Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- The world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator will be offline until next spring after a malfunction led to a large helium leak.
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September, 2008
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25 September
Lebanese Sunni, Shiite leaders meet for reconciliation
BEIRUT, Sept. 25 – A Shiite Hezbollah delegation has visited Sunni majority leader MP Saad Hariri at his residence in Beirut for the first time in two years, local As-Safier Daily reported on Thursday.
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25 September
Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territory 18 – 24 Sep 2008
Source: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)Â Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
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25 September
Britain at forefront in support of two state solution
LONDON, Sept – The British Government continues to adhere to its commitment to work for a two state solution between the Israelis and the Palestinians, a UK special envoy for the region reaffirmed Thursday.
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25 September
Palestinian life worse after Annapolis
A group of prominent aid agencies warned Thursday that the lives of Palestinians had not improved and may have worsened since the Annapolis conference last November.
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25 September
Hamas official calls on Quartet to reconsider Middle East conflict
GAZA, Sept. 25 – The political Advisor of the ousted Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya, Ahmed Yousef, called on the international Quartet to reconsider its position towards the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
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25 September
Russia after Georgia war: We aren’t isolated at all
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign minister on Wednesday dismissed suggestions by U.S. and European officials that it has become isolated since its war with Georgia and insisted it acted in justifiable self-defense.
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25 September
Rice takes aim at Russia as she meets Lavrov
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice piled new criticism on Russia as she met with its foreign minister on Wednesday in their first encounter since Moscow’s incursion into Georgia last month.
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25 September
Pakistani troops kill militants as airports on alert
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces have killed 25 Islamist militants in fighting on the Afghan border while security was stepped up at airports across the country on Thursday after a telephone threat, officials said.
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25 September
Mid-East Quartet ‘has lost grip’
The Quartet of international powers has “lost its grip” on the Middle East peace process which it is meant to foster, a group of aid agencies says.
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