Eurasia Press & News
Two boats that set off from Cyprus packed with Palestinian activists; emergency supplies; and the sister-in-law of Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair have landed in the Gaza strip.
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August, 2008
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23 August
Iran’s Melli Bank Posts 33% Rise in Profit
TEHRAN (FNA)- Assets of the Baku branch of Bank Melli Iran (BMI) stood at AZN 20.7 million on July 1, up 15% from a year earlier.
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23 August
PGCC Chief Lauds Enhancement of Iran-Qatar Ties
TEHRAN (FNA)- Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) Secretary General Abdulrahman bin Hamad al-Attiyah praised the visit to Iran by Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and his talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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23 August
Iran Increases Slab Imports
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian customs announced that the slab has become the second largest imported product of the country.
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23 August
Iran-Turkey Gas Deal Hanging over Price
TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish energy minister Hilmi Guler met with the Iranian ambassador to Ankara Thursday evening to iron out serious problems that have developed over the long-mooted wide-ranging gas deal between the two countries, a Turkish official said.
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23 August
Iran Arrests 21 Pakistanis for Illegal Entry
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian border security guards on Friday evening arrested 21 Pakistanis on the two countries’ border and handed them over to Taftan police.
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23 August
NAM Statement Supports Iran’s N. Rights
TEHRAN (FNA)- The XV Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Tehran on 27-30 July 2008 issued a statement in support of Iran’s nuclear program, which was later circulated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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23 August
Iran to Issue Call for 3rd Mobile Operator Tender
TEHRAN (FNA)- The international tender for Iran’s third cell phone operator will be published in newspapers by the next two days, an Iranian minister said.
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23 August
Iranian Envoy Meets Lebanese FM
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Charge d’affaires in Lebanon conferred with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh on Friday.
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23 August
Iran Seeking to Develop Caspian Sea Energy Reserves
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is in talks with two major Asian oil companies regarding the development of the South Caspian Sea region, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said.
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