January 21, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
BAGHDADÂ – Iraq’s political leaders have so far lacked the will to fight the “cancer” of corruption and should start by declaring how much money they earn, the country’s new anti-graft chief said.
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January 21, 2008 Balkan News, Balkans
BELGRADE – Serbs face a choice between a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a liberal favoring the West in a presidential election run-off next month.
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January 21, 2008 Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
MOSCOWÂ – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his favored successor Dmitry Medvedev could take turns to run Russia for another quarter of a century, a senior Kremlin ally said in an interview published on Monday.
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January 21, 2008 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
KABUL – Afghanistan’s government, largely reliant on foreign help for its security and economy, has called for the launch of another donors’ meeting to garner more international aid.
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January 21, 2008 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
KABULÂ – Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said British politician Paddy Ashdown cannot become U.N. envoy to Afghanistan unless the world body clarifies his role, state newspapers said on Monday.
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January 21, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
TEHRAN (FNA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani condemned Israeli crimes in Gaza, and underlined the need for serious measures to help the oppressed people of Palestine against the Zionist regime.
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January 21, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s new ambassador to Manila Ali Mojtaba Rouzbahani submitted his credentials to the Philippines’ President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a meeting on Sunday.
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January 21, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, heading a delegation, is scheduled to pay a two-day visit to Cairo next week, an Iranian lawmaker said here on Monday.
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January 21, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA) Tehran voiced preparedness to play a mediating role to assist New Delhi and Islamabad in resolving differences over a multibillion dollar pipeline which would take Iran’s gas to India via Pakistan.
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January 21, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA) An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale jolted the suburbs of Do-Gonbadan and Gachsaran in Iran’s southwestern province of Kohgilouyeh and Boyer Ahmad on Monday.
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