September, 2008

• 7 September

  Cairo rockslide search continues

  Rescuers in Cairo are continuing their search for survivors after a rockslide crushed dozens of houses in Egypt’s capital, killing at least 31 people.

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• 7 September

  Iran Cautions about Further Oil Price Falls

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s oil minister said a continued fall in crude prices would harm producers, the Oil Ministry said on Saturday, three days before OPEC ministers are due to meet in Vienna.

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• 7 September

  UNHCR Chief: Iran Not to Expel Registered Afghan Refugees

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The United Nations refugee chief said on Saturday that Iran was committed not to expel more than one million registered Afghan refugees.

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• 7 September

  Iranian President Meets Chinese Counterpart

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing on Saturday in a rare visit to China coinciding with the start of the Paralympic Games.

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• 7 September

  Iran Ends Search for Missing Kuwaiti

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian authorities have ended the search for Hussein Al-Fadhala, a Kuwaiti who was reported missing in Iran, Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Ali Jannati said.

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• 7 September

  Mottaki Meets Chinese FM

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with his visiting Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki in Beijing on Saturday.

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• 7 September

  Iran Rejects French Warning It Risks Israeli Strike

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran dismissed on Saturday a warning by France’s president that the Islamic Republic was taking a dangerous gamble over its nuclear program because one day its arch-foe Israel could strike.

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• 7 September

  Ahmadinejad Felicitates Zardari on Pakistan Win

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad extended his congratulations to Asif Ali Zardari on his victory in Pakistan’s presidential poll Saturday and said he hoped ties between the two countries would expand.

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• 6 September

  90,000 attend ‘first prayers’ of Ramadan at Aqsa mosque

  JERUSALEM, Sept 5, (Agencies): Ninety thousand Muslims attended the first prayers of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday amid tight security, police said. The Israeli authorities deployed thousands of police but reported no incidents in the Holy City.

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• 6 September

  Egypt determined to end Palestinian crisis by October

  GAZA, Egypt and the Arab League (AL) will not allow Palestinian political crisis to go on beyond October, Palestinian sources said on Saturday.

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