TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Third Meeting of Agriculture Ministers of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states will be held here in Tehran from March 5-7.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stressed in a message to the Hajj pilgrims that the United States’ administration and system of capitalism and the corrupt Zionist activists now feel the vivid truth of Islamic Vigilance.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The two Iranian guests of the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani who were kidnapped by the US troops were released Friday morning.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Chairman of Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission underlined here on Friday that his country would continue nuclear progress relying on domestic capabilities and potentials.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran’s Interim Friday Prayers leader Ayatollah Emami Kashani stressed here today that the Iranian nation is vigilant and resolute in defending its rights, adding that enemies’ plots will be of no efficiency since the Iranian people will make them fall flat.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Thursday conferred with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on bilateral ties and the latest developments in the region.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AP) — With Israel’s blessing, Egypt has delivered a large arms shipment to forces loyal to the embattled Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, officials said Thursday, in the latest Israeli attempt to boost Abbas in his bloody conflict with Hamas.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AP) — In a gesture to Syria, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday said he is open to “any murmur of peace” from Israel’s enemies. Syria has recently signalled that it would like to reopen peace talks with Israel, which broke down seven years ago.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Iraqi officials backed away on Thursday from suggestions they would hang Saddam Hussein within a month, amid speculation the government is divided over whether to execute the ousted leader quickly.

MOUNT ARAFAT — In his tent in the desert outside the Holy City of Mecca, Suleiman Ibrahim still couldn’t believe his luck. His wife, sitting nearby, broke down in tears of joy Thursday as he recounted the day they learned they would be performing Hajj.