May, 2008

• 9 May

  Iran may Start Importing Wheat from Turkey

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish State Minister for Foreign Trade Kursad Tuzmen said Iran may soon start importing 2 million tons of wheat from his country.

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• 9 May

  Iran may Start Purchase of Thai Rice in June

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran, one of Thailand’s major rice buyers, is likely to start buying Thai rice in June when prices are expected to drop, a senior Thai trade official said on Thursday.

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• 9 May

  Iran Invests $30 bln in Tourism

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has invested 30 billion dollars in its tourist trade in a bid to fortify its place in the world tourism arena in the next 20 years.

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• 9 May

  Iran Slams US Operations in Iraq

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi Qomi strongly slammed the ongoing US military assaults in Iraq as highly unacceptable.

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• 9 May

  Protesters Interrupt Clinton Fundraiser for Threats against Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- US anti-war activists protested presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton for her remarks threatening Iran with obliteration.

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• 8 May

  Twelve dead in Afghanistan violence

  KABUL (AFP) – Twelve people including three foreign soldiers were killed in a spate of bombings and gun battles in Afghanistan, including one firefight between police and opium growers, officials said Wednesday.

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• 7 May

  No US troop increase in Afghanistan without deeper cuts in Iraq: Pentagon

  WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Pentagon said Tuesday that any sizeable increase in much-needed US forces in Afghanistan will depend on deeper troop cuts in Iraq than currently planned.

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• 7 May

  Drugs undermine Afghanistan’s efforts to rebuild

  FAIZABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Jam Bigum, a drug addict in Afghanistan’s impoverished northern province of Badakhshan, feeds her three-month-old son opium three times a day to keep him quiet.

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• 6 May

  Без комментариев: Около 40 тыс. населенных пунктов РФ не имеют жителей

  Территория Российской Федерации составляет 17.075.400 кв. км, из которых более 45% расположено за Полярным кругом, в полосе вечной мерзлоты и полярной ночи, протяженность государственной границы 58.322 км, общее количество населенных пунктов 157.895, из них более 30.000 до сих пор не имеют телефонной связи, а свыше 39.000 не имеют и жителей.

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• 6 May

  Грузия вышла из договора с Россией по ПВО

  МИД Грузии официально уведомил российскую сторону о выходе из двустороннего соглашения между министерствами обороны двух стран о сотрудничестве в сфере ПВО от 19 апреля 1995 года. Соответствующая нота в понедельник была передана директором департамента МИД Грузии по  вопросам России Ираклием Торонджадзе посланнику России в Грузии Андрею Смагу, сообщили журналистам в грузинском …

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