The head of a Sunni religious group, Yusif al-Hassan, was shot dead
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Jun. 17, 2006

The head of a Sunni religious group, Yusif al-Hassan, was shot dead by unknown gunmen near his mosque in the Shiite city of Basra, Iraq, on June 16. Hassan served as a senior member of the Association of Muslim Scholars, a Sunni minority group critical of the U.S.-backed political process.

The head of a Sunni religious group, Yusif al-Hassan, was shot dead
Media Release
The head of a Sunni religious group, Yusif al-Hassan, was shot dead by unknown gunmen near his mosque in the Shiite city of Basra, Iraq, on June 16.
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Turkish ports will remain closed to shipments from Cyprus until Turkish Cypriots receive trade concessions from the European Union
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Turkey will maintain this stance even if it stalls EU accession talks, Erdogan added.
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The European Union will resume aid to Palestinians via an international mechanism that bypasses Hamas
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EU spokeswoman Emma Udwin said June 16. Funding will be directed toward healthcare, power supplies and support for poor families.
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Israel is unlikely to target Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh
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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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