TEHRAN (FNA)- A five per cent block of Bank Mellat shares is to be offered on the Tehran Stock Exchange. Bank Mellat shares will be on offer during Ten-Day Dawn ceremonies (31 January – 9 February), according to the deputy head of the Iran Privatization Organization (IPO), Esmaeel Gholami. Bank …
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January, 2009
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4 January
Pakistan Underlines Iran, China Role in War on Terror
TEHRAN (FNA)- Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari urged the international community to play its role in ending brutal attacks against unarmed and innocent Palestinians in Gaza and said that Israeli attacks violated the UN Charter. Speaking in a meeting with Iranian Oil Minister and Special Envoy Gholam Hossein Nozari, who …
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4 January
Ahmadinejad Stresses Iran’s Support for Iraq
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that it was Iran’s duty to be by the side of Iraq. Ahmadinejad met here with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Saturday evening. “Our Islamic and humanitarian duty requires us to be incessantly by the side of Iraqi people,” he said. …
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3 January
Afghan security not as bad as portrayed: NATO force deputy
KABUL (AFP) – The deputy head of the NATO-led force that has more than 50,000 soldiers in Afghanistan helping to fight extremist insurgents has said security did not deteriorate last year as much as portrayed. A few “spectacular attacks” by the insurgents in 2008 had fed perceptions that security was …
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2 January
Macedonia Presidency Grumbles Over Residence
Three months from a deadline for the completion of Macedonia’s new presidential residence, President Branko Crvenkovski’s cabinet is accusing the government of deliberate delays to the works. The president, who previously led the opposition Social Democrats, has in recent months clashed publicly with the current government led by the centre-right …
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2 January
Egypt police hold Islamists ahead of Gaza protests
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian police detained 20 members of the Muslim Brotherhood and deployed in force in the capital on Friday, ahead of demonstrations the Islamist group called to protest Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Hundreds of riot police and agents were deployed around key mosques in Cairo before the protest, …
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2 January
Britain hands control of Basra airport to Iraqis
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has formally handed over responsibility for the running of Basra airport to Iraqi authorities, the Ministry of Defence said on Friday, a move that paves the way for Britain to withdraw from Iraq. The airport, on the outskirts of Iraq’s second largest city in the south …
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2 January
Iraq suicide bomber kills 23 at tribal lunch
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber struck a lunch gathering of Sunni Arab tribal leaders on Friday in a town south of Baghdad, killing at least 23 people and wounding 42 others, security spokesman Major-General Qassim Moussawi said. The U.S. military said its initial reports said 21 were killed and …
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2 January
India says Pakistan attitude unchanged on militants
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s defense minister said on Friday Pakistan was still failing to crack down on militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks, and that New Delhi had not deployed troops despite tension with its neighbor. India has been mobilizing support across the world to press Pakistan to crack …
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2 January
Europe’s gas flowing day after Moscow cuts off Kiev
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russian gas kept flowing to European Union states on Friday, a day after Moscow cut off flows to Ukraine in a contract dispute, but importers across the continent were watching for signs their supplies were faltering. The European Union’s Czech presidency said it considered the row between …
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