Eurasia Press & News
GENEVA (AFP) — Major European powers and Iran have agreed to continue talks over Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme amid signs they could strike a deal soon, foreign ministers and negotiators said after a last-ditch meeting here Wednesday to avert an escalation in the dispute. Iran pledged to maintain a suspension …
Read More »US committed to ‘contiguous’ Palestinian state — Rice
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ performance in office so far and reaffirmed the US commitment to creating a “contiguous” Palestinian state. In an interview with AFP as Abbas started a round of talks in Washington, Rice played down reported Israeli …
Read More »Abbas wants election delay
RAMALLAH (AP) — Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas wants to postpone parliamentary elections until November, hoping to recapture some of the popular support his ruling Fateh movement has lost, a spokesman for the Hamas group said Wednesday. Two Palestinian officials close to Abbas, who is in the US for talks with …
Read More »Troops sweep western Iraqi town
BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Around 1,000 US and Iraqi troops swept through the western town of Haditha on Wednesday, searching homes and seizing suspects in an anti-insurgent raid that follows a surge in militant attacks. The US military said Marines, sailors and Iraqi soldiers were all involved in the operation, dubbed …
Read More »Egypt votes on poll reform as boycott urged
CAIRO (AP) — Plainclothes government agents beat protesters Wednesday, then watched as supporters of President Hosni Mubarak punched other demonstrators, in scattered violence that cast a pall over a referendum the 24-year ruler has called a crucial step towards democracy. Women protesters in particular seemed to be targeted for beatings …
Read More »Pretul unui vis nobil
In fiecare zi, timp a 45 de ani, Yasser Arafat a cautat realizarea unui stat palestinian independent, de la granita cu Libanul in nord, pana in sud la frontiera cu Egiptul, de la raul Iordaniei pana la Marea Mediterana. De la varsta de 17 ani el a fost capabil sa …
Read More »Iran at a glance
HISTORY : The plateau of Iran is amongst the oldest civilization centers of antic era in Asia , and has an important place in archeology science. The history of settlement in the plateau of Iran from new Stone Age till migration of Aryans is not yet very clear. But there …
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