TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s parliament approved a resolution on Thursday calling on the government to cut diplomatic ties with Russia after Moscow backed the secession of two Georgian rebel regions.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. forces arrested the deputy head of a committee that purged Iraq’s government of members of Saddam Hussein’s party, an ally said, but the U.S. military said he was a wanted militia leader behind a deadly Baghdad bombing.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A Lebanese court has issued an arrest warrant for the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi over the abduction of a senior Shiite leader 30 years ago.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Some 40 agricultural cooperation agreements have been inked between the Islamic Republic of Iran and different foreign countries over the past three years, a senior Iranian official said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a message on Wednesday to his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika to condole with him, his nation and government on a series of terrorist attacks which claimed lives of many civilians and injured many others.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran proposed that members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) use their own currencies in trade with each other.

TEHRAN (FNA)- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran would turn to a pattern for all world countries by the next two decades.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran’s Saba Art and Culture Center has recently produced “Rustam and Borzu”, an animation written by Mohammadreza Yusefi based on Ferdowsi’s Borzunameh.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The warlike stance of the US guarantees that it will never accomplish its desired results against Iran, a top Iranian commander said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) held a session on Tuesday to discuss the ways for promotion of Iran and Serbia bilateral trade ties.