August, 2008

• 17 August

  Mottaki meets Iraqi PM deputy

  TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran’s foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Iraqi deputy prime minister Barham Saleh discussed regional issues and ways to promote bilateral ties.

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• 17 August

  Jalili and Barham Saleh discuss bilateral ties

  TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili meeting Iraq’s deputy prime minister Barham Saleh declared using potentials of the countries will be the best channel to promote regional cooperation.

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• 17 August

  Iran condemns deadly bombing in Lebanon

  TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi slammed recent deadly attack in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on the army, killing at least 15 people.

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• 16 August

  Ukraine dismisses fears of Crimea separatist crisis

  KIEV (Reuters) – A top Ukrainian security official on Saturday discounted any notion of a separatist rebellion in the sensitive Crimea as President Viktor Yushchenko proposed Kremlin talks on the issue of the Russian fleet based there.

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• 16 August

  Pilgrims flock to Iraq shrine despite blasts

  KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims poured into Iraq’s holy city of Kerbala on Saturday, defying bomb attacks across the country to attend a rite that has become an annual show of strength for the Shi’ite majority.

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• 16 August

  More than 90 insurgents killed in Afghanistan

  KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 90 militants during several days of fighting in the south of the country this week, the U.S. military and the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

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• 16 August

  Charges drawn up against Pakistan’s Musharraf

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s ruling coalition has prepared impeachment charges against President Pervez Musharraf focusing on violation of the constitution and misconduct, a coalition official said on Saturday.

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• 16 August

  Russia signs Georgia deal but says withdrawal to take time

  SOCHI/TBILISI (Reuters) – Russia signed a peace deal to end the conflict in Georgia on Saturday but said “extra security measures” were needed before a withdrawal could begin. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, working from the Black Sea resort of Sochi, added his signature to a French-led peace plan already endorsed …

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• 16 August

  Kurdish troops to withdraw from restive Iraq province

  ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq’s Kurdish autonomous region has agreed to withdraw troops from a neighboring Iraqi province and hand over security in the area to forces of the central government, a Kurdish official said.

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• 16 August

  Nine militants killed in clashes in NWPakistan

  MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani artillery and helicopter gunships killed nine pro-Taliban militants in an assault on their hideouts in the restive northwestern Swat valley on Saturday, army officials said.

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