December 15, 2007 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tajikistan has voiced preparedness to launch banking activities in Iran by opening a branch of Tajik Export Bank on Iran’s southern island of Qeshm.
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December 15, 2007 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki described his country as the most reliable and powerful partner for Russia in the region.
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December 15, 2007 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The criminal who killed a French citizen in Iran’s central city of Isfahan earlier this week was arrested by the Iranian security and police forces last night, an informed source said on Friday.
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December 15, 2007 Iran, Iran News, Iran Presidency
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to leave Tehran for Mecca, Saudi Arabia on a hajj pilgrimage on Sunday.
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December 15, 2007 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
KABUL, Afghanistan – A rocket landed in a crowd of civilians near Kabul’s police headquarters Saturday, and a truck full of rockets smuggled into the city under a pile of hay exploded nearby moments later, officials said. At least five people were killed.
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December 14, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s army urged feuding politicians to set aside their differences and strengthen the foundations of the nation on Friday at the funeral of an assassinated general.
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December 14, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
GAZA (Reuters) – A senior adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s government was abducted by unknown gunmen in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Friday, Abbas’s Fatah faction said.
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December 14, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
PARIS (Reuters) – France hosts an international aid conference on Monday to raise funds for the Western-backed Palestinian Authority and strengthen President Mahmoud Abbas against Hamas Islamists as he negotiates peace with Israel.
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December 14, 2007 Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and South Korea said on Friday they are discussing the creation of a joint venture that would export Russian uranium products, RIA news agency reported.
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December 14, 2007 Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has met his deputy Sergei Storchak, charged with attempting to embezzle $43 million, for the first time since Storchak’s arrest, his ministry said on Friday.
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