Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed sanctions by the world powers against his country as illegal, and said that Iran may impose sanctions against the world’s predominant forces in response.
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September, 2008
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5 September
Quake Hits Northeastern Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted the areas in the vicinity of Iran-Iraq border in Iran’s southwestern province of Ilam on Thursday.
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5 September
Iran to Introduce Indigenous Fighter Jets in 2009
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Air Force announced the first Saeqeh (Lightning) fighter-jets capable of conducting long-range air missions would be delivered in 2009.
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5 September
Iran Opposes Seabed Pipelines in Caspian Sea
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran voiced strong opposition against plans to lay pipelines on the seabed of the Caspian Sea, warning that the move would cause irreparable environmental pollution in the world’s biggest lake.
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5 September
Nigeria to Keep Options Open on Oil Output at OPEC Meeting
TEHRAN (FNA)- Nigeria is keeping its options open on output quotas when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meets next week in the wake of falling oil prices, the country’s oil minister said on Thursday.
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5 September
Azerbaijani President Receives Iranian Deputy FM
TEHRAN (FNA)- Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev received a visiting Iranian delegation led by the Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari on Thursday.
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5 September
Iran’s Gas Cheapest Energy Supply for India
TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkmenistan seeks a price for the gas to be sold to India via TAPI pipeline three times higher than Iran’s price of gas via the Iran-Pakistani, India (IPI) pipeline.
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5 September
Oil Prices Slide under $105
TEHRAN (FNA)- Oil prices fell below $105 Friday on concerns over slowing energy demand and a strong US currency, while the market awaited next week’s OPEC meeting on crude output levels, traders said.
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5 September
Suspected U.S. drone attack kills 5 in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least five people were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a suspected U.S. drone in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region, in a stepped up campaign against militants near the Afghan border.
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5 September
Rice set for historic Libya visit, meeting Gaddafi
LISBON (Reuters) – Condoleezza Rice hailed as “historic” her trip to Libya later on Friday, the first by a U.S. secretary of state to the former pariah nation in 55 years and a visit aimed at erasing decades of enmity.
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