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JERUSALEMÂ – Hamas has exposed Israel’s inability to rein in the Gaza Strip, proving it holds the power to blow open the border and turn a crippling Israeli blockade into a public relations nightmare for the Jewish state.
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24 January
Palestinians blow up border wall, flood into Egypt
RAFAH, Gaza Strip – Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into Egypt from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after militants blew up a border wall, and stocked up on food and fuel in short supply because of an Israeli blockade.
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24 January
Police chief injured in north Iraq blast: police
BAGHDADÂ – The police chief of Mosul was seriously wounded in an explosion on Thursday as he toured the scene of a huge blast a day earlier which had killed at least 20 people in the northern Iraqi city, police said.
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24 January
Russia Dispatches 6th N. Fuel Consignment to Iran
TEHRAN (FNA) Russia dispatched the sixth batch of nuclear fuel on Thursday to Iran’s first nuclear power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr, leaving just two more to complete the total consignment.
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24 January
Iranian Envoy Meets Armenian FM
TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s incoming Ambassador to Armenia Seyed Ali Saghaiyan submitted his credentials to Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian in a meeting in Yerevan on Wednesday.
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24 January
Iran, Bolivia Intent on Energy Deals
TEHRAN (FNA) An Iranian governmental delegation started a visit to Bolivia on Wednesday to analyze the development of bilateral agreements in the energy sector.
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24 January
Iran, Russia Pushing for Gas OPEC
TEHRAN (FNA) A group of gas-exporting states led by Iran and Russia is moving towards creating a formal body similar to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
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24 January
Envoy Hopeful about Settlement of Iran-Azerbaijan Visa Problems
TEHRAN (FNA) The opening of new checkpoints between Iran and Azerbaijan is realized in the level of state bodies, Iranian ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Nasser Hamidi Zare said.
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24 January
South Zagros Co. Producing 55% of Iran Gas
TEHRAN (FNA) South Zagros Oil and Gas Exploitation Co. managing director said his company was producing 55 percent of Iran’s gas.
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24 January
US Trying to Block Indo-Iran Gas Pipeline Project
TEHRAN (FNA) The United States has been “trying to block” the Indo-Iran gas pipeline via Pakistan, as it did not want Iran to expand its contacts in the region, New Delhi’s former Foreign Secretary Salman Haider said on Wednesday.
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