October, 2008

• 2 October

  Syria Calls for Security Cooperation with Lebanon

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem called for security cooperation with neighboring Lebanon to boost the border area in combating arms smuggling.

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• 2 October

  Iran Warns about Global Dependence on US Economy

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran urged the world to reduce dependence on American economy amid concerns that the US financial meltdown may cause a global crisis.

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• 2 October

  Ex-Weapons Hunter Warns US against War with Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The former head of the US weapons-hunting team in Iraq Wednesday cautioned that any attack on Iran will not be successful in halting its nuclear program.

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• 2 October

  Chinese Envoy Confers with Iranian Lawmaker

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Chinese Ambassador to Tehran Xie Xiaoyan conferred with the chairman of the Iranian parliament’s Energy Commission, Mehdi Katouzian, on matters of mutual interest.

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• 2 October

  US warned against destabilizing Pakistan

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei warned the United States against destabilizing Pakistan.

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• 2 October

  Polish martial law was “unavoidable evil”

  WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s last communist leader, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, told a court on Thursday his decision in 1981 to declare martial law was a necessary “evil” that averted disaster and prepared the way for democracy.

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• 2 October

  More violence in Pakistan; U.N. children to leave

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed himself and three other people in Pakistan on Thursday in an attack aimed at a prominent ethnic Pashtun politician, police said.

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• 2 October

  Pirates off Somalia get $18-30 million ransoms: report

  NAIROBI (Reuters) – Piracy in the Gulf of Aden has cost shippers between $18-30 million so far this year in ransoms and is threatening global business, British think-tank Chatham House said on Thursday.

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• 2 October

  Russia hosts German leader to mend ties

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in St Petersburg in Russia, helping to mend ties between the two countries.

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• 2 October

  Baghdad shaken by suicide attacks

  Suicide bombers have struck near two Shia mosques in Baghdad, killing 20 people and wounding another 25, Iraqi security officials said.

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