January 2, 2009 Iran News, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is due to arrive here in Tehran on Saturday heading a high-ranking economic delegation. The two-day trip is aimed at a discussion of bilateral ties of the two neighbors and their supreme council of economic cooperation. During his stay in Tehran, the Iraqi …
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January 2, 2009 Eurasia News, Iran News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to boost cooperation in power sector and expedite implementation of existing projects, a joint statement signed by Iranian Deputy Minister of Energy Abbas Aliababi and adviser to Pakistan’s Water and Power Ministry said. In the statement which was released at the end …
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January 2, 2009 Middle Orient News, Palestina News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Israel rejected international pressure for a two-day cease-fire with Hamas and sent warplanes Wednesday to demolish tunnels that are the lifeline of Gaza’s population. The diplomatic efforts to forge a truce were set in motion by the scale of destruction in Gaza since Israel unleashed an offensive Saturday …
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January 2, 2009 Eurasia News, Iran News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Energy Minister Parviz Fattah said Mangla dam raising project is technically an excellent precedent in the history of dam construction. He stated this during a visit to the project accompanied by a 10-member technical delegation. Pakistan Electric Power Company Managing Director Fazal Ahmad Khan and senior officers …
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January 2, 2009 Iran News, Middle Orient News, Palestina News
TEHRAN (FNA)- The religious leader of the Iranian Jews, Rabbi Golestaninejad, has issued a decree calling on Jews to help Palestinians, specially those under the Israeli blitzkriegs in the Gaza Strip. It is the duty of every “monotheistic Jew” to help these people, Golestaninejad said. He called on his coreligionists …
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December 30, 2008 Eurasia Press, Romania Press
Sursa: www.stelapopa.unimedia.md Am dorit de multă vreme să realizez un interviu cu Vasile Botnaru, şeful biroului Radio Europa Libera de la Chişinău şi unul dintre cei mai cunoscuţi ziarişti din R. Moldova. Nu am avut norocul să îl am pe Vasile Botnaru ca profesor, în schimb a avut o contribuţie …
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December 28, 2008 Afghanistan News
KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber tried to attack a meeting of tribal elders and blew himself up near an Afghan primary school on Sunday, killing 14 children and wounding 58 people, the U.S. military said. The suicide blast went off near the entrance to a police and army post, …
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December 23, 2008 Balkan News, Eurasia News
urkey will support Kosovo within the United Nations when it becomes a temporary member of the Security Council in January 2009, a senior Turkish official said. “From the beginning of 2009, Turkey will be a temporary member of the UN Security Council … and wishes that Kosovo become a member …
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December 23, 2008 Balkan News, Eurasia News
A United States court found the three brothers Dritan, Shain and Elvir Duka, ethnic Albanians born in western Macedonia, guilty of a conspiracy to kill U.S. soldiers at the Fort Dix military base in New Jersey last year, local media said on Tuesday. A Jordanian-born and a Turkish-born U.S. citizen …
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December 23, 2008 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The Czech Republic is considering withdrawing its troops from the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo, due to opposition objections in Prague over the country’s presence in military missions abroad. The some 400 Czech soldiers serving in Kosovo play a major role in KFOR operations as they operate along the border …
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