TEHRAN (FNA) Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Saturday his country wants further negotiations with Iran regarding border demarcation issues.

TEHRAN (FNA) Iran has no immediate plans to normalize relations with the United States, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA) Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stressed continued nuclear activities by Iran, cautioning that any suspension of nuclear efforts would make the country lag behind the modern world and embolden enemies to make further aggressions against Iran.

GAZA – Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Saturday dismissed U.S. President George W. Bush’s upcoming visit to the Middle East as a “photo opportunity” and said he was not welcome in the region.

BAGHDAD – An Iraqi soldier opened fire on U.S. troops during a joint patrol in the northern city of Mosul on December 26, killing two and wounding three others along with a civilian interpreter, Iraqi and U.S. officials said on Saturday.

KABUL – Afghanistan’s Islamic council has told President Hamid Karzai to stop foreign aid groups from converting locals to Christianity and also demanded the reintroduction of public executions.

TEHRAN (FNA) Iranian inventors made a man-like robot which walks on two feet, discerns words in the Persian language and does other manly actions.

TEHRAN (FNA) Iranian air force commander here Saturday said his country has achieved the technology for manufacturing radar-evading fighter jets and would soon start production of such planes.

TEHRAN (FNA) Turkmenistan has violated a last year contract which required Ashgabat to double supplies to Iran following an increase in prices, an Iranian oil ministry official said.

TEHRAN (FNA) An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted the port city of Kong in Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan on Saturday.