Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has achieved the technology to design, build and launch satellites into space, the head of Iran’s Space Organization said on Sunday.
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August, 2008
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18 August
Iran: US Unable to Continue Overseas Military Operations
TEHRAN (FNA)- The United States will no longer afford its large overseas military operations because of its failing economy, a senior aide to the Iranian president said Saturday.
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18 August
Iran Boosts Range on Warplanes
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has revamped its fighter jet fleet to fly distances of 3,000 kilometers without refueling, air force commander said on Sunday.
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18 August
Iran’s Dummy Satellite Successfully Orbited
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran put a dummy satellite into orbit on a home-grown rocket for the first time on Sunday.
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18 August
Polish President Honors Iranian Filmmaker
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian film director Khosrow Sinai has been awarded the prestigious “Knights Cross of the Order of Merit of the Polish Republic”.
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18 August
Int’l Environmental Exhibition Kicks off Work
TEHRAN (FNA)- The 8th International Exhibition of Environment started work here in Tehran on Saturday.
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18 August
Bosnian divide keeps criminals waiting for jail
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s failure to establish a coherent system of government more than a decade after its ethnic war has had some strange consequences — among them a dire lack of prison space for Sarajevo’s small-time criminals.
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18 August
Russia prepares to start Georgia pullout
GORI, Georgia (Reuters) – Russian troops with armored cars mounted checkpoints on a major Georgian highway on Monday, ahead of a promised withdrawal from parts of the country under an international ceasefire plan.
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18 August
Pakistan’s Musharraf announces resignation
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Nuclear-armed Pakistan’s beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation on Monday in the face of an impending impeachment motion by the ruling coalition government.
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18 August
Taliban suicide bomber kills 9 Afghan civilians
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into the gate of the main U.S. military base in southeastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing nine civilians and wounding 13, Afghan and U.S. officials said.
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