Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- The start-up of the first reactor at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant will be “irreversible” by February next year, a senior Russian nuclear official said Monday.
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September, 2008
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10 September
Iran, PGCC Rapprochement Urged
TEHRAN (FNA)- A Kuwaiti newspaper has termed the upcoming Muscat summit of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council and the invitation extended to Iran to attend the meeting as “significant” both for the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region.
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9 September
Talks with Palestinian groups continue in Cairo
Cairo – Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soleiman will meet in Cairo with a delegation from the Palestine Democratic Union on Wednesday to discuss ways to end the inter-Palestinian conflict.
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9 September
EU foreign policy Chief Solana heads to Mideast next Friday
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana heads to the Middle East next Friday on a tour which will include Egypt, the Palestinian territories, and Jordan.
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9 September
Pro-Abbas forces arrest ten Hamas members in West Bank
RAMALLAH, The Palestinian security forces of President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday arrested ten members of Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the West Bank, Hamas said in a statement.
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9 September
Sources: Israel won’t free more prisoners as a goodwill gesture to Abbas
RAMALLAH, A high-ranking Palestinian source revealed on Tuesday that Israel would not free more Palestinian prisoners from its jails as a goodwill gesture to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.
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9 September
Saudi Arabia to release Iraqi prisoners, Iraq says
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will repatriate all Iraqi prisoners in Saudi jails under a new agreement, Iraq’s national security advisor said on Tuesday, a move that could help slowly warming ties between the two nations.
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9 September
Serb parliament embraces EU with early pact
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia overwhelmingly backed a European Union pre-membership pact on Tuesday as well as an energy pact with Russia, in what the prime minister called a bid to build a bridge between the East and West.
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9 September
EU urged to help Bosnia on “unfinished business”
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union must offer further political and financial support to Bosnia during a difficult reform period to come, Bosnia’s top peace envoy said on Tuesday, warning of “unfinished business.”
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9 September
Germany backs Lebanon extension, ups Afghan aid
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet has agreed to extend by 15 months the mandate for German troops patrolling off the coast of Lebanon to prevent the smuggling of weapons into the country.
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