyriaDubai TV, UAE'Jewish terrorist' Teitel: God approved Press TV, IranDid Netanyahu give Sarkozy a letter for Assad?? IBA TV, IsraelHamas: Abbas resignation offer is a political maneuverAl Aqsa, GazaTurkey sentences officer for plotting coupAl Jazeera TV, QatarIraqi government launches mass arrestsBaghdad TV, Iraq

Engel: Iraq passes big test

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:45:49 -0500

Jan. 31: Voting in 14 Iraqi provinces occurred in relative peace Saturday as citizens filled polling stations to take part in electing public officials. NBC’s Richard Engel reports. (MSNBC)

Report: Blackwater bought Iraqi silence

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:08:32 -0500

Nov. 10: Top executives of the Blackwater security company authorized secret payments to hush criticism and buy the Iraqis silence, the New York Times reported Tuesday. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

News review 2005 part 6 of 6

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:17:14 -0400

Including: Riots across France; Jordan hotel bombings; River pollution in China; Bird flu in Eastern Europe; Iranian aircraft Tehran building; UN Climate conference; and more. PAKISTANI RAPE VICTIM MUKHTAR MAI GIVEN BRAVERY AWARD Glamour magazine honoured rape victim Mukhtar Mai with a bravery award for her courage in bringing her violators to justice in conservative Pakistan. Mukhtar was raped in 2002 by a group of men on the orders of the tribal council (Jirga) as a family punishment after her younger brother was accused of sexual relations with a girl from an influential tribe. An appeal is pending in Paksitan's Supreme Court against a high court order to free 13 men of involvement in the crime. 'SCOOTER' LIBBY PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES IN CIA LEAK PROBE President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, Lewis Libby, plead not guilty on November 3 to charges in the CIA leak probe, in a case that could put a spotlight on how the Bush administration made its case for the Iraq war. Libby resigned in October after he was indicted on five counts of obstructing justice, perjury and lying in the two-year investigation into the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. RIOTING AND CIVIL UNREST SPREAD FROM IMPOVERISHED SUBURBS OF PARIS ACROSS FRANCE, GOVERNMENT IMPOSES STATE OF EMERGENCY Sixteen nights of rioting and civil unrest across France were sparked after two youths of North African origin were electrocuted on October 27 in an electricity substation in what locals say was an attempt to escape the police. Authorities deny that they were being chased by police at the time. More than 5,000 cars were set ablaze and at least 1,500 people detained, many of them of Arab and African origin. One person died. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, whose tough line on the unrest had been widely criticised, said "We can see that the French integration model is not working and needs to be seriously revisited." JORDAN HOTEL BOMBINGS KILL OVER 50 PEOPLE Thr...

Special Operation

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:47:36 -0500

U.S. soldiers help injured Iraqi girl get life-changing surgery