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Israel prevents Abbas from bringing cash to Gaza

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is preventing the Western-backed Palestinian Authority from transferring cash to the Gaza Strip to pay its workers and others hard-hit by war, Western and Palestinian officials said on Wednesday. The restrictions threatened to undercut the ability of President Mahmoud Abbas’s West Bank-based government to reassert a …

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Rubaie: Iraq to Expel MKO Soon

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi National Security Adviser Muwafaq Al-Rubaie said here in Tehran on Wednesday that the anti-Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) will be expelled soon from Iraq. The Iraqi official made the remarks in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here in Tehran today. Rubaie …

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MP: West Resorts to Soft Overthrow

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian lawmaker cautioned that the West, especially the US, has resorted to soft overthrow plots to topple democratic governments. “Today, western states, especially the US, have turned to soft revolution to topple governments in democratic states by inciting public opinion,” member of the Iranian parliament’s National …

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Official Calls for Promotion of Iran-EU Energy Ties

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran can serve as either a transit route or a supplier of natural gas to European countries, said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari on Tuesday. Safari described Iran as a good source for energy, and voiced Tehran’s preparedness to open talks with the European Union to forge …

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Pakistan Urges Sustained Interaction with India

TEHRAN (FNA)- Sustained engagement and dialogue is necessary to diminish New Delhi and Islamabad concerns, Pakistani foreign minister reiterated on Tuesday. Stressing the importance of anti-terrorism cooperation between the two countries, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that suspending the dialogue between the two countries is just to the advantage of …

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