August, 2008

• 3 August

  Senior officer found shot dead in Syria: reports

  BEIRUT (Reuters) – A senior Syrian officer was shot dead in mysterious circumstances in northern Syria last week, Arab media reports said on Sunday.

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• 3 August

  FACTBOX: Key facts about the Gaza Strip

  GAZA (Reuters) – About 30 pro-Fatah Palestinians who fled to Israel after fierce clashes in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip were sent back to the coastal enclave on Sunday and were immediately detained by the Islamist group’s security forces.

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• 3 August

  Car bomb kills 12 in Baghdad: police

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A car bomb killed eight people and wounded 14 others in a Sunni Arab area of Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi police said.

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• 3 August

  Georgia, South Ossetia talk war after 6 die in clash

  TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia said on Saturday it was evacuating children to Russia and accused Georgia of targeting civilians after six people died overnight in a shootout with Georgian forces.

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• 3 August

  President Ahmadinejad Asks CBI to Facilitate Loans to Public

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on Central Bank Governor Tahmasb Mazaheri to take quick measures to solve the recent problems preventing state-owned banks from granting loans to the public.

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• 3 August

  Iran Terms Weak Dollar Major Contributor to High Oil Prices

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The falling value of the dollar is to blame for around a third of the rise in the price of oil, Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday.

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• 3 August

  Ahmadinejad: Iran will not Budge on N. Rights

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told his visiting Syrian counterpart on Saturday that although Iran welcomes talks on its nuclear program, it will not give up even an iota of its legitimate right to access civilian nuclear technology.

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• 3 August

  Iran Arrests 7 Israeli Spies

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Seven detained Baha’i believers have confessed to setting up an illegal organization in Iran that took orders from Israel and others to undermine the Islamic system, an Iranian paper reported on Saturday.

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• 3 August

  Bus Accident Kills 16 in Southern Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Sixteen people were killed and 11 were injured when a bus and a truck collided in southern Iran on Sunday.

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• 3 August

  Iran Expects OPEC to Control Quotas

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran, the number two oil producer in OPEC, expects the cartel to discuss ways of controlling the quotas of member countries at its next meeting in September, Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said.

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