Eurasia Press & News
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – An Islamist group that claimed responsibility for bombing the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad had not previously been heard of, but Pakistani intelligence eavesdroppers heard al Qaeda operatives celebrating the attack.
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September, 2008
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23 September
Russia denies its drone shot down over Georgia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday denied a claim by Georgia it had shot down an unmanned Russian spy drone over its territory.
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23 September
Georgia says shot down Russia drone near S.Ossetia
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia said on Tuesday it had shot down a small Russian reconnaissance drone over Georgian territory just south of the breakaway region of South Ossetia.
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23 September
Pakistani guards on front line of bombing campaign
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani security guard Shabnam Jamshed seemed distracted when she left her Islamabad home for work last Saturday.
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23 September
Egypt hostages’ location ‘known’
The Sudanese authorities say they have pinpointed the location at which 11 foreign tourists and their eight Egyptian guides are being held.
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23 September
Jerusalem crash ‘not deliberate’
Relatives of a Palestinian who was shot dead after his car ploughed into a group of Israelis at a bus stop have denied it was a deliberate attack.
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23 September
London Police Probe Attack on Iranian Embassy
TEHRAN (FNA)- Police in London are investigating an apparent petrol bomb attack on the Iranian embassy which caused little damage and no injuries.
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23 September
Ahmadinejad Blames Wall Street Turmoil on US Military Offensives
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Monday that the turmoil on Wall Street was rooted in part in US military intervention abroad and voiced hope that the next American administration would retreat from what he called President Bush’s “logic of force.”
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23 September
Quake Hits Western Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale jolted the suburbs of the town of Salehabad in Iran’s western province of Ilam Saturday evening.
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23 September
Most US Citizens Want Dialogue with Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Most US residents want the White House to talk to leaders of Iran, North Korea and Cuba, a survey released Monday indicates.
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