February, 2009

• 4 February

  Taliban kidnap 29 Pakistani police and soldiers

  MINGORA, Pakistan  – Pakistani Taliban kidnapped 29 paramilitary soldiers and policemen Wednesday, police said, as the militants intensified their campaign against government forces. Security has deteriorated sharply in northwestern areas along the Afghan border as well as the Swat valley, where troops are struggling to stem spreading Taliban influence. In …

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• 4 February

  Envoy: IAEA Chief to Report on Iran Soon

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s residing representative at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asqar Soltanieh Wednesday said that the agency’s Director General Mohammed ElBaradei will release his report on Iranian nuclear program within the next one or two weeks. “The Agency’s director general will likely release his report on Iran’s …

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• 4 February

  Iran, S. Arabia Stockpiling Cheap Fuel

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Cheap refined petroleum stored in Asia has prompted Iran and Saudi Arabia to purchase and stockpile millions of barrels of gas oil. Iran is storing around 2 million barrels of gas oil on ships, as cheap prices encourage the country to stockpile the fuel even though a mild …

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• 4 February

  Joint Committee Called for Fate of Iranian Diplomats

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki requested Lebanese officials on Tuesday to form a joint committee to probe into the fate of the four Iranian diplomats kidnapped in Lebanon in 1982. In a message to his Lebanese counterpart Fawzi Sallukh handed over by Iran’s Ambassador in Beirut Mohammad Reza …

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• 4 February

  Iran Underlines Peaceful Mission of Satellite

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran underlined that its first home-made satellite ‘Omid’ (Hope) which was launched on Tuesday has no military purposes. Speaking to reporter during a weekly press conference here in Tehran on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi brushed aside some countries’ concerns regarding Iran’s new scientific achievement. He …

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• 4 February

  Intellectuals View Iran’s Revolution as Major Event in World History

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Islamic Revolution of Iran, in view of Pakistani intellectuals, was as a major event in the world history. “I believe that it (Islamic Revolution) is one of the unique examples in the history,” Mazhar Abbas a senior journalist in Islamabad told the Islamic republic news agency on Tuesday, …

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• 4 February

  Supreme Leader Lauds Launch of Iranian Satellite

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei lauded Iran’s latest achievement in launching the home-grown ‘Omid’ satellite on Tuesday. In his response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s letter, Ayatollah Khamenei appreciated the Iranian scientists and managers’ efforts that led to the successful launch of the …

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• 4 February

  Iranian Envoy Recounts Major Muslims Concerns

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mashaallah Shakeri Wednesday pointed to the West’s biased stance towards the world of Islam as among the Muslims’ major concerns. Criticizing some Western countries’ stance toward Muslims and linking them to terrorism, Shakeri said in a seminar dubbed as ‘Future Agenda of Change, Role …

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• 4 February

  Iranian VP Meets Djibouti Envoy

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Djiboutian Central Bank Chief Mahamoud Haid Djama submitted a message from his country’s president to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Iran’s Vice President Parviz Davoudi. Djama, who is also special envoy of Djiboutian president, called relations between his country and Iran progressive and expressed hope …

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• 4 February

  Iran Seeks to Boost Trade Ties with Paraguay

  TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian government delegation visited Paraguay to seek import and investment opportunities in the Latin American country. The delegation Monday visited Paraguay’s agricultural ministry and held talks with local businessmen with an aim to promote commercial and technological exchanges between the two nations, Paraguay’s local daily newspaper “ABC …

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