September, 2008

• 15 September

  Search for safety revives Baghdad housing market

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A dramatic fall in violence has breathed life into Baghdad’s once moribund property market, although the hunt for homes in Sunni and Shi’ite enclaves bodes ill for sectarian reconciliation in the Iraqi capital.

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• 15 September

  Pentagon chief lands in Baghdad

  US defence secretary Robert Gates is in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on a previously unannounced visit.

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• 15 September

  Top NATO meetings in Georgia

  High level NATO talks aimed at showing support for Georgia in its recent conflict with Russia are taking place in Tblisi. The NATO delegation, headed by Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will meet with Georgia’s President Mikhael Saakashvili.

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• 15 September

  Rescue operation continues after Turkish ferry sinks

  Teams of divers and helicopters with night vision cameras are continuing to search for survivors after a ferry carrying around 150 people sank off the Black Sea coast of Turkey. The roll-on, roll-off vessel, which also had 75 vehicles on board, had left the port of Bandirma and was heading …

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• 15 September

  Russia continues its withdrawal from Georgia

  Russian soldiers are continuing their pull out from Georgia in line with an EU-brokered ceasefire. Under the terms of the agreement, Moscow has until today to withdraw, particularly from five checkpoints around the Black Sea port of Poti.

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• 15 September

  Iran, Yemen Discuss Electricity Cooperation

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Yemeni Minister of Electricity and Energy Awadh al-Socatry held Sunday talks with the Iranian ambassador to Sana’a, Hossein Kamalian, on electricity and energy cooperation between the two countries.

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• 15 September

  Achaemenid Era Fort Discovered in Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Archaeologists carrying out surveys in Bam, Kerman province, since the devastating earthquake in December 2003 have discovered a fort from the Achaemenid era.

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• 15 September

  Medvedev Dismisses Armed Action on Iran as Unacceptable

  TEHRAN (FNA)- A military solution to the standoff over Iran’s nuclear issue is unacceptable and there is no need at the moment for new sanctions, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.

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• 15 September

  Minister: Gov’t Not Responsible for Price Hike

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Commerce Minister Masoud Mir-Kazemi requested the parliament to hold a closed session where he can explain and describe the factors causing the price hike and inflation.

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• 15 September

  Iraq Ready for New Iran-US Talks

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraq is prepared to restart talks with the United States and Iran, and is checking with both sides to see if a fresh round can be scheduled, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Sunday.

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