December, 2006

• 31 December

  Bush talks with top advisers on new Iraq strategy

  CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) — President George W.  Bush met with top advisers at his Texas ranch on Thursday to hash out a new Iraq strategy that he plans to unveil next month to an American public weary of the war.

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• 30 December

  Saddam Hussein executed with ‘fear in his face’

  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator who spent his last years in captivity after his ruthless regime was toppled by the U.S.-led coalition in 2003, was hanged before dawn Saturday for crimes committed in a brutal crackdown during his reign. The execution took place shortly after …

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• 27 December

  Larijani Assigns a Group to Study Restricting Ties with IAEA

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Larijani Wednesday appointed a committee to examine restricting Iran’s ties with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

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• 27 December

  Ahmadinejad’s Message to Pope

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- President Ahmadinejad’s letter to the pope is a non-political message stressing the establishment of new relations in the international arena

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• 27 December

  Iran, China Ink Agreement on Tourism

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian and Chinese officials here on Wednesday signed an agreement to facilitate tour packages to Iran for the Chinese nationals.

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• 27 December

  Deputy FM Views UNSC Resolution on Iran as Illegal

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Deputy Foreign Minister for Consulate and Parliamentary Affairs Hamid Reza Asefi described the UN Security Council Resolution 1737 on Iran’s nuclear activities as an illegal

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• 27 December

  FM Conveys Ahmadinejad’s Message to Pope

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki left Tehran for the Vatican on Wednesday to convey President Ahmadinejad’s message to the world Catholic Church leader Pope Benedict XVI.

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• 27 December

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A parliament approval here on Wednesday urged the Iranian government to reconsider its cooperation and relations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

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• 27 December

  VP Calls for Freedom of Iranian Diplomats

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- First Vice President Parviz Davoodi called for the immediate release of the two Iranian diplomats who have been arrested by the US military troops while on an official visit to Iraq.

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• 27 December

  Iraqi Gov’t Strives to Set Two Iranian Diplomats Free

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iraq’s Finance Minister Bayan Jabr said that his government has launched all-out efforts to set free the two Iranian diplomats who were kidnapped by the US military troops in Iraq.

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