Eurasia Press & News
SANKASAR, Iraq – Since Turkish warplanes turned her village home into a heap of rubble last week, mother of eight Aziya Rasheed says she has lost all hope for the future.
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December, 2007
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30 December
Bin Laden says U.S. seeks to exploit Iraqi oil
DUBAI – Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden accused Washington of plotting to take control of Iraq’s oil and urged Iraqis to reject efforts to rebuild a U.S.-backed national unity government there.
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30 December
U.S. and Iraqi commanders hail security
BAGHDADÂ – U.S. and Iraqi commanders on Saturday hailed a big improvement in security over the past year, while al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden accused the Americans of seeking to exploit Iraq’s oil wealth.
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30 December
Election a democracy test for Georgian president
TBILISI – Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili is likely to win a new term in a snap election on January 5, but the vote will have to be squeaky clean if he is to regain his tattered reputation as a champion of democracy.
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30 December
Two suicide bombers die in botched Pakistan attack
KARACHI – Two suspected suicide bombers were killed in Pakistan’s central Punjab province early on Sunday when the devices they were carrying exploded prematurely in an apparent botched attack on a former minister, police said.
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30 December
Iran’s N. Power a Back Up for Arabs against Israel
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s nuclear capability brings balance of power to the region and strengthens Muslim and Arab world against the Zionist regime of Israel, a former Lebanese minister said.
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30 December
Iran’s FM: Negotiations with US should Be Interpreted into Actions
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that talks and dialogue between Tehran and Washington are not the goal pursued by his country’s attendance in negotiations with the US over Iraq, “rather we accepted to attend these talks to help Iraqi nation and government”.
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30 December
Iran Closes Borders with Pakistan
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran closed its border with Pakistan on Saturday in view of the uncertainty in Pakistan.
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30 December
Iran Reiterates Iraq Support
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran on Saturday renewed support for Iraqi government and nation and said the new proposals it had presented for discussion in the fourth round of its talks with Americans on Iraq fall within the same framework.
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30 December
Iran Starts Construction of 1st Local N. Power Plant
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran has started construction of its first local nuclear power plant in Darkhowayn, Energy Minister Parivz Fattah said Sunday.
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