European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 11 in the world same sex couple gets jail term in Pakistan Pakistan a court on monday jailed Pakistan first publicly acknowledged same sex couple for three years for perjury prompting them to ask the president for the Case of Shumaila who was born female but had two operations to remove her breasts and and Shah Ina Tariq has made Waves by raising issues of homosexuality and transsexual Ity that Are taboo in the conserva Tive Muslim Thailand Market bomb kills wounds 25 Thailand a bomb exploded monday in front of a Busy Market in the Southern thai province of killing four including two children and wounding about officials the bombing came a Day after at least 13 people were Hurt when six bombs exploded sunday evening in the City of hat Southern Thailand tourist and commercial Hub in the same prov those killed at mondays bombing in Sabayon District were two women and two 4 and 7 killed in bomb blast near sri lankan capital sri Lanka a Roadside bomb exploded during the evening Rush hour near sri Lankas capital on kill ing seven the military military spokesman Prasad Samarasinghe said a truck carrying police Comman Dos to the capital was hit by the blast in Samarasinghe said seven civil ians died and 33 others were wounded in the four police commandos were among the he death toll rises to 29 in Congo killing spree Congo at least 29 people were killed Over the weekend by rwandan rebels wielding Sticks and hammers who descended upon a Village in far Eastern a United nations official the bodies of 17 villagers killed in their sleep were recovered by another 12 corpses were found in the from the associated press Hatem palestinian children Are seen through the destroyed Wall of a Hamas base damaged by an israeli missile strike in the sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in Gaza City on Israel has launched dozens of targeted missile strikes Over the past 10 Days to halt Hamas rocket fire at Southern israeli Border israeli army set to boost operations in Gaza strip by Laurie copans the associated press Jerusalem israels army received approval monday to broaden its ground operations against Gaza strip militants who have been bar raging israeli Border towns with deadly rocket but no Large scale incursion is in the military officials the israeli Campaign which has relied primarily on intensified airstrikes in the past two weeks has forced Hamas leaders to lie Low in recent on prime minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas stayed away from a weekly Cabinet meeting in Gaza in the a Lull in internal palestinian strife appeared to be growing Ever More with rival Hamas and Fatah gunmen clashing Brief and putting up roadblocks around Gaza City that All but emptied the under the new israeli military larger num Bers of troops will be Able to enter Gaza to carry out pinpoint the military officials but no widespread Campaign is expected at this they speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss past Large scale offensives have failed to quell the rocket the authorization to pour More troops into Gaza came just a Day after prime minister Ehud Olmert said he would let the army do whatever necessary to halt the rocket Olmert that there was no fail proof solution to the crude rockets the palestinians Are on the second israeli was killed in a week in an attack on the Southern town of a frequent Gaza militants fired eight rockets that landed in Southern Israel on slightly injuring one per one fell As defense minister Amir the Leader of the labor voted in party primaries in if there is an answer to it is that the state of Israel is living and and in Derot there Are Peretz the outcome of the party race could Impact the stability of Olgerts government and the embattled prime ministers Peretz is expected to and both front runners have said they would work to topple about 50 most of them have died in 12 Days of israeli Nabil Abu Abbas said Mon Day that the palestinian president would keep trying to forge a new though Olmert has appeared Cool to the idea and palestinian faction officials have said there could be no truce As Long As Israel continues its israeli airstrikes appear to have hit Hamas hard knocking out key killing several top Mili Tants and forcing the movements leadership under Israel has so far avoided attacks on Hamas leaders a tactic it used in the Hamas is now the senior partner in the palestinian coalition gov Iran ready to Transfer nuke tech to friends by Nasser Karimi the associated press Iran Iran on Mon Day said it was ready to Transfer peaceful nuclear knowhow to regional countries amid International pressure that it Roll Back its own controversial nuclear pro the islamic Republic of Iran has announced its readiness for transferring its nuclear experiences to the neighbouring coun tries under supervision of the nuclear the inter National atomic Energy said Manouchehr Iran foreign speaking Here at a conference on Security in the persian Motoaki said a demand for peace Ful nuclear technology by the Oil Rich Arab Gulf countries would help dispel allegations that Iran is secretly aiming to develop nuclear we Are hopeful that leaders of the neighbouring countries pay the necessary attention to Iran right to exploitation of nuclear ener Motoaki the six nation Gulf cooperation which includes the United Arab emirates and saudi As Well As Egypt and Turkey in recent months have announced that they were interested in developing peaceful nuclear while none of the regional coun tries has publicly cited the allegations As a reason for wanting their own some analysts think the announcements Are intended to be a warning to the iranians about the dangers of a regional arms Arab countries Are also Wor ried about Tehran growing dominance in the Region and Are afraid of being caught in the mid dle of a military conflict Between the and Iran Over 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