TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to set up a television network and has signed joint projects worth $1 billion with Bolivia – efforts that reflect a growing relationship between the two energy-rich nations.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is showing interest in building a cement plant in Uruguay and signing an agreement with that South American nation based on the exchange of oil for rice.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s industries and mines minister and Congo’s energy minister signed a cooperation protocol agreement.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran announced Monday it would ease gas rationing for the next month, allowing people to buy gasoline above the imposed limit during a major holiday, but at a higher price.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini announced that Tehran has never said it would not talk over its peaceful nuclear activities.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Swiss energy trading company EGL has signed a multibillion dollar contract to buy natural gas from Iran’s national gas producer over the next 25 years, the Swiss company announced Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A giant petrochemical project in Iran, which will be a joint venture between Siam Cement Group and other companies will be one the largest such operations in the world.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A suicide car bomber killed two Danish and one Czech NATO soldiers, an interpreter and three civilians in southern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said.

BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia and its ally Russia are consulting on joint steps to stop “all forms of violence against Kosovo Serbs”, Serbia’s caretaker prime minister Vojislav Kostunica said in a statement on Monday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli attacks in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip have boosted the popularity of the Islamist group’s leader Ismail Haniyeh among Palestinians in the territory and in the West Bank, according to a poll on Monday.