Eurasia Press & News
In connection with the situation in the Caucasus, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza said that the United States is pursuing three key objectives in this direction.
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September, 2008
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14 September
Abbas aims to stay in office to 2010 despite Hamas
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview published on Sunday he will remain in office until 2010, a decision likely to stoke tensions with Islamist Hamas rivals who oppose his peace talks with Israel.
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14 September
Israel discusses West Bank settler buyout plan
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s cabinet debated for the first time on Sunday a proposal to offer compensation to Jewish settlers who volunteer to leave parts of the West Bank that would be handed to the Palestinians in a future peace deal.
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14 September
Suicide bomber hits U.N. Afghan convoy
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber rammed a car into a United Nations convoy on Sunday as it drove through a market in southern Afghanistan, killing a driver and two local doctors, U.N. officials and police said.
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14 September
Russian general among 88 killed in plane crash
It has emerged that an adviser to the Russian president was among the 88 people who died when an Aeroflot plane crashed in Siberia. General Gennady Troshev had worked for both Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin. Debris from the 16-year-old Aeroflot Boeing 737-500 covered part of Russia’s main East-West railway …
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14 September
Israel Fearful of Iran-Russia Military Ties
TEHRAN (FNA)- Israel has urged Russia to turn a blind eye to its military deals with Georgia and to halt its sale of advanced weapons to Iran and Syria.
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14 September
Iran to Build Refinery in Ecuador
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Ecuador have agreed to build an oil refinery in the Latin American country, Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said.
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14 September
Iran to Export $2.5bln Technical, Engineering Services
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian officials have set a target of $2.5 billion for the export of technical and engineering services for the current Iranian calendar year.
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14 September
Iran Planning Rapid Increase in Agro Sector
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s agriculture output can be increased from the current 100 mln tons to 300 mln tons per year through using modern technology and science, Minister of Agricultural Jihad Mohammad Reza Eskandari said.
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14 September
Iranian FM Arrives in Baku for Talks
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, heading a political delegation, arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday to discuss the latest developments in the Caucasus region.
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