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- Protest leaders to meet president after mass Mexican marches
- MEXICO CITY AFP — The organizers of mass marches in which white-clad protesters lit up the streets of Mexico to protest escalating violence were Sunday to hand in their demands to the president. Towns and cities across the country's 32 states took part in Saturday's "Iluminemos Mexico" or "Let's...
- Research articles 2008-08-30
- Gunmen kill police investigator, 8 others in Mexico attacks
- CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico AFP — Nine people, including a senior police investigator, died in suspected drug-related violence in the past 24 hours in northern Mexico, local authorities said. Mexican drug turf wars have claimed the lives of more than 2,700 people so far this year, despite a crackdown by...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- Gaza clashes as Hamas wages security crackdown
- GAZA CITY AFP — Clashes broke out in Gaza City on Sunday, wounding at least six people, as Hamas-run security forces pressed on with a territory-wide crackdown on rival Palestinian factions after a deadly bombing. The fighting erupted when Hamas-run police moved to arrest members of the Army of...
- Research articles 2008-07-27
- Gaza clashes as Hamas presses security crackdown
- GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip AFP — Clashes broke out in Gaza City early on Sunday, wounding at least six people, as Hamas-run security forces pressed a territory-wide crackdown on rival Palestinian factions after a deadly bombing. The fighting erupted overnight when Hamas-run police moved to arrest members of the...
- Research articles 2008-07-26
- Comoros regime tightens screw on 'un-Islamic' trends
- MORONI AFP — The Comoros has in recent weeks launched a crackdown on "loose morals", prompting concern among women and intellectuals that the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago was poised to become a Sharia state. In the name of the preservation of "the Comoran identity", Minister for Islamic Affairs Mmadi...
- Research articles 2008-07-06
- Iraq PM announces crackdown in Qaeda bastion
- AMARA, Iraq AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that troops are to launch a counter-insurgency drive in Diyala province, where 26 people were killed over two days in a suicide bombing and mortar attacks. Maliki made the announcement as he visited the southern oil-rich province...
- Research articles 2008-06-23
- Five more Sadrists detained in Iraq militia crackdown
- AMARA, Iraq AFP — At least five aides of hardline Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr were detained in a crackdown on militiamen in southern Iraq, renewing tensions Friday between Baghdad and the cleric's supporters. "Five officials from the provincial council who represent the Sadr movement have been arrested for aiding...
- Research articles 2008-06-20
- Five Sadrists detained in Iraq militia crackdown
- AMARA, Iraq AFP — Five aides of Iraq's hardline Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr were detained overnight in a crackdown on militiamen in the southern oil region of Maysan, sparking fresh tension Friday between Baghdad and supporters of the cleric. "Five officials from the provincial council who represent the Sadr...
- Research articles 2008-06-19
- Iraq says deadline for Shiite fighters 'successful'
- AMARA, Iraq AFP — Dozens of Shiite militiamen surrendered to Iraqi forces on Wednesday hours before a deadline set by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for them to lay down their arms ahead of a new military crackdown. Officials said the four-day deadline given to the fighters in the southern...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
- Iraq PM orders army not to round up Sadrists
- BAGHDAD AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered the security forces on Wednesday to refrain from random arrests of supporters of Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr in a new crackdown on militia. "The prime minister has ordered security forces not to arrest members of the Sadr movement randomly,"...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
- Iraq launches new operation against Shiite fighters
- AMARA, Iraq AFP — Iraqi forces backed by US troops launched a new operation against Shiite fighters in the south of the country early on Thursday after the expiry of a four-day deadline to surrender arms. "The operation started overnight. The situation is normal and there has been no...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
- Iraqi forces ready for assault on Shiite militias
- AMARA, Iraq AFP — Iraqi forces have completed their deployment in the southern city of Amara ahead of a planned offensive against militia groups in the Shiite stronghold, a top commander said on Monday. "The military is fully deployed to ensure total control of the city without leaving any...
- Research articles 2008-06-16
- Massive Russian underworld network dismantled in Spain: police
- MADRID AFP — Spanish authorities said Friday they had broken up a massive Russian criminal network operating in the south of the country, arresting 18 people. The Tambovskaya-Malyshevskay gang is the "largest criminal organisation of Russian origin in the world" and has been "totally dismantled", police said in a...
- Research articles 2008-06-13
- Death toll from bombing in Iraq's Mosul rises to 13
- MOSUL, Iraq AFP — The death toll from a suicide car bombing against the main police headquarters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul has risen to 13, including children, police said on Tuesday. Four more people succumbed to their injuries suffered in the Monday night bombing in the...
- Research articles 2008-06-03
- Over 10,000 arrested in Bangladesh crackdown: police
- DHAKA AFP — At least 10,000 people have been detained over the past week in a major crackdown on crime in emergency-ruled Bangladesh, the country's police chief told AFP Wednesday. National police chief Nur Mohammad said the operation, which is expected to last one month, was aimed at improving...
- Research articles 2008-06-03
- Iran gets shirty over ties
- TEHRAN AFP — A top Iranian customs official has called for imports of ties to be banned because they are "against Iranian culture," the Fars news agency reported on Thursday, amid a crackdown on unIslamic dress. "Imports of some apparel are not banned but serious action should be taken...
- Research articles 2008-05-22
- Iraq troops nab senior Qaeda chief
- MOSUL, Iraq AFP — Iraqi security forces have arrested a man they believe to be a major Al-Qaeda leader who was trying to flee a crackdown around the northern city of Mosul, the defence ministry said on Monday. A military source said the captured man was thought to be...
- Research articles 2008-05-19
- US House Speaker in Iraq amid Al-Qaeda crackdown
- BAGHDAD AFP — US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Baghdad for talks as Iraqi forces and American troops conducted a major offensive against Al-Qaeda jihadists, officials said Saturday. A US embassy spokeswoman in Baghdad said the congresswoman from California, who is also the highest ranking Democrat,...
- Research articles 2008-05-17
- Iraq arrests 1,100 in Qaeda crackdown in Mosul
- MOSUL, Iraq AFP — Around 1,100 people have been arrested during the first four days of a government crackdown on Al-Qaeda jihadists in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul, the defence ministry said on Saturday. Ministry spokesman Major General Mohammed al-Askari said there had been no clashes during the...
- Research articles 2008-05-17
- Pelosi in talks with Iraqi PM amid Al-Qaeda crackdown
- BAGHDAD AFP — US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday promised Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki renewed US support as his troops pressed a major crackdown on Al-Qaeda jihadists, officials said. The US congressional leader, who flew in to Baghdad Saturday on a unannounced visit, also discussed with...
- Research articles 2008-05-17
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