January 4, 2008
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| Global Securty Index |
| 2008-01-04 (Friday) |
| 2006.70 |
| 2007.25 |
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0.55 |
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Israel |
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2008-01-04 (Friday) |
Israeli jets launched a fresh air raid on the Gaza Strip, near the northern town of Beit Hanun, killing two members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. |
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Kenya |
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2008-01-04 (Friday) |
An estimated 250,000 Kenyans had been displaced by the unrest that broke out when the electoral board controversially declared Kibaki the winner of the presidential election.
– A statement from the United Nations |
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Lebanon |
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2008-01-04 (Friday) |
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem and Ali Larijani, adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, discussed developments in Lebanon. |
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2008-01-04 (Friday) |
Lebanon’s ruling coalition urged the Arab League to protect the country from what it said were Syrian attempts to block the long-overdue election.
“We call on the Arab League to protect independent Lebanon from destruction by the Syrian regime, and its terrorism aimed at shaking Lebanon’s stability.”
– Statement ahead of Arab foreign ministers’meeting in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday.
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Pakistan |
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2008-01-03 (Thursday) |
A team of British anti-terrorism police from Scotland Yard started working with Pakistani investigators after flying in to help them investigate the killing of Benazir Bhutto. |
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Somalia |
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2008-01-04 (Friday) |
Somalia’s interim President Abdullahi Yusuf, 72, has fallen ill and been flown to neighbouring Ethiopia for treatment. |
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| Global Securty Index |
| 2008-01-03 (Thursday) |
| 2007.25 |
| 2007.75 |
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0.10 |
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