Eurasia Press & News
ALMATY (Reuters) – Prague-based Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has accused Kazakhstan of blocking access to its website which it said was deliberate interference in its news reporting.
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21 May
TIMELINE: Events leading to Georgia’s election
(Reuters) – Here is a chronology of events leading to a parliamentary election in Georgia on Wednesday: November 2, 2007 – Up to 70,000 people demanding early elections protest against President Mikheil Saakashvili in the biggest show of unrest since a peaceful revolution swept him to power four years earlier.
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21 May
FACTBOX: Georgian parliamentary election: rules and parties
(Reuters) – Georgia is holding a parliamentary election on Wednesday. Here are some details about the voting and the major parties: ELECTORATE – About 3.5 million eligible voters.
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20 May
Third bomb attack in Pakistan in days wounds seven
KOHAT, Pakistan (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants set off a roadside bomb as a Pakistani military truck was passing on Tuesday, wounding seven people in the third bomb attack in the country in two days.
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20 May
Israeli strike kills Palestinian in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian civilian in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Tuesday, medical workers said.
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20 May
Iraqi forces launch operation in cleric’s bastion
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Iraqi army launched an operation on Tuesday to take control of Baghdad’s Sadr City slum, the power base of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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19 May
Oil Rises Near $127
TEHRAN (FNA)- Oil rose on Monday, extending last week’s climb that saw prices jump to a record high near $128 a barrel, as geo-political overshadowed gains in the US dollar.
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19 May
Iran Dismisses Impact of Sanctions on Petrochemical Industry
TEHRAN (FNA)- International sanctions on Iran are not hurting a bid to expand petrochemical output because investors are attracted by the Islamic Republic’s vast reserves of cheap gas feedstock, an Iranian official said on Sunday.
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19 May
Ancient Epitaph Found in Northwestern Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian archeologists have recently found an ancient epitaph in a village located in the country’s northwestern province of Zanjan.
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19 May
Pelosi Warns US about Consequences of War against Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Washington about the dire consequences it has to face in case of military attack against the Islamic Republic.
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