Global Security Index - 2007-01-19 (Saturday)
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2008-01-19 (Saturday) |
Security forces overran a mosque in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, where Shiite doomsday cultists were holed up, ending two days of clashes in two cities that killed at least 70 people. |
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Kenya |
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2008-01-19 (Saturday) |
In Kenya, three people were killed overnight in Baba Dogo and in Kibera slums in Nairobi by the police. Another five people were killed in Kisumu, in the west of the country, it is uncear who killed them. This brings to 33 the number of deaths over the past three days related to opposition protests. |
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Lebanon |
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2008-01-19 (Saturday) |
“If Israel launches a new war against Lebanon, we promise them a war that will change the face of the entire region.” – Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief, in a live video broadcast that followed his surprise appearance in public in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Thailand |
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2008-01-19 (Saturday) |
The People Power Party, which supports ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, has established a six-party coalition PPP-led government which controls about two thirds of the 480 seats in parliament. |
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Turkey - Kurdistan - Turkish Kurds in Iraq |
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2008-01-19 (Saturday) |
In Turkey, David M. Satterfield, United States’ Iraq coordinator and senior adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, had talks at the Foreign Ministry and the Turkish General Staff focused on Turkey’s ongoing operations targeting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq. |
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