Middle Orient

Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto published her manifesto for a January election on Friday, promising jobs for the poor if victorious but keeping open the option of boycotting the vote.

With no customers in sight at his bazaar jeans stall, 23-year-old Mohammad Asad Khan is sick of political turbulence in Pakistan that he says is ruining his business.

Israel’s top court has upheld a government decision to reduce the Gaza Strip’s fuel imports, but postponed planned electricity cuts to the Hamas-ruled territory, Israeli officials said on Friday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Lebanese opposition tent city, which began as a powerful outcry to topple the government a year ago, has dwindled to a symbolic presence, but the protest by Hezbollah and its Christian ally still paralyses central Beirut.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s army highlighted the country’s military power, stressing that his troops, enjoying the highest level of preparedness, can confront any kind of threat powerfully.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran and India are set to further develop heir economic and trade ties, given the lustrous background of the two countries’ relations, head of the Trade and Commerce Organization of Iran’s Sistan and Balouchestan Province said on Thursday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale jolted the district of Hamil in the vicinity of the city of Eslamabad Gharb in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah on Thursday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the report submitted by the UN’s nuclear watchdog IAEA regarding its investigation on the Iranian nuclear program is a victory for the Iranian nation.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran has earned 3.314 billion dollars through exports of petrochemical products in the first eight months of its current year (started March 21, 2007).

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said on Wednesday that Iran will continue its talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Union (EU).