November, 2007

• 25 November

  Siniora assures Lebanese, Cabinet takes powers

  Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora assured his country on Saturday there was no cause for alarm and said his Cabinet was assuming executive powers in the absence of a president for the first time in nine years.

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• 25 November

  Turkish, US generals discuss Kurd rebels

  Turkish and US commanders on Saturday discussed measures against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, while Turkey’s prime minister said the struggle against the separatists was at a “critical stage”.

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• 25 November

  Hamas warns of more attacks after US peace meet

  Hamas will step up attacks against Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank after a US-hosted peace conference next week, an official said in a statement on its website Saturday.

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• 25 November

  Ivory Coast FM to Arrive in Tehran Tonight

  Ivory Coast’s foreign minister is scheduled to arrive here in Tehran Sunday night to attend the first meeting of the two countries’ joint economic commission.

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• 25 November

  Sri Lankan President Due in Tehran Monday

   Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to pay a visit to Iran on Monday.

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• 25 November

  55.5% of Iranians View 7th Parliament More Successful than 6th

  55.5% of Iranians believe that the present parliament with a conservative majority has been more successful in solving people’s problems than the reformist parliament acting at the time of former President Khatami, results of a recent opinion poll suggested.

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• 25 November

  Iran Reserves Support for Presidential Candidates in Lebanon

  Iran does not support any special candidate in Lebanon and it stresses the need for a comprehensive agreement and consensus among Lebanese groups, tribes and figures, foreign ministry spokesman said.

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• 25 November

  Iran: Global Oil Market Has Sufficient Supplies

  Iran believes there is enough oil in the global market but is capable of pumping more into it if the figures warrant and if there is agreement by OPEC to do so, Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said.

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• 24 November

  Turkey’s EU membership process at the point of no return

  Foreign Minister and Chief EU Negotiator Ali Babacan reiterated Turkey’s determination to enter the European Union on Thursday, just a day after Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Commission meeting at the Turkish Parliament, where he promised Turkey will certainly meet EU acquis and accomplish required reforms.  

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• 24 November

  7 police beheaded in Afghanistan

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Taliban militants beheaded seven policemen Friday after overrunning their checkpoints in southern Afghanistan, officials said, while in a separate clash, an Australian soldier and three civilians were killed.

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