Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Mustafa Mohammad Najjar denied on Tuesday claims by western media that his country was running sleeper cells in the six Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf.
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September, 2008
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17 September
Iran to Offer Strategy to Restore Stability in Caucasus
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to offer a collective strategy to establish stability and security in the Caucasus, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said.
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17 September
St. Vincent’s Ties with Iran Raises Concern in Washington
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior US diplomat has asked St. Vincent’s recent move to establish diplomatic ties with Iran despite Washington’s opposition, the Caribbean island’s premier said.
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16 September
Russian prosecutors to probe Aeroflot over crash
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian prosecutors said on Tuesday they are to check safety standards at national carrier Aeroflot after a plane operated by one of its subsidiaries crashed killing all 88 people on board.
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16 September
Abbas and Olmert to meet amid doubts of a deal
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday in a last-minute bid to clinch an agreement a day before his Kadima party holds an election to replace him.
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16 September
Hamas held secret leadership election, official says
GAZA (Reuters) – Thousands of Hamas members voted in a secret internal ballot in the Gaza Strip that re-elected the Islamist group’s most prominent leaders to its highest bodies and signaled no change in policy.
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16 September
Pro-al Qaeda gunman among 11 dead in Gaza clash
GAZA (Reuters) – Eleven Palestinians including a pro-al Qaeda militant and a child were killed on Tuesday in overnight gun battles in the Gaza Strip, Hamas police officials said.
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16 September
Odierno warning on Iraq security
The new US military commander in Iraq, Lt Gen Ray Odierno, has said that recent security gains there are “fragile and reversible”.
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16 September
Lebanon factions launch dialogue
Representatives of Lebanon’s many political factions are meeting to begin dialogue on the country’s future.
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16 September
Eleven dead in fresh Gaza clashes
Officials in the Gaza Strip say at least 11 people have been killed in a gun battle between Hamas security forces and a powerful local clan.
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