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Tehran - Iran on Monday did not rule out using force to free its cargo vessel which was last week hijacked by pirates off the Somalia coast.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said Monday that Iran would rather continue negotiations with the pirates.
He said in a press briefing that Iran preferred the problem to be settled through an... |
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 Afghanistan is starting to look more and more like a calamity-hit country, the numerous clashes and accidents claiming dozens of lives each week, as no day passes without reports of killed or injured people.On Saturday, operations led by coalition forces stormed two compounds in the eastern Zabul province triggering a fierce gunbattle...
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 According to the Yediot Ahronot newspaper, Ehud Olmert wants to end the turmoil with neighbouring countries and made a first step by sending Syria a message in this way.Israeli prime minister announced Damascus he is willing to withdraw troops from the long-disputed Golan Heights if a peace treaty is signed, the daily reported Friday....
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 Seven Iraqis were killed Thursday by two fierce explosions, while a journalist of local news agency was gunned down by suspected militants on the same day, Iraqi media reported.Sahar Hussein al-Haydari, a correspondent for the Independent Voices of Iraq was assassinated near her home in a Mosul neighbourhood. Numerous officials and...
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 Cyclone Gonu, the worst tropical storm to hit the Arabian Sea region made its first victims in Oman, three people being killed Thursday in the province that holds the country’s capital Muscat.According to a police official, the heavy rains and strong winds flooded numerous houses and took three lives until now, injuring nine persons....
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 The strongest tropical cyclone to hit the Arabian Sea region, Cyclone Gonu prompted Iran's Interior Ministry to declare an emergency state in the southern regions and evacuate hundreds in Chabahr on Wednesday.Hormuzgan and Sistan-Beluchistan, two southeastern coastline provinces have received warnings from Iran’s Department of...
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 Two powerful blasts killed at least seven people Wednesday in a neighbourhood of Baghdad, while a prominent Shiite leader was shot dead about 160 kilometers from Iraq’s capital, Iraqi media reported.Explosive devices placed inside two cars went off in the mainly Shiite neighbourhood of Kadhimiyah, killing seven bystanders and wounding...
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 The President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas called off a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert scheduled to take place Thursday because a number of conditions previously established haven’t been met until now.Abbas was angered by the fact that Israel failed to release about 700 million dollars in...
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 In 2002 Saudi Arabia proposed a peace plan for the Arab-Israeli conflict and mainly for the Israeli-Palestinian feud, that would imply an independence of all Palestinian territories, but the initiative was left hanging until 2007. During the anniversary of the Six-Day War, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said his country is ready to...
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 The Lebanese army pushes forward with its heavy artillery fire upon Fatah al-Islam positions inside the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, as the militants resistance begins to shiver.Wednesday was a new day of fighting between military forces and rebels from the al-Qaeda inspired group. Lebanese army officials said the main target...
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 On June 5 Palestinians mark the start of the six-day war and their
occupation by Israel, as the President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud
Abbas reminded that internal fighting between Hamas and Fatah factions can only
bring a bloody civil war and delay even more a long-desired independency.
“What worries everyone is...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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