August, 2008

• 30 August

  US Prepares Military Blitz against Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Strategists at the Pentagon are drawing up plans for devastating bombing raids backed by submarine-launched ballistic missile attacks against Iran’s nuclear sites as a “last resort” to block Tehran’s efforts to develop nuclear technology, a report said.

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• 30 August

  Iran to Issue $525mln Worth of Participation Bonds

  TEHRAN (FNA)- $525mln worth of participation bonds for power sector plans will be issued in September, Iran Power Development Company’s managing director said here on Friday.

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• 30 August

  Russian Delegation to Visit Iran This Month

  TEHRAN (FNA)- A Russian delegation is scheduled to visit Iran to discuss the completion of Iran’s first nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Russian officials said.

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• 30 August

  Former Speaker Highlights Iran’s Regional Influence

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Former speaker of the Iranian parliament Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said here Thursday that Iran is now in zenith of grandeur and is a country with an influential and decisive role in the regional and global equations.

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• 30 August

  Iran to Start Exporting Gas to Armenia by October 1st

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran will start gas exports to Armenia by Oct. 1st, head of the gas export operation office of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIOC) said following the latest round of talks between the two sides.

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• 29 August

  Karadzic plea entered as “not guilty” by tribunal

  THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The U.N. tribunal for the former Yugoslavia entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for war crimes and genocide charges on Friday after he refused to plead.

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• 29 August

  Iraqi girl tells of ordeal as suicide bomber

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Rania is only 15-years old, but in the past week the softly spoken Iraqi girl has been drugged, strapped with explosives, arrested by men she nearly blew up and then shoved into a detention centre.

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• 29 August

  U.S. sees Iraq militias dropping arms

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s once formidable Mehdi Army appears to be bowing to orders to lay down arms, but it is yet unclear if Shi’ite fighters are preparing another offensive with Iranian help, a U.S. intelligence official said.

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• 29 August

  Russia urges West to refrain from sanctions

  PARIS/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and European powers took a step back from confrontation over Georgia on Friday, with Moscow urging the EU not to rush into punitive action and France saying now was not the time for sanctions.

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• 29 August

  Georgia was the “last straw” for Russia

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – A keen sense the West cheated Moscow out of promised warmer ties after the Cold War explains why Russia, recovered from post-Soviet collapse, has refused to be cowed over Georgia and demanded its views be heard.

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