TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Khesht in Iran’s southern province of Fars on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran aims to end gasoline rationing by March 2009 through expanding domestic production of fuel and encouraging the use of vehicles powered by natural gas, an Iranian oil official said on Monday.

Hundreds of Taliban fighters retreated in trucks and motorbikes from a key southern Afghan community they overran last February as Afghan and international troops closed in on the town’s center.