Global Security Index - 2007-01-07 (Monday)
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| Global Securty Index | 2008-01-07 (Monday) | 2005.80 |
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0.15 |
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China | |
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2008-01-07 (Monday) | A group of 57 Chinese dissidents signed an open letter condemning the arrest of Hu Jia, an AIDS and environmental activist, on subversion charges and urged the government to improve human rights ahead of this year’s Olympics. |
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Iran - United States | |
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2008-01-07 (Monday) | In the Strait of Hormuz, five small high-speed vessels believed to be from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy charged at and threatened to blow up a three-ship U.S. Navy convoy passing near Iranian waters, then vanished as the American ship commanders were preparing to open fire. |
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Iraq | |
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2008-01-07 (Monday) | A double bombing killed at least seven people and wounded 25 Monday outside the Baghdad office of a government agency that cares for Sunni mosques and shrines. |
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Israel | |
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2008-01-07 (Monday) |
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he would ask President George W. Bush to curb Israel’s West Bank settlements for the sake of peace. Bush will visit the Middle East this week. |
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Pakistan | |
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2008-01-07 (Monday) | Suspected Islamic militants killed eight tribal leaders involved in efforts to broker a cease-fire between security forces and insurgents. The men were shot in separate attacks late Sunday and early Monday in South Waziristan, a mountainous region close to Afghanistan where militants allied with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban operate. |
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2008-01-07 (Monday) |
“Pakistan’s position in the war on terror has been very clear — that any action on Pakistani soil will be taken only by Pakistani forces and Pakistani security agencies. [ … ] No other country will be allowed to carry out operations in Pakistan. This has been conveyed at the highest level.” – Mohammad Sadiq, Foreign Ministry spokesman |
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Sri Lanka | |
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2008-01-07 (Monday) | Government troops destroyed three rebel bunkers and killed seven Tamil Tigers in the far northern Jaffna peninsula. |
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Sudan | |
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2008-01-07 (Monday) | Sudanese armed forces fired upon the clearly marked peacekeeping supply convoy from Unamid (United Nations). |
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| Global Securty Index | Previous Day | 2005.95 |
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| 2006.25 | |
0.30 |
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