Eurasia Press & News
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Foreign activists who planned to sail to Gaza in defiance of an Israeli blockade have delayed their trip to late October, an organizer said on Friday.
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September, 2008
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26 September
Afghan army slowly pulls itself up by bootstraps
PUL-I-CHARKHI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan army recruit Mohammad Sediq is sitting out his class at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul because his feet became swollen after he wore ill-fitting military boots without socks.
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26 September
Violence pushes Russia’s Ingushetia towards civil war
NAZRAN, Russia (Reuters) – Russia thought it had tamed the Muslim regions on its southern flank when it quelled a rebellion in Chechnya, but trouble is brewing again.
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26 September
Pakistan army says 1,000 militants killed in NW fight
TANG KHATTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani forces have killed up to 1,000 Islamist militants in fighting in the strategically important northwestern region of Bajaur this month, an army commander said Friday.
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26 September
Russia and Venezuela tighten links
The Presidents of Venezuela and Russia have met to further tighten military and economic cooperation, in the wake of Moscow’s war with Georgia which soured relations with the US.
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26 September
Putin offers nuclear energy help to Chavez
NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday it was ready to consider helping Venezuela develop a peaceful nuclear energy program, a gesture that will displease Washington as two of its sharpest critics draw closer.
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26 September
Egypt hostages ‘moved to Libya’
A group of 11 European tourists and eight Egyptian guides kidnapped in Egypt’s desert have been moved to Libya, a Sudanese official has said.
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26 September
Iranian President: No Tension with UAE
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that his country’s differences with the neighboring United Arab Emirates over the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf can be resolved through talks, and condemned interference in the issue by some other states.
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26 September
Commander: Iran Fully Prepared to Confront US Navy
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warned here on Wednesday that the country is fully prepared for a confrontation with the US navy.
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26 September
Iran, Turkey Agree to Continue Talks on Caucasus
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan on the sidelines of the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly.
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