LANDIKOTAL, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces aim to recapture trucks hijacked by militants as they were taking supplies to Western forces in Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass, a government official said Tuesday.
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11 November
Pakistan aims to recapture trucks stolen in Khyber
LANDIKOTAL, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces aim to recapture trucks hijacked by militants as they were taking supplies to Western forces in Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass, a government official said Tuesday.
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11 November
Algeria vote to end term limits angers opposition
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian lawmakers are expected to vote on Wednesday to lift presidential term limits, a move seen by the OPEC member’s opposition as a ruse to let President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stay in office for life.
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11 November
Fresh bombs hit Baghdad rush hour
At least three people have been killed in a double bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
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11 November
Israel allows some fuel into Gaza
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has agreed to partially lift Israel’s suspension of fuel supplies to the only power plant in the Gaza Strip.
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11 November
Wagon Pars Targets €25m Exports to Cuba, China
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Wagon Pars Company has planned to export €25 million worth of wagons to Cuba and China by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2009), the company’s managing director Gholam Reza Razzazi said here on Monday.
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11 November
Iran: Gold Reserves Set to Increase
TEHRAN (FNA)- Close to 15 tons will be added to the country’s gold reserves by the end of current year (March 2009), said director of exploitation affairs at the National Geology and Mineral Exploration Organization.
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11 November
Iran Views Mideast Quartet Meeting as Another Failure
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran said on Monday that the Mideast quartet meeting in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, spelled the failure of the Annapolis peace initiative launched last year by the Bush administration.
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11 November
Iran to Study Freeze for Freeze Offer if Not Asked to Suspend
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran will study the freeze for freeze offer if it did not include suspension of uranium enrichment, a Foreign Ministry official said on Monday.
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11 November
Iraqi Envoy: No Country Accepts MKO
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraq’s ambassador to Tehran Mohammad Majid Al-Shaikh said that no country is ready to accept the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO).
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