TEHRAN (FNA)- The United Arab Emirates has made a tempting offer to Iran’s state airline to purchase Tehran-Tokyo flight route.
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October, 2008
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1 October
Parliament Mulling Feasibility of Economic Reform Plan
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Parliament has raised serious questions about an economic reform plan proposed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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1 October
CBI Gives Nod to Oil Industry Support Fund
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Central Bank of Iran has given the green light for the establishment of a special fund to support domestic producers of oil industry equipment, the petroleum minister said here on Sunday.
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1 October
MP Dismisses Possibility for Kordan’s Impeachment
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian lawmaker dismissed the possibility for the impeachment of Interior Minister Ali Kordan over his Oxford degree.
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1 October
Iran, Nepal Call for Enhanced Ties
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Nepalese counterpart Upendra Yadav on Tuesday urged broadening cooperation in light of the new political conditions in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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1 October
Gov’t Withdraws Complaints against Media
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered the implementation of a formerly issued directive on the withdrawal of complaints against the media and press.
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September, 2008
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30 September
Pakistan changes chief of feared spy agency
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has appointed a new chief for the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate, months after U.S. officials had questioned the reliability of the military’s premier spy agency in the war against terrorism.
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30 September
Pakistani tribesmen battle militants in Bajaur
KHAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani tribesmen backed by army helicopter gunships battled Islamist militants in the Bajaur region on the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing several of the militants, a tribal elder said.
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30 September
Israel switches from U.S. cluster bombs, buys local
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel has cut purchases of U.S.-made cluster bombs, defense officials said Tuesday, stocking up on supplies from a state-owned Israeli company rather than heeding calls for an outright ban.
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30 September
West Bank settler violence challenges Israel
ASIRA AL-KIBLIYA, West Bank (Reuters) – Armed with guns, slingshots, knives and stun grenades, Jewish settlers pelted the house of Palestinian Nahla Makhlouf with stones, uprooted young trees and painted the Star of David on her walls.
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