Israel is unlikely to target Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh
Media Release
Jun. 17, 2006

Israel is unlikely to target Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, despite its threats to kill Hamas leaders if suicide bombings resume, a senior Israeli defense official said June 16.Haniyeh would be spared because Israeli officials believe that he is not directly involved in the attacks.

Israel is unlikely to target Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh
Media Release
Israel is unlikely to target Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, despite its threats to kill Hamas leaders if suicide bombings resume, a senior Israeli defense official said June 16.
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Three explosions rocked central Dushanbe, Tajikistan's capital, on the night of June 15 and morning of June 16
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...with a fourth occurring about 12.5 miles away from the city, damaging a pipeline that supplies the capital with natural gas.
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Colombia's incumbent president, Alvaro Uribe Velez, has officially been recognized as the winner of the country's May 28 presidential elections
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The council also recognized Francisco Santos as the winner of the vice presidential race. Uribe secured his victory in the first round, receiving 62 percent of the votes in the election.
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Spanish-Argentine energy company Repsol YPF may have to decrease its overall estimates of its Bolivian gas reserves
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....and adjust output expectations downward depending on the final outcome of the new government's energy regulations.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales requiring oil companies to take permission from indigenous citizens to build or operate on their native lands
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The government plans to implement the measure to comply with a human and indigenous rights agreement approved by the International Labor Organization, Salvatierra said.
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The U.S. military said June 16 that it will send home the bodies of the three Arab detainees who committed suicide June 10
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The U.S. military said June 16 that it will send home the bodies of the three Arab detainees who committed suicide June 10. Two of the men are from Saudi Arabia and the third is Yemeni.
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The United States demanded June 16 that North Korea abide by its missile test moratorium
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The United States demanded June 16 that North Korea abide by its missile test moratorium amid reports that the communist state is preparing to test launch the Taepodong-2 missile.
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Iraqi insurgents will fight U.S. forces until doomsday : Iraqi insurgent umbrella group, the Mujahideen Shura Council
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Iraqi insurgents will fight U.S. forces until doomsday, using the death of al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as motivation,
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Association of Muslim Scholars -- a Sunni group calls for Shiite Finance Minister Bayan Jabor's trial in an international court for condoning the torture and murder of Iraqi Sunnis
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Shiite Finance Minister Bayan Jabor should be tried in an international court for condoning the torture and murder of Iraqi Sunnis during his term as interior minister ...
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