January, 2009

• 16 January

  Russia no longer reliable gas supplier: IEA

  MADRID (Reuters) – Russia has lost its status as a reliable gas supplier to Europe after European Union states were cut off for days from Russian gas, the International Energy Agency (IEA), said Thursday. The agency advises top industrialized countries on energy policy. “Russia has cut off its status as …

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• 16 January

  Afghan general dies in helicopter crash: officials

  HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – An Afghan army helicopter crashed Thursday in the western province of Herat, killing a top Afghan army general and 12 soldiers, officials said. General Fazl Ahmad Sayar was one of the Afghan army’s key commanders in charge of the western region, the Defense Ministry said in …

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• 16 January

  Pakistan arrests over a dozen militants in Karachi

  KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistani police arrested more than a dozen Islamist militants in the southern city of Karachi Thursday after a gun battle following a pre-dawn raid on their hideout, officials said. Two policemen were killed and nine wounded before the militants’ resistance was broken after several hours of shooting. …

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• 16 January

  Iran: Boeing Can Shrink Financial Meltdown by Selling Planes to Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- A top Iranian aviation official said his country is prepared to order passenger planes from Boeing if the United States lifts sanctions against Iran. Iranian Civil Aviation Organization spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh said Thursday that US sanctions are self-defeating because they deny Boeing huge profits. “The United States is …

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• 16 January

  Official Briefs Iranian Envoy over Pakistan’s Efforts to Release Diplomat

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Consul General Mohammad Eghbal Asghari called on Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti to discuss bilateral ties and other issues of mutual interests, including Pakistan’s efforts to release Tehran’s kidnapped diplomat. The commercial attaché of Iranian Consulate in Peshawar, Heshmatollah Attarzadeh Niaki, …

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• 16 January

  Iran Criticizes Arab Silence over Gaza

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said some of the Arab leaders were standing back in silence and even supporting Israeli attacks on Gaza. “Unfortunately, some regional, Islamic and Arab states for whatever reason and with a smile of satisfaction, are supporting or tolerating this rare genocide in silence,” Ahmadinejad …

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• 16 January

  Iran, Tunisia Review Cooperation

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Vice-President for Judicial and Parliamentary Affairs Mohammad Reza Rahimi conferred with Tunisian Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah over bilateral ties and mutual cooperation in a meeting in Tunis. During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral relations, explored ways to further develop relations and exchanged views over regional …

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• 16 January

  UAE Company to Earn $1.6bln Revenue from Iran Deal

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Etisalat, the United Arab Emirates’ largest telephone company, will be able to earn as much as $1.6 billion in revenue from its Iranian mobile-phone operations in five years, ING Groep NV said. The price of $398 million paid by the company and the local partner “seems too good …

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• 16 January

  Iran, Kazakhstan, Jordan, UAE Discuss Interaction within CICA

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Executive Director of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Dulat Bakishev made a working visit to Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Iran from January 8 to 14. The visit aimed at a discussion of the issues of interaction within the CICA, Kazinform …

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• 16 January

  Swiss Ambassador to Obey Iran’s Islamic Dress Code

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Switzerland’s newly-appointed ambassador to Tehran, who is believed to be the first female ambassador to Tehran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, said she will observe Iran’s Islamic dress code (Hijab) during her mission in Islamic Republic. Livia Leu Agosti arrived in Iran this week as Berne’s woman in …

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