August, 2008

• 12 August

  Curfew in Iraqi province after governor attacked

  BAQUBA, Iraq  – Iraqi authorities imposed a curfew on the capital of restive Diyala province on Tuesday after the governor survived a suicide attack that left the bomber’s body parts scattered across the street.

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• 12 August

  Yemeni tribesmen abduct French-Algerian man

  SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni tribesmen abducted a French-Algerian man on Tuesday to press for the release of jailed relatives, a provincial government source said.

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• 12 August

  Pakistan army won’t support Musharraf: government

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s ruling coalition said on Tuesday the army would not intervene to support embattled President Pervez Musharraf, whom the government says it will impeach for years of alleged misrule.

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• 12 August

  Bomb attack on Pakistani air force bus kills 13

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Thirteen people were killed and 10 wounded on Tuesday in a bomb attack, claimed by the Taliban, on an air force bus in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, police said.

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• 12 August

  Iran gives proportionate response to minimum threats: FM spokesman

  TEHRAN,  (ISNA)-Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi declared on Tuesday Iran’s top nuclear negotiator’s letter to the EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana was not Iran’s answer to the 5+1 countries’ package of incentives.

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• 12 August

  There is nothing as a stalemate for N-talks: Iran president’s adviser

  TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran president’s adviser Morteza Tamadon emphasized Tehran believes that there is nothing as a “stalemate for the nuclear talks” with the West.

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• 12 August

  Iran and Algeria call for more bilateral defense cooperation

  TEHRAN,  (ISNA)-Iran’s defense minister Brigadier General Mustafa Mohammad Najar and the Algerian president Abdul- Aziz Bouteflika held a meeting on Monday.

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• 12 August

  Algerian Bouteflika emphasizes Islamic countries unity

  TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Algeria’s president Abdul- Aziz Bouteflika and foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki conferred economy, industry, energy and major international issues on Monday.

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• 12 August

  Iraqi deputy prime minister due in Tehran

  TEHRAN,  (ISNA)-Iraqi deputy prime minister Barham Saleh will travel to Iran to hold three days of discussions on Tehran-Baghdad bilateral relations on Wednesday, reported an Iranian official.

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• 12 August

  Iran wants Imam Mousa Sadr’s fate be decided upon: Prosecutor General

  TEHRAN,  (ISNA)-Iran’s Prosecutor General Qorban Ali Dorri Najafabadi declared on Tuesday that making decisions over Imam Mousa Sadr’s fate has been pretty vital for Iran over recent 3 decades.

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