Eurasia Press & News
Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran and Caracas have signed multi-billion-dollar agreements in the energy, methanol and industrial fields.
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October, 2008
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6 October
‘Khatami election preconditions childish’
A prominent Iranian journalist has slammed former President Seyyed Mohammad Khatami for setting conditions for running for president.
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6 October
US still interested in Tehran mission
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the White House has not jettisoned plans to establish a diplomatic mission in Tehran.
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5 October
British commander says war in Afghanistan cannot be won
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s commander in Afghanistan has said the war against the Taliban cannot be won, the Sunday Times reported.
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5 October
Bomber strikes during U.S. raid in Iraq, 11 killed
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Eleven Iraqis were killed on Sunday during a U.S. raid on a home in northern Iraq in which a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest among civilians inside, the U.S. military said.
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5 October
EU Georgia monitors see sign of Russian pullback
TBILISI (Reuters) – EU ceasefire monitors in Georgia reported the dismantling of a Russian checkpoint near breakaway South Ossetia on Sunday, saying it was the “first open sign” of a promised Russian troop pullback by October 10.
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5 October
Egyptian foreign minister visits Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday and promised to reopen an embassy in Baghdad soon, the latest sign that fellow Arab nations are slowly restoring ties.
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5 October
U.S. not vying with Russia over Central Asia: Rice
ASTANA (Reuters) – The United States is not trying to poach Russia’s allies in Central Asia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday during a visit to oil-rich Kazakhstan.
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5 October
Baghdad museum treasures still locked from view
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In Iraq’s national museum a frieze shows Assyrian King Sargon II, who ruled an empire from what is now northern Iraq, storming a rampart as soldiers pile decapitated heads before him.
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5 October
Two U.S. helicopters collide in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters collided while landing at an American combat outpost in northern Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said.
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