Nicaragua’s new left-wing president has begun building a strategic alliance with Iran, calling America a “terrorist nation.”
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16 August
Syria Dismisses Alleged Tension with Iran
Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Shara dismissed on Tuesday US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s recent allegations about existence of tension between his country and Iran.
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16 August
Ahmadinejad Calls for Turkmen Cooperation in Fighting Terrorism
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged neighboring Turkmenistan to cooperate in fighting terrorism and smuggling.
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15 August
Taliban blast kills three Germans in Kabul
KABUL (AFP) – Two German police officers and a German foreign ministry employee were killed in the capital of Afghanistan on Wednesday, blown up in a bomb attack claimed by the militant Taliban movement. A fourth German was wounded in the attack, Germany’s biggest loss of life in the war-torn …
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15 August
U.S. hunts al-Qaida in Afghanistan
BAGRAMI, Afghanistan – Hundreds of U.S.-led troops have launched an offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban militants in an area of eastern Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden once hid, officials said Wednesday. A bomb attack near the capital, meanwhile, killed three German police officers assigned to protect their country’s embassy, and …
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15 August
US moves toward blacklisting Iran Revolutionary Guard
The United States is moving toward blacklisting Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a “terrorist” organization, subjecting at least part of the entity to financial sanctions in a new move against the Islamic republic, a US official said Tuesday.
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15 August
Officials say ‘Syria is still arming Hizbullah’
Officials in Jerusalem said on Wednesday that Syria’s declarations that it did not want a war were important but that its actions would determine the future, Israel Radio reported.
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15 August
The Strategic Alliance between Syria and Iran
The cooperation between Iran and Syria has recently broadened in a variety of areas, including the military, security, economic and scientific spheres.
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15 August
Gul pledges to safeguard secularism
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul vowed Tuesday to defend the country’s secular traditions as he announced a fresh bid for the presidency despite deep-rooted opposition over his Islamist past.
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15 August
Libya’s trade prize overrides rights qualms
Libya’s critics were furious at what they called a hasty and cynical rush for closer ties between the West and Muammar Qadhafi’s government after it freed six foreign medics in July.
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