February, 2009

• 4 February

  Supreme Leader Lauds Launch of Iranian Satellite

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei lauded Iran’s latest achievement in launching the home-grown ‘Omid’ satellite on Tuesday. In his response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s letter, Ayatollah Khamenei appreciated the Iranian scientists and managers’ efforts that led to the successful launch of the …

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• 4 February

  Iranian Envoy Recounts Major Muslims Concerns

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mashaallah Shakeri Wednesday pointed to the West’s biased stance towards the world of Islam as among the Muslims’ major concerns. Criticizing some Western countries’ stance toward Muslims and linking them to terrorism, Shakeri said in a seminar dubbed as ‘Future Agenda of Change, Role …

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• 4 February

  Iranian VP Meets Djibouti Envoy

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Djiboutian Central Bank Chief Mahamoud Haid Djama submitted a message from his country’s president to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Iran’s Vice President Parviz Davoudi. Djama, who is also special envoy of Djiboutian president, called relations between his country and Iran progressive and expressed hope …

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• 4 February

  Iran Seeks to Boost Trade Ties with Paraguay

  TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian government delegation visited Paraguay to seek import and investment opportunities in the Latin American country. The delegation Monday visited Paraguay’s agricultural ministry and held talks with local businessmen with an aim to promote commercial and technological exchanges between the two nations, Paraguay’s local daily newspaper “ABC …

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• 4 February

  Turkish Speaker Invited to Gaza Conference in Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani invited his Turkish counterpart Koksal Toptan to attend a parliamentary conference to be held soon in Tehran where participants will discuss the recent crisis in Gaza. During a phone conversation with Toptan, Larijani said regional countries should call for more effective measures to …

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• 4 February

  India’s Reliance Supplies Gasoline, Gasoil to Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Reliance Industries Ltd. is continuing to supply gasoline to Iran, the International Oil Daily said without saying where it got the information. Reliance shipped a 35,000 ton gasoline cargo each in December and January and 70,000 tons in October and November, the trade daily said. The company shipped …

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• 3 February

  Kosovo’s Sejdiu To Open Security Conference

  Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu will give a speech at the opening dinner of the 45th Munich Security Conference this Friday, a diplomatic coup for the country as it prepares to celebrate the first anniversary of its declaration of independence. Conference organisers bill the gathering of top leaders on the first …

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• 3 February

  Macedonia Presidential Hopefuls Enter Bids

  Six hopefuls have so far confirmed they have raised enough support for formalizing their candidacy in Macedonia’s presidential election next month, local media said. The deadline for rising the required ten thousand signatures expires on Tuesday at midnight, the State Election Commission said. The candidates who already qualified are the …

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• 3 February

  Albanians Push For Kosovo In Islamic Conference

  Albania’s Muslim community has started a petition drive to appeal to all 57 members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, OIC, to recognize Kosovo’s independence. Only 9 out off 57 IOC member states have recognized Kosovo as a sovereign state. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on February 17 last …

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• 3 February

  Macedonia Vaccinations Target Mumps Outbreak

  Macedonian health authorities kicked off an emergency mass vaccination campaign on Tuesday to deal with an outbreak of mumps, a disease that affects mainly children. Mumps is a viral infectious disease that is spread from person to person through contact with respiratory secretions such as saliva, but can also be …

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