DUBAIÂ – Ten Saudis returned home on Saturday from detention in the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay where al Qaeda militants are held, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
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Bhutto supporters shot dead, ambulances, shops burned
KARACHI – Three supporters of slain former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto were shot dead on Saturday, one by masked gunmen and two others by security forces as a mob tried to force itself into an oilfield, police said.
Read More »Al Qaeda ally denies role in Bhutto slaying
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Al Qaeda-linked Pakistani militant Baitullah Mehsud was not involved in the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, his spokesman said on Saturday, and blamed the government for killing her.
Read More »Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution calls for Muslims’ Vigilance
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined the need for Muslims to maintain vigilance against enemies’ complicated plots.
Read More »Iranian Commander Highlights Army Power
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Threats against our country have not differed in the last 27 years (since the onset of the Islamic Revolution), rather we have grown more powerful, Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s army said here on Saturday.
Read More »Iranian lawmaker: Enemies Pushed Back by Iranians’ Resistance
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An Iranian lawmaker said here Saturday that resistance of the Iranian nation has contributed a major role in defusing enemies’ plots, making them retreat from their belligerent stances against the Islamic Republic.
Read More »Iran-Turkey Trade Ties Exceed $8bln in 2007
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iran’s Agriculture Minister Mohammad Reza Eskandari and Turkish Foreign Trade Minister Kursad Tuzmen discussed issues of mutual interest in Ankara.
Read More »Iran’s First Mosque Dates Back to 9th Century AD
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Excavations at the ruins of the Siraf city in Iran indicate that the first mosque in the region was built in the 9th century AD.
Read More »Iran Positive about New Talks with US over Iraq
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iran’s envoy to Baghdad says Tehran has presented proposals on the security situation in Iraq which might pave the way for “a positive outcome” in the next round of talks with the US.
Read More »Iraqi President Retracts Criticism of 1975 Border Accord with Iran
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iraqi President Jalal Talabani took back his earlier statement that he does not recognize the 1975 Algiers border accord with Iran, saying on Iranian state television Friday that the treaty remains valid.
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