TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, in a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Ismayil Haniyah here on Saturday, called on the Palestinians to keep up their guard against the US and Israelis’ plots and conspiracies.
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It’s bad in Iraq — Bush
US president sets conditions for Iran, Syria talks, says Blair to visit Middle East WASHINGTON (AP) — President George W. Bush said Thursday that a bipartisan panel’s call for a major course change in Iraq was an important document, but just one of several reports he will consider as he …
Read More »Olmert rejects link between Iraq, Israel’s conflicts with Palestinians, Syrians
TEL AVIV (AP) — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday rejected a US advisory group’s conclusions that Israel must talk to Syria and solve its conflict with the Palestinians to help the Bush administration stabilise Iraq.
Read More »Abbas urged to call early elections
RAMALLAH (AP) — Leave Hamas in power for now, but call elections once the economic crisis in the Palestinian territories worsens further — that’s the emerging consensus of a panel advising President Mahmoud Abbas on how to handle the Islamists, a member of the group said Thursday.
Read More »Hizbollah chief vows not to give up Lebanon protests
BEIRUT (AFP) — Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed Thursday that the Lebanese opposition will not “surrender” in its mass protests to bring down the Western-backed government.
Read More »Final witnesses testify at Saddam trial
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Two final witnesses told Saddam Hussein’s genocide trial Thursday of the horrors of the anti-Kurdish Anfal campaign, before the court adjourned for a week in preparation of its next phase.
Read More »Under fire outside wire — 36 hours in Baqouba
BAQOUBA — Specialist Robert Mathews of the US army gets down on one knee between two hulking Bradley armoured fighting vehicles and prays — his cavalry platoon is heading into war-torn downtown Baqouba.
Read More »Bipartisan panel challenges Washington, Iraqi leaders
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan panel of Washington insiders has presented US and Iraqi political leaders a formidable challenge in dealing with the chaos in Iraq, but whether they can meet it is a major question.
Read More »Bahraini Ambassador Seen Off by FM
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met the outgoing Bahraini Ambassador to Tehran here on Tuesday.
Read More »N. Technology to Reach Irreversible Point Prior to Year End
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran’s nuclear progress and technology will reach a point before the end of this (Iranian) year that it could not be backtracked.
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