IRAQ : ELEVEN KILLED BY A CAR BOMBA car bomb parked in a Shia neighbourhood in the northwestern Baghdad exploded at about 11pm (1800 GMT) on Friday, killing eleven peolpe and wounding 29.
Also in the Iraqi capital, a sucide bomber disguised as a member of the high profile Wolf Brigade police force, blew himself up killing five officers and wounding seven others.
Five US Marines were also killed on Thursday in the deadly al-Anbar province while conducting combat operations.
In Basra, Colonel Abd al-Karim al-Daraji was assassinated by armed men while in his car.
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Il Romanaccio at 12:44 PM
TURKEY : ERDOGAN TO REUNITE CYPRUSTurkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has pledged the UN and Ankara to help improving the situation between Cyprus and Turkey.
"Our expectation in Cyprus is to have a comprehensive, long-lasting and just peace and settlement," said the Turkish Prime Minister, adding that his country has already done more than the Greeks in order to riunite the island.
"We have said that
we would always be one step ahead of the Greek Cypriots, and we have fulfilled that promise, we believe that a decision has to be reached, an endorsement has to happen, and we are looking for a positive outcome in this respect," Erdogan added.
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Il Romanaccio at 2:35 PM
ISRAEL : THE GAZA PULLOUT IS LEGALIsraeli Supreme Court has decided that the Gaza Pullout, scheduled for this summer, it is legal and
does not violate rights of the settlers.
"We didn't expect anything from this court since the petitioners are Jews and patriots," said the settlers lawyer, Yoram Sheftel.
The Mayor of Gaza, Avner Shimoni, said that even if
the pullout is considered legal and constitutional, it is all unseful if the people do not support the pullout,
"Our people are strengthening from day to day and are really very encouraged by what is happening," said Shimoni.
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Il Romanaccio at 10:23 AM
IRAQ : A RIVER OF BLOOD33 Iraqis died in attacks across Iraq. The first Fourteen victims (half of them were soldiers) died in the northern Sunni Arab town of Hawija, 20 were wounded.
Nine people also died in Mosul and four Iraqi National Guards were killed in the north of Baghdad.
The Iraqi General,
Wafiq al-Samarrai, said himself optimistic about the future because fighters are staring to kill each other,
"In western Iraq, clashes have erupted between al-Qaida organisation and the so-called Ansar al-Sunna on the one hand and remnants of Saddam loyalists and the so-called Jaish Muhammad on the other," said the general.
"This is a clear indication that the pressure exerted by the government and by the Iraqi people has borne fruit and
the terrorists are fighting one another," al-Samarrai added.
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Il Romanaccio at 11:49 AM
IRAQ : SIX PEOPLE KILLEDSix people were killed and ten wounded by four car-bombs around Iraq on Tuesday.
Among three civillians, at least three Iraqi soldiers were killed too.
A riot at the US Abu Graib prison erupted after a jail break attempt from a detainee failed. At least ten people were wounded in clashes between local police and the detainees.
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Il Romanaccio at 1:08 PM
SYRIA : KURDISH POLITICIAN ARRESTEDThree years of jail for Ahmad Qasem a Syrian Kurdish politician who is accused of seeking secession.
"The charge is belonging to a group that seeks to split territory off from Syria,"
said Faisal Badr, a lawyer.
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Il Romanaccio at 11:14 AM
PALESTINE : ELECTIONS POSTPONEDPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas decided to postpone the legislative elections previously scheduled for July 17. Abbas said to the press that the new date will be announced soon.
Hamas said in a statement that the decision of postponing the election was unilateral, not democratic,
"Abbas's postponement decision was unilateral. He did not consult with Palestinian movements,""This decision shows that the Palestinian Authority is not serious about its commitments. It risks causing chaos and giving a negative impression about the Palestinian nation because it obeys when the Americans and Israel multiply their calls for an electoral postponement,"
said Sami Abu Zuhri, an Hamas spokesman.
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