Global and regional news flash from the week
Torrential rains deluged Karachi causing mud house collapses and 228 deaths as officials report higher tolls and power outages trigger protests. South Korea plans gas hydrate drilling in September to ease oil imports with potential 30 year supply. Beijing airport fights pigeon swarms, banning breeding and feeding near the airport after a collision incident.
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Mustafa Karal
Sardar Ahmed
Sindh
Ahmed
Anwar Kazrni
Edhi Foundation
South Korea
Seoul
Pohang
Yonhap
Nuclear official heads to North Korea talks
A senior IAEA official, Olli Heinonen, deputy director general for safeguards, departed Vienna for Pyongyang to negotiate verification procedures for shutting Yongbyon reactor. He travels with three colleagues for a five day visit to discuss monitoring and shutdown standards with North Korean authorities.
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North Korea
Yongbyon
Olli Heinonen
International Atomic Energy Agency
Pyongyang
IAEA
Afghanistan Death Toll Fuels Afghan Anger Over International Strikes
Civilians die in clashes as Taliban fighters strike near populated areas and retreat to homes. Western forces respond with heavy firepower. AP counts 178 civilian deaths from militants and 203 from international forces through June 23, while UN figures through May 31 show deaths roughly split. President Karzai calls for caution and closer Afghan cooperation. NATO says civilians not targeted. Human Rights Watch stresses impact of each death on the population.
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Kasut
Afghanistan
U.S
Associated Press
U.N
Hamid Karzai
Taliban
Karzai
NATO
Michael Shaikh
Human Rights Watch
Shaikh
Explosion Kills Six U N Peacekeepers in Lebanon
Six UNIFIL peacekeepers were killed and two wounded in a car bomb attack on patrol near Mariavann Khiam in southern Lebanon. Spanish and Colombian troops among the dead. officials call the blast a premeditated act with possible remote detonation. The attack drew condemnations from Lebanon, Syria, and Western governments amid ongoing regional tensions.
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Lutfallah
Daher
U.N
Marjayoun
Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Hezbollah
Unifil
Syria
Madrid
Jose Antonio Alonso
Mariavann
Khiam
Metulla
Spain
USN
Fuad Saniora
U.S
Walid al-Moallem
U.N. Security Council
Rafik Hariri
Damascus
al-Qaida
Blair hands over Labour leadership to Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown declared a foreign policy shift under Britain’s Labour Party, saying defeating terrorism requires ideas and not just force. He vowed to maintain strong ties with the United States as Tony Blair prepared to step down as prime minister.
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Manchester
England
Gordon Brown
Britain
Iraq
Labour Party
Tony Blair
Brown
Blair
Bush
U.S
Israel Budgets Frozen Palestinian Tax Funds Before Summit
Israel agreed to release 550 million dollars in frozen Palestinian tax money a day before Mahmoud Abbas plans to meet Egypt's Mubarak and Jordan's Abdullah at a summit aimed at easing Hamas tensions. Olmert tempered expectations, while Gaza violence and a hostage crisis, including Gilad Shalit, dominated Israel and Palestinian leaders' focus.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Mahmoud Abbas
Egypt
Jordan
Hamas
Ehud Olmert
Abbas
Hosni Mubarak
Abdullah I
Olmert
Fatah
Ismail Haniyeh
Gaza
Islamic Jihad
Gaza City
Gaza Strip
Alan Johnston
Johnston
Army of Islam
British Broadcasting Corp
Gilad Shalit
Noam Shalit
Rice presses Darfur action as France backs peace plan
Secretary of State Rice urged faster action to end Darfur’s four year humanitarian disaster while praising France’s new government for energy on the issue. She noted Arab support for Abbas over Hamas and called for rapid deployment of a 20,000-strong peacekeeping force.
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Sudan
Darfur
Condoleezza Rice
France
Mahmoud Abbas
Abbas
Hamas
Bernard Kouchner
U.S
Kouchner
Rice
Doctors Without Borders
African Union
United Nations
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