Iran has vowed to defy a UN resolution calling for a freeze to its nuclear work but promised to open up its disputed uranium enrichment facility in Natanz to the media.
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Progress in Baghdad will take time: U.S. general
A U.S.-backed Iraqi security plan seen as a last-ditch attempt to halt violence in Baghdad will not produce results overnight, a U.S. general warned on Sunday, after a one-ton suicide truck bomb killed 135 people.
Read More »Africa Israel pulls out of Tnuva bid talks
The dairy farmers’ bid for Tnuva Food Industries Ltd. has failed. Africa-Israel Investments Ltd. (TASE:AFIL; Pink Sheets:AFIVY) today notified the dairy farmers of the Israel
Read More »Syria says it foiled arms shipment
Syrian customs officers have thwarted an attempt to smuggle arms to Lebanon through an Iraqi truck, Syria’s official news agency, SANA, reported Sunday.
Read More »Palestinian Factions Attempt Truce
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas gunmen attacked bases of Fatah-allied troops with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades early Sunday, part of a four-day campaign by the Islamic militants to weaken
Read More »EU condemns suicide attack in Baghdad market
BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Union on Sunday strongly condemned a weekend suicide attack in a Baghdad market which killed at least 132 people.
Read More »Hamas, Fatah take stab at cease-fire
Gunmen from the rival Hamas and Fatah factions on Sunday began pulling back from their positions in the latest attempt to enforce a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
Read More »Chain of Explotions Rock Iraq
Baghdad, Feb 4 (Prensa Latina) Several bombings and attacks with at least 17 dead, involving at least ten policemen and other authorities, label Iraqi resistance to the occupation unstoppable.
Read More »Syria and Indonesia sign cooperation pact
DAMASCUS – Syria and Indonesia Sunday signed an agreement for economic, scientific and technical cooperation, Syria’s official SANA news agency said.
Read More »BNP Paribas opens Tel Aviv branch
BNP Paribas (Paris:BNP; Pink Sheets:BNPQY) has become the fourth foreign bank to conduct full business activity in Israel, after completing the upgrade of its representative office in Tel Aviv.
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