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British troops face uncertainty in Iraq as government rejects draft agreement

Posted under Political News on Monday, 22 December 2008 by
The Iraqi government has placed the 41000 British troops stationed in the country in an uncertain situation by rejecting a draft agreement that required them to give the soldiers legal cover even after the end of the UN mandate at the end of the year. The decision of the Iraqi parliament to reject...
British troops face uncertainty in Iraq as government rejects draft agreement

UN chief deeply concerned over the escalating violence in Gaza

Posted under Political News on Saturday, 20 December 2008 by
The tension in the troubled Gaza strip has escalated with the end of the truce. This has caused the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to call for an extension of the truce in order to put an end to the hostilities. In a statement the press office for the Secretary General was recorded as saying...
UN chief deeply concerned over the escalating violence in Gaza