Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- A powerful earthquake jolted southern Iran on Wednesday, killing six people, and damaging scores of homes on a resort island in strategic Persian Gulf waters.
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12 September
Iran Updating Airport in Northwestern Province
TEHRAN (FNA)- The head of Khoy airport in Iran’s West Azarbayjan Province has said that nine infrastructure projects have been launched to provide the airport with up-to-date equipment.
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12 September
Iran Makes Copper-Sensitive Ion Sensor
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian researchers have successfully produced the world’s first nano- copper ion sensor with a detection limit as low as 9-10 molar.
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12 September
Iran: Omission of MKO from UK Terrorist List to Undermine Bilateral Ties
TEHRAN (FNA)- Removal of the terrorist Mojahideen-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from the UK’s list of terrorist group will have adverse effects on the Tehran-London relations, a senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official said here Wednesday.
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11 September
U.S. attacks Haqqani network again in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces targeted Taliban fighters in eastern and southeast Afghanistan, including veteran commander Jalaluddin Haqqani’s network, killing several militants, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
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11 September
Suicide blast in Afghan south, 2 dead
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up near a convoy of a U.S. security firm in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Thursday, killing two people and wounding six, the provincial governor’s spokesman said.
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11 September
Fear and mistrust plague Iraq’s Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Falah Mohammed peered over his shoulder as he spoke of how militants threatened to kill him and his family unless he quit his government job.
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11 September
Transfer of U.S.-backed patrols a test for Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Sunni Arab neighborhood patrols have been vital to cutting violence in Iraq. But how the Shi’ite-led government handles their future could foster sectarian reconciliation or start a new round of bloodshed.
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11 September
South Ossetia aims to join Russia, leader says
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia plans to become part of the Russian Federation, its leader said on Thursday.
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11 September
Pakistan kills militants; tension with U.S. grows
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces have killed 20 militants near the Afghan border, a security official said on Thursday, as tensions over how to tackle the Taliban and al Qaeda surfaced with the United States.
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