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KABUL (Reuters) – More foreign soldiers were killed in Afghanistan during August than in any other month since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion, an independent website said, reflecting a rise in Taliban attacks.
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Abbas doubts peace deal possible this year
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was quoted as saying on Friday that he doubted a full peace deal with Israel could be reached this year and urged the next U.S. administration to continue negotiations.
Read More »Rice says will discuss dissident with Gaddafi
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she would discuss the plight of ailing detained dissident Fathi el-Jahmi with Muammar Gaddafi during a historic meeting with the Libyan leader later on Friday.
Read More »Rice arrives on historic Libya visit
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Top U.S. diplomat Condoleezza Rice arrived in Tripoli on Friday on the first trip by a U.S. secretary of state to Libya since 1953, and said it was proof that Washington had no “permanent enemies”.
Read More »Iran Views $100 Proper Price for Oil
TEHRAN (FNA)- Pressure for a cut in oil output at next week’s OPEC meeting in Vienna stepped up today when Iran’s OPEC governor said an oil price of $100 per barrel was “appropriate” in current conditions.
Read More »Iran may Reciprocate Western Sanctions with Similar Move
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed sanctions by the world powers against his country as illegal, and said that Iran may impose sanctions against the world’s predominant forces in response.
Read More »Quake Hits Northeastern Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted the areas in the vicinity of Iran-Iraq border in Iran’s southwestern province of Ilam on Thursday.
Read More »Iran to Introduce Indigenous Fighter Jets in 2009
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Air Force announced the first Saeqeh (Lightning) fighter-jets capable of conducting long-range air missions would be delivered in 2009.
Read More »Iran Opposes Seabed Pipelines in Caspian Sea
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran voiced strong opposition against plans to lay pipelines on the seabed of the Caspian Sea, warning that the move would cause irreparable environmental pollution in the world’s biggest lake.
Read More »Nigeria to Keep Options Open on Oil Output at OPEC Meeting
TEHRAN (FNA)- Nigeria is keeping its options open on output quotas when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meets next week in the wake of falling oil prices, the country’s oil minister said on Thursday.
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