Eurasia Press & News
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Any state which decides to impose sanctions on Russia over its military intervention in Georgia will suffer symmetric losses, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.
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September, 2008
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15 September
Search for safety revives Baghdad housing market
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A dramatic fall in violence has breathed life into Baghdad’s once moribund property market, although the hunt for homes in Sunni and Shi’ite enclaves bodes ill for sectarian reconciliation in the Iraqi capital.
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15 September
Pentagon chief lands in Baghdad
US defence secretary Robert Gates is in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on a previously unannounced visit.
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15 September
Top NATO meetings in Georgia
High level NATO talks aimed at showing support for Georgia in its recent conflict with Russia are taking place in Tblisi. The NATO delegation, headed by Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will meet with Georgia’s President Mikhael Saakashvili.
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15 September
Rescue operation continues after Turkish ferry sinks
Teams of divers and helicopters with night vision cameras are continuing to search for survivors after a ferry carrying around 150 people sank off the Black Sea coast of Turkey. The roll-on, roll-off vessel, which also had 75 vehicles on board, had left the port of Bandirma and was heading …
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15 September
Russia continues its withdrawal from Georgia
Russian soldiers are continuing their pull out from Georgia in line with an EU-brokered ceasefire. Under the terms of the agreement, Moscow has until today to withdraw, particularly from five checkpoints around the Black Sea port of Poti.
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15 September
Iran, Yemen Discuss Electricity Cooperation
TEHRAN (FNA)- Yemeni Minister of Electricity and Energy Awadh al-Socatry held Sunday talks with the Iranian ambassador to Sana’a, Hossein Kamalian, on electricity and energy cooperation between the two countries.
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15 September
Achaemenid Era Fort Discovered in Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Archaeologists carrying out surveys in Bam, Kerman province, since the devastating earthquake in December 2003 have discovered a fort from the Achaemenid era.
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15 September
Medvedev Dismisses Armed Action on Iran as Unacceptable
TEHRAN (FNA)- A military solution to the standoff over Iran’s nuclear issue is unacceptable and there is no need at the moment for new sanctions, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.
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15 September
Minister: Gov’t Not Responsible for Price Hike
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Commerce Minister Masoud Mir-Kazemi requested the parliament to hold a closed session where he can explain and describe the factors causing the price hike and inflation.
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